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THREE CHANCES FOR ANOTHER MNF DOUBLEHEADER
An industry source tells us that ESPN currently is discussing three different scenarios in which a Monday night doubleheader would be broadcast due to potential conflicts with the baseball postseason schedule.
Since we pay no attention at all to Major League Baseball, we had to do a little research to figure out the possible NFL games that could be moved to Monday night and then aired as part of what likely would be 7:00 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. kickoff times.
As reported by the Minnesota and Detroit media on Friday, the October 8 game between the Lions and Vikings would conflict with Game 5 of the American League Division Series involving the Minnesota Twins, if the Twins manage to overcome their current 0.5-game deficit to win the AL Central -- and if the Twins finish with one of the top two records among the three division winners.
If that happens, ESPN would probably (in our estimation) air the Lions at Vikings game at 7:00 p.m. on October 9, and the Ravens at Broncos game at 10:15.
The other two games apparently involve the Oakland Raiders, who share a stadium with the Oakland A's. If the A's make it to the World Series, which due to the All-Star Game victory by the junior circuit would give them home-field advantage, Game Two and Game Seven would conflict with Arizona at Oakland on October 22, and Pittsburgh at Oakland on October 29, respectively.
Both games undoubtedly would start at 10:15 p.m. Eastern, with the Giants at Cowboys getting the 7:00 p.m. start on October 23, and the Pats at Vikings seeing the early kickoff on October 30.
We hope that all three come to fruition, for a couple of reasons. First, we really liked the season-opening double-dip, and many of our readers did, too. Second, we hope someone in a position of power and influence eventually realizes that, for the next round of television contracts, the Monday night package should be sold as a weekly doubleheader.
And this could be the best avenue for expanding the league by two more teams, with one in Los Angeles and the other in a major city with an ownership group willing to shell out a billion or so for a team. By adding two teams to the league, FOX and CBS would not see a net reduction in their Sunday afternoon packages when another game is plucked for the Monday night broadcast.
THREE CHANCES FOR ANOTHER MNF DOUBLEHEADER
An industry source tells us that ESPN currently is discussing three different scenarios in which a Monday night doubleheader would be broadcast due to potential conflicts with the baseball postseason schedule.
Since we pay no attention at all to Major League Baseball, we had to do a little research to figure out the possible NFL games that could be moved to Monday night and then aired as part of what likely would be 7:00 p.m. and 10:15 p.m. kickoff times.
As reported by the Minnesota and Detroit media on Friday, the October 8 game between the Lions and Vikings would conflict with Game 5 of the American League Division Series involving the Minnesota Twins, if the Twins manage to overcome their current 0.5-game deficit to win the AL Central -- and if the Twins finish with one of the top two records among the three division winners.
If that happens, ESPN would probably (in our estimation) air the Lions at Vikings game at 7:00 p.m. on October 9, and the Ravens at Broncos game at 10:15.
The other two games apparently involve the Oakland Raiders, who share a stadium with the Oakland A's. If the A's make it to the World Series, which due to the All-Star Game victory by the junior circuit would give them home-field advantage, Game Two and Game Seven would conflict with Arizona at Oakland on October 22, and Pittsburgh at Oakland on October 29, respectively.
Both games undoubtedly would start at 10:15 p.m. Eastern, with the Giants at Cowboys getting the 7:00 p.m. start on October 23, and the Pats at Vikings seeing the early kickoff on October 30.
We hope that all three come to fruition, for a couple of reasons. First, we really liked the season-opening double-dip, and many of our readers did, too. Second, we hope someone in a position of power and influence eventually realizes that, for the next round of television contracts, the Monday night package should be sold as a weekly doubleheader.
And this could be the best avenue for expanding the league by two more teams, with one in Los Angeles and the other in a major city with an ownership group willing to shell out a billion or so for a team. By adding two teams to the league, FOX and CBS would not see a net reduction in their Sunday afternoon packages when another game is plucked for the Monday night broadcast.
