> The idea that MLB would now only allow the World Series to appear OTA > depresses me to my very core. Every other pro sport in the US airs at least > some portion of their playoffs on OTA.
I was struck that this year was the first time since television that postseason Pirate games didn't appear on broadcast TV. > The optimist says there's no way MLB lets this happen. The optimist isn't > right that often. If so much of the postseason is already unavailable OTA, I doubt MLB will have a problem with putting more on cable. Unless Congress is willing to act (the NFL's blackout rules for sold-out home games are a direct result of Congressional pressure in the '70s), more and more sporting events will end up on less available channels. > But if there's any truth to yesterday's Wall Street Journal's story that the NFL is considering a > Thursday night doubleheader, the "extra" games would come out of the Fox/CBS Sunday > afternoon allotment, and FS1 could very well be the winning bidder for that package, thus > effectively moving some of Fox's NFL games to FS1. It's easy to imagine that Fox's desire to put NFL games on FS1 is what's driving the whole second Thursday game movement. (And I agree with everyone that no Thursday games is better than one Thursday game is better than two Thursday games.) -- -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en --- 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 tvornottv+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
