Here, now, an insane report from Sports Business Journal that I wouldn't believe if it wasn't John Ourand:
CBS goes on the air at 10:00 AM ET Sunday. The plan is the tournament will wrap by 3:00 PM. CBS allowed for an hour padding for the three late NFL games at 4:05 PM. If, for some inexplicable reason, the tournament is not done by 4:00 PM, the broadcast will shift to... ...ABC. https://www.sportsbusinessdaily.com/Daily/Closing-Bell/2020/11/12/Masters-ABC.aspx On Thursday, September 10, 2020 at 4:42:40 PM UTC-5 [email protected] wrote: > I'd say the NFL would delay the late games rather than have the six NFL > home markets (Buffalo, Phoenix, Denver, Las Vegas, New York, and Miami) > peeling off to take their appropriate games. once the horn sounds, or > there's a winner, they'd switch. > > On Saturday, May 9, 2020 at 9:16:43 PM UTC-4 [email protected] wrote: > >> With everyone's combined wisdom (and this was an *awesome* thread, by the >> way), here's my new blind guess: >> >> ANGC would shift everything back with an aim for a 3:30 PM ET finish. If >> The Masters ran past 4:00, the six NFL home markets (Buffalo, Phoenix, >> Denver, Las Vegas, New York, and Miami) would peel off to take their >> appropriate games. CBS Sports Network and Masters.com would then simulcast >> the end of CBS's coverage. >> >> On Sat, May 9, 2020, 19:57 daniel anderson <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> If read the rules right, WCBS would have to show Dolphins/Jets in it's >>> entirety, because of contractual obligations. But the Masters is a pretty >>> big event, so, maybe they would delay that game and Chiefs/Raiders. >>> >>> On Sunday, April 12, 2020 at 2:58:38 PM UTC-4, Joe Hass 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/c8c24ead-1ab1-4a8d-ab4f-d7dc1ef7716b%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/tvornottv/c8c24ead-1ab1-4a8d-ab4f-d7dc1ef7716b%40googlegroups.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/ee9f266b-5d14-4ecb-bba9-fd73d9c258ean%40googlegroups.com.
