The NFL released its tentative schedule. Looks like CBS has 2 games scheduled for 11/15, both late games (Chiefs/Raiders & Dolphins/Jets). If Masters still intends to finish that Sunday, I guess plan is to start early in morning, and do any tie breaking Monday.
I guess CBS could get permission to start football on its cable sports channel if necessary. https://www.cbssports.com/nfl/news/2020-nfl-schedule-matchups-kickoff-times-tv-channel-every-matchup-for-all-32-teams/ On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 5:53 PM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: > That is an *outstanding* point, sir. Per timeanddate.com, daylight ended > at 7:56 yesterday. On November 15, it's 5:24. > > With that data point in mind, I still think the NFL would minimize the > number of possible CBS games using bye weeks and the Thursday/Sunday/Monday > games. As for the risk of overlap as you suggest, the NFL could live stream > the first quarter of all the CBS games on NFL.com. That should cover enough > time to guarantee that any golf coverage could wrap up in time. > > > On Mon, Apr 13, 2020, 19:16 John Edwards <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Since there is now the ability to "crossflex" games from CBS to Fox, they >> wouldn't even need to configure the schedule obscenely to remove games from >> Fox. >> >> One thing I don't think we have considered is that the 2:30 p.m. >> broadcast start is predicated on a finish at about 7, to lead into 60 >> Minutes. That works in April because the sun sets in Augusta at about 8. >> But in mid-November, sunset is going to be just before 5:30. So regardless >> of TV coverage, the Masters is going to have to shift its start times to at >> least 2 1/2 to 3 hours earlier in the day. >> >> What I could see happening is a shift to a schedule that would see the >> Masters scheduled to finish at 4, allowing CBS to run late games starting >> at 4:25. That would also give the tournament an hour to play with if need >> be for playoffs, etc. CBS would need to come up with a Plan B for NFL >> markets with late games, but I suspect secondary affiliates wouldn't be too >> hard to find in that situation. >> >> John >> >> On Mon, Apr 13, 2020 at 6:45 PM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> These are all great ideas! Here's my completely blind guess: >>> >>> 1. CBS will air the Masters at 2:30 and no NFL. >>> 2. The NFL will configure the schedule to give six AFC teams bye weeks >>> that week, which take care of three games. They'll also make sure there's >>> no spectacularly obvious "must see" game that week (think >>> Cowboys/Washington or Patriots/Chiefs). >>> 3. The Thursday, Sunday, and Monday night games will all be games that >>> would normally air on CBS. >>> 4. That leaves 10 games, which you could split five and five in the two >>> slots on Fox. Call up a couple of the college broadcast teams, and you're >>> set. >>> >>> On Sun, Apr 12, 2020 at 1:58 PM Joe Hass <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Over at The Athletic, Richard Deitsch interviewed Jim Nantz about The >>>> Masters not being held this weekend (I can't tell if it's behind the >>>> paywall or not): >>>> >>>> >>>> https://theathletic.com/1735297/2020/04/09/jim-nantz-reflects-on-a-missed-masters-weekend/ >>>> >>>> Near the end, Deitsch notes that if the rescheduled dates hold >>>> (November 12-15), that drops the tournament smack dab into the middle of >>>> the NFL season. As CBS's number one play-by-play guy, where would Nantz be? >>>> >>>> “I don’t think there’s any doubt that I will be anywhere other than >>>> Augusta National.” >>>> >>>> While I don't doubt Nantz, here is the *MUCH* bigger broadcasting >>>> problem for CBS: >>>> >>>> Traditionally CBS goes on the air Masters Sunday at 2:30 PM ET. The >>>> NFL's regularly scheduled game windows on Sunday start at 1:00 PM ET and >>>> 4:05/4:25 PM ET. >>>> >>>> The NFL may be the biggest financial player in American sports, but The >>>> Masters is by a country mile the most prestigeous. CBS and Augusta National >>>> Golf Club have run on a year-to-year contract since 1956, allowing ANGC to >>>> have a level of control on the broadcast that the NFL *wishes* it has. >>>> >>>> If the world is at a point in November when both of these events can >>>> happen, what the hell is CBS gonna do? >>>> >>> -- >>> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google >>> Groups "TVorNotTV" group. >>> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send >>> an email to [email protected]. >>> To view this discussion on the web visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BeGbbp8ddLmjyA56PCoiBUqJKbhD8Ws%2Bdfzrbd_i4Tjsw%40mail.gmail.com >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2BeGbbp8ddLmjyA56PCoiBUqJKbhD8Ws%2Bdfzrbd_i4Tjsw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >>> . >>> >> >> >> -- >> John Edwards >> "You can insure against the weather, but you can't insure against >> incompetence, can you?" - Phil Tufnell >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "TVorNotTV" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtMJm85F2XiwX92a7jBE3Scn2g6YCjNyokxYYPcBmDiiVrg%40mail.gmail.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CAJLXtMJm85F2XiwX92a7jBE3Scn2g6YCjNyokxYYPcBmDiiVrg%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "TVorNotTV" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2Be4CyEic__KB9v5v_Xhhheta0zntBbdYiTSK7qWTfS4Pw%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/CABru7%2Be4CyEic__KB9v5v_Xhhheta0zntBbdYiTSK7qWTfS4Pw%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Sent from Gmail Mobile -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TVorNotTV" group. 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