NFL media deals finalized - at least 10B annual income annually

[pf9]

On 3/23/2021 at 3:11 PM, RuskieTitan said:

Do you have anything to support this? That college OT would provide a higher turnout than the NFL OT? Because frankly, I don't think which type of OT is going to make a difference between folks tuning in for just OT and not. If they weren't watching already, they won't watch.

Still, having college OT rules is far more enjoyable than a timed 10 minute OT in which if no one scores the game ends in a tie, and you could possibly lose without possessing the ball in OT if you allow a TD on the opening drive. In contrast, NFL games that are played under college OT rules can possibly rewrite record books, something we should be rooting for (I in particular want a game to break the most combined points record set in 1966 by the Giants and Washington).

In college, both teams a guaranteed a possession. And it isn't asking that much to guarantee that every NFL game in a given season will have a winner, as it is in college.

[agarcia34]

They need to be smart and not redo the deal with Directv for the Sunday Ticket. While DirectTv has made it available for non customers with their streaming service the platform they use is awful and has a lot of bugs. Amazon or YouTube would be such a better option. Looking forward to the Sunday ticket having a new home for the 2022 season 

[pf9]

So, the current CBA ends after the 2030 season. If it occurs that the playoffs expand to 16 teams under the CBA that begins in 2031, I expect a bridge three-year agreement where during the first round, CBS and Fox each air two playoff games simultaneously in the 1 PM slot on either Saturday or Sunday (the networks would alternate the days where they do this every year), with the games not airing on the local CBS or Fox affiliate being distributed through Paramount Movie Network for CBS games (in more homes than CBS Sports Network, though MTV, in even more homes than PMN, could be utilized too; which would potentially restore MTV's involvement in the NFL for the first time since the Super Bowl 38 halftime show scandal) and Fox Sports 1 for Fox games. This would be much better than playing playoff games on weeknights which would disrupt the rest schedule.

A bridge agreement will be in place for ESPN to air MNF in 2022.

After the bridge agreement for the first round of the playoffs is up, I would expect that the reverse mirror is finally incorporated into regular season Sunday afternoon telecasts, in addition to the first round of the playoffs.

Edited April 9, 2021 by pf9

[RedGold]

College OT is awful

[HoboRocket]

The title of this thread is giving me a stroke from the thread title.

[AkronsWitness]

On 4/9/2021 at 5:24 PM, samsel23 said:

College OT is awful

I think the NFL OT needs to adopt those rules to a extent.

Each team gets 1 chance to score. If neither does, it goes to college overtime rules.

The NFL and NCAA need to start coming together on a agreement where they try to use the NCAA as a testing ground for new rules they are considering like they did with the AFL for that small time.

 

[Raves]

So basically this means that come next year the Saints are out of Cap hell.  Sweet.

[MWil23]

On 3/30/2021 at 1:01 AM, agarcia34 said:

They need to be smart and not redo the deal with Directv for the Sunday Ticket. While DirectTv has made it available for non customers with their streaming service the platform they use is awful and has a lot of bugs. Amazon or YouTube would be such a better option. Looking forward to the Sunday ticket having a new home for the 2022 season 

While I'm 100% against the monopolization that DirecTV has forcing you into a 2 year contract with an ala carte menu gouging consumers, the same cycle would continue with this route as well on a streaming service. Throw in people like me who live in rural areas not having access to streaming services due to internet caps on speed, and I'm even more adamantly against it.

They should do what college does, and stagger kickoffs based upon geography, while offering a plethora of network options, including ESPN, FS1, ABC, CBS, Fox, and NBC. Why have 75% of your games happen at the same time (1:00 PM EST Sunday) when you could have games starting at 1:00, 4:00, 7:00, MNF, and Thursday night as well? You increase your ratings, stagger your product, meaning more advertising, more marketability/visibility, and a happier consumer.

Shoot, a 2nd bye week would even mean an EXTRA week of TV game revenue.

[pf9]

So, the new Super Bowl rotation beginning in 2023 will coincide with the rotation of AFC VS. NFC games. Using the Packers as an example, here is the rotation:

Seasons in which the Super Bowl is on CBS will coincide with the Packers playing the entire AFC West and one game at a team from the AFC North

Seasons in which the Super Bowl is on Fox will coincide with the Packers playing the entire AFC South and one game hosting a team from the AFC East

Seasons in which the Super Bowl is on NBC will coincide with the Packers playing the entire AFC North and one game at a team from the AFC West

Seasons in which the Super Bowl is on ABC will coincide with the Packers playing the entire AFC East and one game hosting a team from the AFC South

During the 8-division era, the Super Bowl rotation has coincided with rotation of intra-conference divisions playing each other. Again, using the Packers as an example:

CBS usually had their Super Bowls in years the Packers played the entire NFC West

Fox usually had their Super Bowls in years the Packers played the entire NFC East

ABC/NBC usually had their Super Bowls in years the Packers played the entire NFC South

Beginning in 1982, it was a three network rotation. During the years where the NFL had six divisions, the only opponents determined years in advance were division games and from 1978-93, games between teams from the AFC Central and NFC West (and even those games had their locations determined by the previous year's standings). Fifth place teams were excluded from the normal interconference rotation, their interconference games were limited to the two teams in the other conference that finished fifth (all other teams got to play 4 interconference games). The Packers finished fifth in 1980, thus they only got to play one AFC West team, Seattle, in 1981 (the top four from the NFC Central and AFC West faced each other), though this was before ABC was part of the Super Bowl rotation. After ABC entered the rotation, the Packers finished last in 1988, preventing them from playing any teams from the AFC Central in 1989 (one of the AFC teams they did face was Kansas City in a rematch of Super Bowl 1).

So, using the entire NFC Central as an example, the Super Bowl rotation was this from 1982-2001:

CBS (1982-93)/Fox (1994-2001) usually had their Super Bowls in seasons the NFC Central and AFC Central were paired

NBC (1982-97)/CBS (1998-2001) usually had their Super Bowls in seasons the NFC Central and AFC East were paired

ABC usually had their Super Bowls in seasons the NFC Central and AFC West were paired

[pf9]

OK NBC is scheduled to have Super Bowl 68 in February 2034, which would coincide with the 2034 Winter Games.

However, NBC's currently Olympic broadcast contract only runs until the 2032 Summer Games.

If NBC were to lose its Olympic rights after 2032 to either CBS, Fox, or ABC/ESPN, the NFL would likely alter the Super Bowl broadcast rotation to benefit the new rightsholders to the Olympics.