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    Has the NFL lost their minds?!?!

    Here's an idea: Let's have a division game between the Chargers and Raiders, IN OAKLAND, on a Sunday night. Let's not do it at 5:30, let's do it and 8:35 to give the Raider fans another 3 hours to get gassed up for the game. Avg. Raider fan will be working on about a 12 hr drinking shift by the time this game kicks off.

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    It's really not that late plus I think it's good for the NFL

    It's also great for bettors it will be a huge Belle Isle game for many of us including you guy

    I guess game will not be on TV other than local network

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laz View Post
    Here's an idea: Let's have a division game between the Chargers and Raiders, IN OAKLAND, on a Sunday night. Let's not do it at 5:30, let's do it and 8:35 to give the Raider fans another 3 hours to get gassed up for the game. Avg. Raider fan will be working on about a 12 hr drinking shift by the time this game kicks off.

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    You know they're doing this because of the baseball game in Oakland right???

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    Nobody on the East coast cares about this game anyway.

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    East coasters, the game will end after 2:30am on a Monday morning isn't that late? C'mon coach. I agree about the fact it'll be good for action.

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    Quote Originally Posted by infamousbacardi View Post
    You know they're doing this because of the baseball game in Oakland right???

    A's play Saturday....not Sunday.

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    Zzzzzz @ east coast ))

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    It's really not that late plus I think it's good for the NFL

    It's also great for bettors it will be a huge Belle Isle game for many of us including you guy

    I guess game will not be on TV other than local network
    what about NFL sunday ticket?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laz View Post
    A's play Saturday....not Sunday.

    Yes, they need the time to convert the stadium....

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    who cares, not really that big of a deal

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    12 hours to pour some chalk on the field and put a couple of posts up....c'mon guy.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laz View Post
    12 hours to pour some chalk on the field and put a couple of posts up....c'mon guy.
    Classic. Don't be ignorant Laz. Have you seen the seating they put up on the field? Safety inspections? etc.

    From ESPN:

    ALAMEDA, Calif. -- An Oakland A's baseball playoff game at O.co Coliseum has forced the Oakland Raiders to delay their game against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday to 11:35 p.m. ET, rather than the originally scheduled 4:25 p.m. ET.
    The game's television broadcast will also change to NFL Network instead of CBS.
    The A's host the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of their American League Division Series on Saturday night, with a first pitch of 9:07 p.m. ET. Field crews need enough time to convert the playing surface from a baseball diamond to a football field and to get the appropriate stands in place in time to pass safety inspections.
    "We'll make it happen," said a Raiders team official.

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    Yes, the A's play Saturday, but they have calculated that it takes 24 hours to change the seats for the stadium from A's seats to Raiders's seats. That is why the game is starting so late, the 24 hours is how long it takes to change all the team related stuff around.

    The game having to start at such a time is a rarity. The NFL schedule is already laid out and they could not have realistically predicted that the A's would make the playoffs AND that there would be a game AT HOME on that Saturday.

    Now, I think the easiest solution would be too just have seats and things promoting Oakland Pro Sports or something generic that they would have in place for Saturday AND Sunday, but it is their choice.

    I won't be betting on that slop game anyways, because I think Rivers and Pryor are both scrubs personally. But, I'm sure plenty of people will want to have action on the game.

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    They should just switch it to a different night and start at a normal time.

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    Quote Originally Posted by slacker00 View Post
    They should just switch it to a different night and start at a normal time.
    its an 8:30 local start.

    thats the same time Sunday night football starts for east coast teams.

    will this game be shown on NFL sunday ticket ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by slacker00 View Post
    They should just switch it to a different night and start at a normal time.


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    there will be blood in the parking lot after the game.

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    it was announced a couple of days ago the game will be shown on nfl network

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    there's always a reason behind the madness. some how the decision to start it later translates to more $$$$$. im sure of that

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    Quote Originally Posted by infamousbacardi View Post
    Classic. Don't be ignorant Laz. Have you seen the seating they put up on the field? Safety inspections? etc.

    From ESPN:

    ALAMEDA, Calif. -- An Oakland A's baseball playoff game at O.co Coliseum has forced the Oakland Raiders to delay their game against the San Diego Chargers on Sunday to 11:35 p.m. ET, rather than the originally scheduled 4:25 p.m. ET.
    The game's television broadcast will also change to NFL Network instead of CBS.
    The A's host the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of their American League Division Series on Saturday night, with a first pitch of 9:07 p.m. ET. Field crews need enough time to convert the playing surface from a baseball diamond to a football field and to get the appropriate stands in place in time to pass safety inspections.
    "We'll make it happen," said a Raiders team official.
    Not trying to be ignorant. Just saying they are asking for trouble having a game in Oakland that late (ending a game at midnight is late to some) and have all those people pouring on to the streets trashed (most will be) at that time. Look what happened a couple weeks ago across the bay at a Giants game. Slacker is right, move the day and have it at an earlier time. I'm not here to debate how long it takes to get the field in shape, just seems like there shoud've been a better solution. I've grown up on the west coast my entire life and been to plenty of Raider games to know that it could be a dicey situation. So Cal vs No Cal sports rivalries have gotten a bit out of hand.

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    Quote Originally Posted by crustyme View Post
    there will be blood in the parking lot after the game.
    Fact.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post
    It's really not that late plus I think it's good for the NFL

    It's also great for bettors it will be a huge Belle Isle game for many of us including you guy

    I guess game will not be on TV other than local network
    Quote Originally Posted by Big Bear View Post

    what about NFL sunday ticket?
    pretty sure i heard it on nfl network..

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    Chargers-Raiders time change could be boom for booksBy JASON LOGANIf you’re betting the San Diego-Oakland game this Sunday, you may want to put on a pot of coffee or two. Or maybe just take a personal day Monday.Due to complications with the MLB playoff schedule, which has the Oakland A’s playing hosts at O.co Coliseum Saturday, the Bolts-Raiders Sunday matchup has been bumped from a 4:25 p.m. ET start to a late night 11:35 p.m. ET start – 8:35 p.m. PT. The process of switching O.co Coliseum from a baseball to a football venue takes roughly 24 hours.The extra late game could mean big profits for sportsbooks. Having one more game on the board following a full day of NFL football and the Sunday Night Football contest could funnel all that action into the San Diego-Oakland handle.This AFC West rivalry wasn’t the most tantalizing game on the Week 5 board and its original start time was up against the Denver-Dallas game as well as other late afternoon matchups. According to Peter Childs of*Sportsbook.com, the shift to a standalone, nationally televised game (NFL Network) will draw in a much bigger betting audience.“Anytime you get a standalone NFL game, volume increases dramatically,” Childs tells Covers. “Now that the game is being played late, with no competition for eyeballs and viewership, I believe our betting volume could potentially increase by 40 percent.”In Las Vegas, sportsbooks are excited that there is one more game on the board following the Sunday nighter but don’t expect the same increase in handle as the online markets.According to Jeff Sherman, assistant manager at the LVH Superbook in Las Vegas, the San Diego-Oakland game will detract some action from the Sunday nighter between Houston and San Francisco, and pretty much balance out what they would normally take for the late Sunday game.“That late on a Sunday night we won’t have that many guests waiting around for the 5:30 p.m. game to end to play the 8:30 p.m. game,” says Sherman. “It will make the decision on the game larger for us considering all the day’s prior parlays will be left going to it, rather than having it mixed in as part of the afternoon.”As for the odds for Sunday’s “midnight special”, Oakland opened as a 5-point home underdog but has since been moved to +4.5. The total is the biggest concern with oddsmakers due to the time change.Childs says that since this game is now a single nationally televised contest, he’s added another half point to the total – 44 to 44.5 – to protect from the public trend of betting the Over in these night games. The book is also offering far more props and alternative wagers than it normally would if the game started at its original time.“Instead of being available for just West Coast viewers or bettors with the NFL package, it’s going to see way more betting action,” he adds.

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    Raiders offensive line is really bad.

    If Flynn starts take the Chargers

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    Quote Originally Posted by slacker00 View Post
    They should just switch it to a different night and start at a normal time.
    ESPN thought it was too shitty a matchup to move Jets/Atlanta up to 7:00 ET Monday.

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    Quote Originally Posted by jjgold View Post

    I guess game will not be on TV other than local network
    It has been moved to NFL Network

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    I hope the A's game goes 15+ innings

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    Could they have just swapped home games? Played this one in San Diego instead or would that have created an even bigger logistical problem?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Laz View Post
    Here's an idea: Let's have a division game between the Chargers and Raiders, IN OAKLAND, on a Sunday night. Let's not do it at 5:30, let's do it and 8:35 to give the Raider fans another 3 hours to get gassed up for the game. Avg. Raider fan will be working on about a 12 hr drinking shift by the time this game kicks off.

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    Nobody cares about that joke of a franchise anyways. Should be more concerned about acquiring some talent than what time a silly game between two NFL teams not doing anything this season anyhow is going to be.

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