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« Reply #15 on: June 23, 2011, 01:50:31 am »
Quote from: MikeO on June 22, 2011, 06:41:19 pm
Then ESPN will have no desire to pay the NFL $1 billion for Monday Night Football.
So if I understand you correctly, ESPN's response to losing viewers on Thursday night is... to throw away their ratings for Monday night, too?  That's the stupidest, least effective threat ESPN could make.  ESPN would literally be saying that the NFL's product is so good that it devalues whatever other programming they have in the same time slot... how can they then turn around and say that they may get rid of their only other weekly NFL game (so they can lose in that time slot too)?  It's a transparently empty threat.

NFL football is going to happen on Thursdays.  If NFLN is no longer the exclusive Thursday outlet, it is entirely likely that ESPN would make every effort to drop whatever second-rate programming they are currently airing on Thursday night and air the NFL instead.
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« Reply #16 on: June 23, 2011, 06:03:54 am »
actually if you read the reports you would know the NEW Thursday night package in 2012 that is being discussed will air on 4 different networks. 4 games will air on NFL Network. And 3 other channels will also air 4 games. None of which will be on a network that already airs NFL football. This is to get new revenue streams from new networks. Not more money from existing networks which they feel doesn't expand the NFL Brand.

Some of the networks interested are TNT, Showtime, Versus, HBO...etc.

NOT to mention ESPN has contracts in place with these college conferences (ACC, Big East,...etc) for Thursday night games and they can't break those contracts to go grab NFL. I mean they could try but it would cost them a ton of moeny to buy out those college deals.

And you FAIL to realize ESPN is the customer paying $1 billion to the NFL. You always try to keep your customer happy, ESPN won't be happy. Few if any other networks can fork over $1 billion for 17 Monday Night games and no playoff games in return, the NFL might be upseting its best customer and could lose some revenue over it. Might be an issue down the road that comes back to hurt the NFL long-term
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« Reply #17 on: June 23, 2011, 11:37:38 am »
Quote from: MikeO on June 23, 2011, 06:03:54 am
NOT to mention ESPN has contracts in place with these college conferences (ACC, Big East,...etc) for Thursday night games and they can't break those contracts to go grab NFL.
Contracts end.  ESPN doesn't have to renew them.

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...unless other customers are willing to pay you more for the same (finite) product.
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« Reply #18 on: June 23, 2011, 06:30:10 pm »
I would rather watch an NFL game on ESPN on Thur than a couple mid level college teams.
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« Reply #19 on: June 23, 2011, 08:03:32 pm »
Quote from: Spider-Dan on June 23, 2011, 11:37:38 am
Contracts end.  ESPN doesn't have to renew them.
...unless other customers are willing to pay you more for the same (finite) product.

ESPN just signed a huge one with the ACC ain't gonna end anytime soon.

NFL on Thursdays starts in 2012
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« Reply #20 on: June 23, 2011, 08:04:23 pm »
Quote from: bsmooth on June 23, 2011, 06:30:10 pm
I would rather watch an NFL game on ESPN on Thur than a couple mid level college teams.

You will watch NFL Games on Thursday but it will be on 4 different channels throughout the season. ESPN most likely won't be one of them.
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« Reply #21 on: June 24, 2011, 12:46:14 am »
Quote from: MikeO on June 23, 2011, 08:03:32 pm
NFL on Thursdays starts in 2012
The article says that 16 Thursday games would not start until 2014.
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« Reply #22 on: June 24, 2011, 04:47:08 am »
Quote from: Spider-Dan on June 24, 2011, 12:46:14 am
The article says that 16 Thursday games would not start until 2014.

WFAN was reporting 2012 yesterday
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« Reply #23 on: June 24, 2011, 09:07:07 am »
Update.  Sources are saying the two sides are within "striking distance" of a new CBA.
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« Reply #24 on: June 24, 2011, 12:13:51 pm »

Update... In a world with laser guided ICBMs, the term "within striking distance" doesn't mean "close" nearly as much as it used to. Wink
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« Reply #25 on: June 24, 2011, 01:57:48 pm »
Could we remove the"breaking news" from the title? It wasn't really even breaking news at the time,and seems stupid to leave it there,for days on end...
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« Reply #26 on: June 25, 2011, 10:57:51 am »
Quote from: Lil B on June 24, 2011, 01:57:48 pm
Could we remove the"breaking news" from the title? It wasn't really even breaking news at the time,and seems stupid to leave it there,for days on end...

happy?
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« Reply #27 on: June 25, 2011, 11:53:23 am »
 Cheesy Grin I'd been fine with just having the "Breaking news" removed....your point was made.... Cheesy Grin

We knew the owners were having a meetings,so hearing details of what the owners wanted wasn't really news...

It wasn't coming out of a joint meeting,and "a lot of the speculation" seems to be it will be early to mid July....IE refer to Strokes post...

Joint Meetings are scheduled next week...

Modified to add...Thank you...
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« Reply #28 on: June 25, 2011, 12:00:30 pm »
Quote from: MyGodWearsAHoodie on June 25, 2011, 10:57:51 am
happy?

Love it!

Hate to say it, but I was also hoping the "BREAKING NEWS" thing would be removed.  I don't mind it when the news is actually breaking, but after a few days its just distracting.
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« Reply #29 on: June 25, 2011, 12:35:15 pm »
Quote from: Lil B on June 25, 2011, 11:53:23 am
Cheesy Grin I'd been fine with just having the "Breaking news" removed....

That wouldn't have been nearly as funny. 
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