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Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 3:21:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		NEW YORK (AP) -- The New England Patriots' shot at history Saturday night will be available to every television viewer in the country after months of wrangling.

Their game against the New York Giants, in which the Patriots could become the first NFL team to go 16-0 in the regular season, was originally scheduled to be shown only on the NFL Network. Fewer than 40 percent of the nation's homes with TVs receive the channel.

The league announced Wednesday that the NFL Network feed will be simulcast on NBC and CBS. It's a major concession by league officials, who repeatedly said they would not show the game anywhere but the NFL Network. The NFL had faced mounting pressure from lawmakers in recent weeks to make the game available to more viewers.

Local TV affiliates in the Boston, Manchester, N.H., and New York areas who were already set to simulcast the game under NFL policy will still air it.

The NFL has feuded with major cable companies, who have declined to carry the network as part of basic packages.

"We have taken this extraordinary step because it is in the best interest of our fans," commissioner Roger Goodell said. "What we have seen for the past year is a very strong consumer demand for NFL Network. We appreciate CBS and NBC delivering the NFL Network telecast on Saturday night to the broad audience that deserves to see this potentially historic game. Our commitment to the NFL Network is stronger than ever."

This will be the first three-network simulcast in NFL history and the first simulcast of any kind of an NFL game since the first Super Bowl in 1967, when CBS and NBC both televised the first meeting of the champions of the newly merged National Football League and American Football League.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?sl...ov=ap&type=lgns

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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 3:29:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		Giants coach Tom Coughlin was already struggling with how to approach this game; rest his starters, or try to stop history? Wonder if this will affect his decision making?

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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 3:53:59 PM   
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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 5:15:30 PM   
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Status: offline 		Eli wanted a big market, I wonder if this is big enough for his ego.

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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 6:06:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		The NFL finally gets it. You want as many people as possible to watch your product. Especially with a game of this magnitude.


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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 6:40:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		What we have seen for the past year is a very strong consumer demand for NFL Network.
- Roger Goodell

Is he getting that the network isn't all that great?  That the reason for strong consumer demand is because that's the only way some of the games can be viewed?


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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 6:45:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		There seems to be a dispute between the cable companies and the NFL which is why the NFL Network is not more widely available. Perhaps he should focus on coming to an agreement with cable.
The announcers are not the best on this network, but I don't think even they can ruin this game.

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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 6:48:10 PM   
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The announcers are not the best on this network, but I don't think even they can ruin this game.


No, that'll be up to Eli

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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 6:48:26 PM   
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regional coverage of football games is very annoying when very usually the most entertaining games don't happen to involve the teams you live around.

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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 6:50:00 PM   
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No, that'll be up to Eli


That would be yummy to watch.

I have the NFL network on satellite tv.  If I had cable it would be unavailable to me.


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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 6:50:23 PM   
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The announcers are not the best on this network, but I don't think even they can ruin this game.


No, that'll be up to Eli



Lol. That's good.

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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 7:00:38 PM   
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No, that'll be up to Eli


That would be yummy to watch.

I have the NFL network on satellite tv.  If I had cable it would be unavailable to me.



So, it'd be........ mean......... if I unplugged your satellite.

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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 7:11:54 PM   
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So, it'd be........ mean......... if I unplugged your satellite.


mmnn mean mmnn


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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 7:12:50 PM   
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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 7:15:05 PM   
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So, it'd be........ mean......... if I unplugged your satellite.


mmnn mean mmnn





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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 7:16:12 PM   
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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 7:17:53 PM   
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Aren't you up past your bed time?


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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 7:20:01 PM   
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More like some 16 year old named Guido.

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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 7:30:57 PM   
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The New England Patriots' shot at history Saturday night will be available to every television viewer in the country after months of wrangling.

Their game against the New York Giants, in which the Patriots could become the first NFL team to go 16-0 in the regular season, was originally scheduled to be shown only on the NFL Network. Fewer than 40 percent of the nation's homes with TVs receive the channel.

The league announced Wednesday that the NFL Network feed will be simulcast on NBC and CBS. It's a major concession by league officials, who repeatedly said they would not show the game anywhere but the NFL Network. The NFL had faced mounting pressure from lawmakers in recent weeks to make the game available to more viewers.

Local TV affiliates in the Boston, Manchester, N.H., and New York areas who were already set to simulcast the game under NFL policy will still air it.

The NFL has feuded with major cable companies, who have declined to carry the network as part of basic packages.

"We have taken this extraordinary step because it is in the best interest of our fans," commissioner Roger Goodell said. "What we have seen for the past year is a very strong consumer demand for NFL Network. We appreciate CBS and NBC delivering the NFL Network telecast on Saturday night to the broad audience that deserves to see this potentially historic game. Our commitment to the NFL Network is stronger than ever."

This will be the first three-network simulcast in NFL history and the first simulcast of any kind of an NFL game since the first Super Bowl in 1967, when CBS and NBC both televised the first meeting of the champions of the newly merged National Football League and American Football League.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?sl...ov=ap&type=lgns


(I predict the Seahawks will win this game by 14 points).

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RE: Patriots/Giants game to be shown nationwide - 12/26/2007 7:32:07 PM   
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NEW YORK (AP) -- The New England Patriots' shot at history Saturday night will be available to every television viewer in the country after months of wrangling.

Their game against the New York Giants, in which the Patriots could become the first NFL team to go 16-0 in the regular season, was originally scheduled to be shown only on the NFL Network. Fewer than 40 percent of the nation's homes with TVs receive the channel.

The league announced Wednesday that the NFL Network feed will be simulcast on NBC and CBS. It's a major concession by league officials, who repeatedly said they would not show the game anywhere but the NFL Network. The NFL had faced mounting pressure from lawmakers in recent weeks to make the game available to more viewers.

Local TV affiliates in the Boston, Manchester, N.H., and New York areas who were already set to simulcast the game under NFL policy will still air it.

The NFL has feuded with major cable companies, who have declined to carry the network as part of basic packages.

"We have taken this extraordinary step because it is in the best interest of our fans," commissioner Roger Goodell said. "What we have seen for the past year is a very strong consumer demand for NFL Network. We appreciate CBS and NBC delivering the NFL Network telecast on Saturday night to the broad audience that deserves to see this potentially historic game. Our commitment to the NFL Network is stronger than ever."

This will be the first three-network simulcast in NFL history and the first simulcast of any kind of an NFL game since the first Super Bowl in 1967, when CBS and NBC both televised the first meeting of the champions of the newly merged National Football League and American Football League.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?sl...ov=ap&type=lgns


(I predict the Seahawks will win this game by 14 points).


Sanity put you up to that, didn't he?

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