Quote:A week after we got stuck with St Louis/Tampa instead of Seattle/San Diego.

 

I tweeted Brent Martineau about this last year and he said it is out of their hands. I'd like to know whose hands it is in because it seems like every TV station in America except Action News what game they get. The only exceptions being primary market games and secondary market road games (like Jags in orlando). But somehow we get stuck with crappy Bucs and Dolphins games.

It has to do with the local CBS affiliate making the choice based on what will draw ratings for their market.

 

They assume in central and south Florida there are more people that care about the outcome of Miami's games than Denver's.

 

Here in Northwest Florida our AFC games are almost always AFCE (miami in particular, Jets games when Favre QBd) or AFC teams that are playing NFCS teams due to the influx of Saints fans here after Katrina.

 

I remember here though the Jags were played regularly on TV, when they were winning... like mid 2000s and mid to late 90s. 

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