On Mon, Nov 15, 2010 at 9:41 AM, Adam Bowie <[email protected]> wrote:

> I'm surprised that they were talking about relatively basic stuff
> since you have to be a bit of a die-hard to stay up late for those
> Sunday night or Monday night games. Of late, UK TV broadcasters have
> tended to take US network feeds of the Superbowl even though the NFL
> makes an international feed available which explains the rules a bit
> more. UK fans are pretty clued up in general.

So to Adam and the UK members of the list... is the NFL actually
popular in the UK, or are they just filling space in the schedule?

> The reason UK stations employ these pundits at all, and don't just
> take the US feed is because we're not legally allowed to carry the
> amount of advertising that US stations can.

Hey, that sort of limitation on profit potential is socialism!

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

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