Quote:I could never understand why people think they have to root for their hometown team just because it is their hometown team. The fact they do that is why I got the always bad Bengals and Browns. I got DirecTV for one reason: to watch the Jaguars instead of those crappy teams. The tipping point was missing our game at Denver in 1998 - when Jason Elam tied Tom Dempsey - which was the Game of the Week on CBS, but not shown in central Ohio because of the stupid assumption most local fans wanted to see Cincinnati at Oakland. That was long before the Bengals started looking decent.

 

The same thing is happening here in Gainesville. Why should I have to watch the crappy Buccaneers instead of my favorite NFC team, the Packers? The only reason for that is I live two hours away from Tampa and Fox assumes if you live in Alachua County, your favorite NFC team is is the Buccaneers. Green Bay at Chicago is a win and in game, the one most people will watch Sunday, and here I am stuck with the Buccaneers because of where I live. Why can't they at least make an exception in Week 17 when a lot of playoff spots are on the line, none of them involving Tampa Bay?

Are you closer to Jacksonville or Tampa?  If the latter, I can understand the NFL's logic, albeit irritating for you; I, although not a Steeler fan, have the advantage of being in a market of a general marquee team; and, an entertaining team, on most weeks.  If you are closer to Jacksonville, then the logic of the NFL gets harder to swallow.  Again, I can only suppose that there are those folks out there who are just that big of homers.  If it is not something that they can relate to than they will not watch it.  You just have to wonder if there are individuals that self-absorbed, or if it is too much trouble for the NFL to come up with a formula outside of the box.

 

Cheers

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