(04-19-2018, 11:43 PM)jagboss Wrote: 2 PT games for a team that was 5 minutes from the SB is disrespect

This disrespect thing is just silly.  It's not about the success the team saw on the field last year.  It's about the ratings draw a team brings in prime time.  

Networks don't make money by making small market fans with a chip on their shoulders feel validated or respected. They do it by putting matchups on TV that draw the most eyeballs. They're spending billions to broadcast the games. Ad revenue depends on maximizing ratings.

Considering the market size, the fact that they're hosting a Sunday night game relatively late in the season is the reward for being a small market team that won a division and made a nice run in the playoffs.  

As nice as it is to land the prime time games, I'm more interested in the matchups than the kickoff time or television coverage.

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