TMC
12-12-2011, 04:20 AM
Here are some highlights of the deal (http://fangsbites.com/2011/12/nfl-officially-announces-network-tv-deals/), some announced, some not:
*CBS, Fox and NBC keep their respective packages, AFC (http://fangsbites.com/2011/12/cbs-sports-keeps-nfl-through-2022-will-b egin-airing-some-nfc-games/), NFC (http://fangsbites.com/2011/12/fox-sports-remains-home-of-the-nfc-through-2022-will-flex-games-with-cbs/) and Sunday Night Football (http://fangsbites.com/2011/12/nbc-announces-9-more-seasons-of-sunday-n ight-football/).
*Each will get a total of three Super Bowls each, NBC resumes where the rotation under which the current contract ends with Fox and Super Bowl XLVIII.
*CBS will air the milestone Super Bowl L (50) in 2016.
*NBC will begin airing the Thanksgiving Night game starting in 2012.
*NBC gives up its Wild Card Playoff doubleheader in exchange for one Divisional Playoff game.
*ESPN will most likely receive the Wild Card Playoff game given up by NBC.
*Flex scheduling expands to allow CBS and Fox to trade games for the 4:15 p.m. national window.
*Thursday Night Football will expand to additional games, as many as 10-12 games next season.
Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch says the NFL, the TV networks and the fans are all winners (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/richard_deitsch/12/15/nf l.rights.deal/index.html) in the latest 9 year rights deal.
John Eggerton of B&C says the American Cable Association is sounding the alarm bell (http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/477961-ACA_Says_NFL_Deal_Could_Be_Calamity_for_Consumers.php) on the new NFL TV deals.
Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times writing in the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center looks at some of the negatives (http://sportsjournalism.org/sports-media-news/unprecedented-nfl-broadcast-contract-brings-unintended-consequences-to-fans/) of the new NFL TV deals.
Matt Yoder from Awful Announcing breaks down (http://awfulannouncing.com/2011-articles/december/breaking-down-the-new-nfl-deal-with-the-tv-networks.html) the new NFL TV deals.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times mulls over (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/sports/football/nfl-cashes-in-on-its -popularity.html?src=recg) the numbers in the new NFL TV deals.
Jim Carlisle of the Ventura County Star looks into (http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/dec/15/tv-radio-notebook-nfls-ratings-lead-to-big-tv) the new NFL TV deals.
*CBS, Fox and NBC keep their respective packages, AFC (http://fangsbites.com/2011/12/cbs-sports-keeps-nfl-through-2022-will-b egin-airing-some-nfc-games/), NFC (http://fangsbites.com/2011/12/fox-sports-remains-home-of-the-nfc-through-2022-will-flex-games-with-cbs/) and Sunday Night Football (http://fangsbites.com/2011/12/nbc-announces-9-more-seasons-of-sunday-n ight-football/).
*Each will get a total of three Super Bowls each, NBC resumes where the rotation under which the current contract ends with Fox and Super Bowl XLVIII.
*CBS will air the milestone Super Bowl L (50) in 2016.
*NBC will begin airing the Thanksgiving Night game starting in 2012.
*NBC gives up its Wild Card Playoff doubleheader in exchange for one Divisional Playoff game.
*ESPN will most likely receive the Wild Card Playoff game given up by NBC.
*Flex scheduling expands to allow CBS and Fox to trade games for the 4:15 p.m. national window.
*Thursday Night Football will expand to additional games, as many as 10-12 games next season.
Sports Illustrated’s Richard Deitsch says the NFL, the TV networks and the fans are all winners (http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2011/writers/richard_deitsch/12/15/nf l.rights.deal/index.html) in the latest 9 year rights deal.
John Eggerton of B&C says the American Cable Association is sounding the alarm bell (http://www.broadcastingcable.com/article/477961-ACA_Says_NFL_Deal_Could_Be_Calamity_for_Consumers.php) on the new NFL TV deals.
Eric Deggans of the St. Petersburg Times writing in the Indiana University National Sports Journalism Center looks at some of the negatives (http://sportsjournalism.org/sports-media-news/unprecedented-nfl-broadcast-contract-brings-unintended-consequences-to-fans/) of the new NFL TV deals.
Matt Yoder from Awful Announcing breaks down (http://awfulannouncing.com/2011-articles/december/breaking-down-the-new-nfl-deal-with-the-tv-networks.html) the new NFL TV deals.
Richard Sandomir of the New York Times mulls over (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/15/sports/football/nfl-cashes-in-on-its -popularity.html?src=recg) the numbers in the new NFL TV deals.
Jim Carlisle of the Ventura County Star looks into (http://www.vcstar.com/news/2011/dec/15/tv-radio-notebook-nfls-ratings-lead-to-big-tv) the new NFL TV deals.