Can NBC cherrypick the Sun Nite game? (1 Viewer)

[jerseydevil20]

Anyone know how it works? Current schedule shows the game as a late game.

 

[Mystery Achiever]

i am not sure if nbc or nfl pick the games. but the flex schedule doesn't start til week 11.

 

[JPeso]

"NBC Sunday Night Football is the beneficiary of the league's new flexible-scheduling system. For the final seven weeks of the season (seven of the final eight weeks during the 2006 season because of Christmas weekend), the NFL has the flexibility in selecting games to air on Sunday night, stating that fans will be able to vote for what game they would like to see on the Sunday primetime slot. During those affected weeks, no game is initially scheduled for NBC—instead, the schedule slot for the NBC game is listed as "To be announced", and one Sunday afternoon game will be moved to the primetime slot. The NFL did earmark specific games for Sunday Night Football in Weeks 10-15 and 17 when the official schedule came out in April 2006.[1] CBS and FOX could each protect four of its games during Weeks 10-15 and also each protect one of its games for Week 17; however, these two networks had to decide which games to protect in early October 2006, after Week 4 of the NFL season.[1]"

 

[videoguy505]

They can't cherry pick yet.

 

[jerseydevil20]

"NBC Sunday Night Football is the beneficiary of the league's new flexible-scheduling system. For the final seven weeks of the season (seven of the final eight weeks during the 2006 season because of Christmas weekend), the NFL has the flexibility in selecting games to air on Sunday night, stating that fans will be able to vote for what game they would like to see on the Sunday primetime slot. During those affected weeks, no game is initially scheduled for NBC—instead, the schedule slot for the NBC game is listed as "To be announced", and one Sunday afternoon game will be moved to the primetime slot. The NFL did earmark specific games for Sunday Night Football in Weeks 10-15 and 17 when the official schedule came out in April 2006.[1] CBS and FOX could each protect four of its games during Weeks 10-15 and also each protect one of its games for Week 17; however, these two networks had to decide which games to protect in early October 2006, after Week 4 of the NFL season.[1]"

Thanks man. Too bad. Perfect prime time game...

 

[dragon10]

Sunday ticket on Directv Cherry Picks all the games

 

[djcolts]

NE/Ind won't be on NBC, either. FOX and CBS needs to have big regular season games, too, or else why would they pay billions for NFL TV rights?

 

[doughboydeluxe]

"NBC Sunday Night Football is the beneficiary of the league's new flexible-scheduling system. For the final seven weeks of the season (seven of the final eight weeks during the 2006 season because of Christmas weekend), the NFL has the flexibility in selecting games to air on Sunday night, stating that fans will be able to vote for what game they would like to see on the Sunday primetime slot. During those affected weeks, no game is initially scheduled for NBC—instead, the schedule slot for the NBC game is listed as "To be announced", and one Sunday afternoon game will be moved to the primetime slot. The NFL did earmark specific games for Sunday Night Football in Weeks 10-15 and 17 when the official schedule came out in April 2006.[1] CBS and FOX could each protect four of its games during Weeks 10-15 and also each protect one of its games for Week 17; however, these two networks had to decide which games to protect in early October 2006, after Week 4 of the NFL season.[1]"

Thanks man. Too bad. Perfect prime time game...

They couldn't pick that game if they wanted to because Dallas is already at the maximum of the number of prime time games allowed by the NFL.

 

[Routilla]

I live in CO and Denver is off that week so I've atleast got a chance. The problem is I'll probably get OAK@SD as a regional game regardless. We should really be able to pick the game we want. I'll have to go buy $3 beers at a sports bar if it's not on TV.