Why doesn't the NFL schedule playoff affected games on the same time?

Chi_archie · 01-03-10, 09:02 PM

yes that is very easily correctable and a great idea...... I guess they'll do that next year

robmpink · 01-03-10, 09:05 PM

It would have been more fun if I shit today, but i didn't. Life goes on.

tullamore · 01-03-10, 09:05 PM

Does anyone remember the year, I think it might have 2001, when I think Green Bay and another team were involved in a playoff situation where the tie breaker was going to be net points. I remember the teams just airing it out.

madmaxx · 01-03-10, 09:06 PM

the NFL has enough trouble putting a decent game on monday night and flexing a decent sunday night game which cbs/fox doesn't protect. Add in the rule that a team can only have six primetime games and I think the NFL has all they can handle.

Let's not make their heads spin with these absurd requests.

madmaxx · 01-03-10, 09:07 PM

yeah tulla that was a fun week 17, wasn't that the same year carney missed the xp after the insane return by the saints

MartinBlank · 01-03-10, 09:10 PM

I don't really think the NFL could have predicted how this season finished.

And they still needed a decent game to throw on tonight.

In the case of the Ravens and the Jets.....I don't think it much mattered when they played, they both controlled their own playoff destiny.

pavyracer · 01-03-10, 09:10 PM

Yeah it would have been a huge task to schedule 5 games on the same time in the year 2010. The stars have to align for it to happen. Can you imagine asking a team to play at 4 pm instead of 1 pm? Huge inconvenience.

Oh wait a second. Didn't they move two games last week from 1 pm to 4 pm at the last minute because of the snow storm.

LT Profits · 01-03-10, 09:11 PM

This will never happen unless all games are in prime time.

There simply HAS to be at least one night game.

slacker00 · 01-03-10, 09:12 PM

C'mon, what are the chasers going to bet on Sunday night week 17? Spread some love for the degenerates.

robmpink · 01-03-10, 09:12 PM

Actually, only NBC would have the right to switch the games. That unless there was a weather related situation.

They picked the most important game.

tacomax · 01-03-10, 09:13 PM

Good idea, Pavy. Make it happen.

tullamore · 01-03-10, 09:13 PM

Originally posted by madmaxx

yeah tulla that was a fun week 17, wasn't that the same year carney missed the xp after the insane return by the saints

Not sure about Carney. I just remember being at a ski resort with a bunch of friends. I took the afternoon off from skiing and got drunk watching those games. They kept cutting into the broadcast to update the other games.

pavyracer · 01-03-10, 09:22 PM

Here is how it could have been done:

Denver and Baltimore play at 4 pm as scheduled.
Jets switch time with Dallas/Philadelphia
Houston & Pittsburgh play at 4 instead of 1pm.

Then the networks sit down and decide who gets to show which game. Trust me it's not rocket science to reschedule.

robmpink · 01-03-10, 09:26 PM

It isn't rocket science but it won't happen. Send the NFL a letter and post their response.

tullamore · 01-03-10, 09:27 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

Here is how it could have been done:

Denver and Baltimore play at 4 pm as scheduled.
Jets switch time with Dallas/Philadelphia
Houston & Pittsburgh play at 4 instead of 1pm.

Then the networks sit down and decide who gets to show which game. Trust me it's not rocket science to reschedule.

It is out of the the NFL hands because of the tv contract. You think CBS, FOX, and NBC are going to get together and divy up the games.

LT Profits · 01-03-10, 09:28 PM

Originally posted by pavyracer

Here is how it could have been done:

Denver and Baltimore play at 4 pm as scheduled.
Jets switch time with Dallas/Philadelphia
Houston & Pittsburgh play at 4 instead of 1pm.

Then the networks sit down and decide who gets to show which game. Trust me it's not rocket science to reschedule.

Then there would be no FOX game at 4:00

LT Profits · 01-03-10, 09:29 PM

FOX in only contracted to show NFC games.

onthewhat · 01-03-10, 09:35 PM

Originally posted by LT Profits

FOX in only contracted to show NFC games.

Games when NFC is the road team.

CBS gets AFC road team games

pavyracer · 01-03-10, 09:37 PM

Originally posted by LT Profits

FOX in only contracted to show NFC games.

LT I know that. I'm just saying in the future they can put a clause in the TV contracts that if this happens again on the last game of the season the networks can switch games. Maybe Fox shows the Jets game and NBC shows the Dallas game. This will not happen every year. Only when it is absolutely necessary to do so.

All this can be negotiated in the next TV contract.

tullamore · 01-03-10, 09:42 PM

Pavy, it may be more fun to watch all the games at once, but it wont fix teams laying down. The Jets are going to get into the playoffs because their last two opponents had nothing to play for. Even if the games were on at the same time, the issue of playing ones starters and stars would still be an issue.

pavyracer · 01-03-10, 09:48 PM

Originally posted by tullamore

Pavy, it may be more fun to watch all the games at once, but it wont fix teams laying down. The Jets are going to get into the playoffs because their last two opponents had nothing to play for. Even if the games were on at the same time, the issue of playing ones starters and stars would still be an issue.

At least the players playing won't have to see the other teams laying down. Imagine the Texans players watching this farce unfold before their eyes now. All they had to do is go to the locker room after the game was over and look at the score and know their season is over.