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NBC’s NFL Lockout Contingency Plan: The 2011 Rugby World Cup?
Dave's Football Blog ^ | 20th October 2010 | Dave's Football Blog

Posted on 10/28/2010 7:25:37 PM PDT by the scotsman

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'With all the sudden blather surrounding “devastating hits” in football, the NFL has managed to deflect attention from the fact that the owners plan on canceling the 2011 season. This plan is not lost on the TV networks, who will not only have to shell out $4 billion to NFL owners for a whole lotta nothin‘, but will have to come up with alternative programming on Sundays and Mondays — programming that won’t own the Nielsen ratings like the NFL does.

NBC might be just ahead of the curve on this matter. If the 2011 season disappears, the Peacock Network will still be able to show football on Sunday nights — just not the same football you might be accustomed to seeing.

NBC Sports and its partner Universal Sports Network, which is currently an over-the-air digital subchannel for most local NBC affiliates, bought the broadcast rights to the 2011 Rugby World Cup, which will be held in New Zealand starting in September of next year. Both networks plan to show all 48 matches, with the bulk of them shown live on Universal Sports.'

(Excerpt) Read more at davesfootballblog.com ...


TOPICS: Australia/New Zealand; Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; United Kingdom
KEYWORDS: bloggersandpersonal; chat; sports
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1 posted on 10/28/2010 7:25:39 PM PDT by the scotsman
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To: the scotsman

Eff the NFL. The NFL PAC is raising money to keep Democrats in power.


2 posted on 10/28/2010 7:27:40 PM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: the scotsman

Eff the NFL. The NFL PAC is raising money to keep Democrats in power.


3 posted on 10/28/2010 7:27:46 PM PDT by Frantzie (Imam Ob*m* & Democrats support the VICTORY MOSQUE & TV supports Imam)
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To: the scotsman
I love rugby and I'd be glad to watch it.
4 posted on 10/28/2010 7:28:41 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: Frantzie
Gave up on sports crap years ago....

I follow politics now....athletes dont effect my daily life...

5 posted on 10/28/2010 7:31:36 PM PDT by Crim (The Obama Doctrine : A doctrine based on complete ignorance,applied with extreme incompetence..)
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To: the scotsman

If they cancel next season, how will we know when it’s breast cancer awareness month?


6 posted on 10/28/2010 7:32:30 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Just another white boy slurping a Slurpee while riding along in the back of the bus.)
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To: the scotsman

Rugby instead of the NFL would be great.


7 posted on 10/28/2010 7:39:42 PM PDT by Padams
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NFL - A politically correct, Democrat-whore organization that has changed football from a sport into merely something used to kill time between commercials. Absolutely detestable.


8 posted on 10/28/2010 7:41:44 PM PDT by troublesome creek
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Okay, this may be a little naive... but if the NFL does not supply the "entertainment programming” to NBC, why would NBC have to pay them $4 billion. Isn't this nonperformance under their contract?
9 posted on 10/28/2010 7:46:57 PM PDT by MS from the OC (Obama foreign policy"If you're an enemy we're sorry; if you're a friend, you're sorry" Abe Greenwald)
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To: Padams

Aussie Rules football would be nice, also.


10 posted on 10/28/2010 7:48:17 PM PDT by 1rudeboy
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To: the scotsman
If the 2011 season disappears, the Peacock Network will still be able to show football on Sunday nights — just not the same football you might be accustomed to seeing.

Thanks to the blackout rules, fans are already getting used to not seeing as much football on Sundays as it is.

11 posted on 10/28/2010 7:53:25 PM PDT by Drew68
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FIDDELDEDE ! I watch college football.


12 posted on 10/28/2010 7:58:35 PM PDT by katykelly
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All Blacks for the win please.


13 posted on 10/28/2010 7:59:16 PM PDT by Trajan88 (www.bullittclub.com)
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How about Australian rules football? Very entertaining.


14 posted on 10/28/2010 7:59:54 PM PDT by Let's Roll (Stop ACORN destroying America! Cut off their federal funding!)
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To: Drew68

Here in the NY/NJ metropolitan area, there is a nasty war going on between Cablevision and News Corp; the latter owns Fox TV and some other local stations. They want Cablevision to pay some mega multi-million dollar fees in order to be allowed to carry their programming. They’ve been at an impasse for a couple of weeks, during which News Corp has pulled the plug on their programming for Cablevision, including the National League Baseball Playoffs, The World Series, and the NFC programming on Sundays (to say nothing of House, Glee, and their other popular shows.) I listened to one football game on the radio (for the first time in about 40 years) and I realized I can do without the whole shebang. A plague on both their houses.


15 posted on 10/28/2010 8:02:04 PM PDT by TruthShallSetYouFree (If not for the double standard, liberals would have no standards at all.)
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To: Trajan88

Probably.

If not them, then the Springboks or the Aussies will probably win. France and the Argies the dark horses.

Scotland q-f, maybe semis with some luck.


16 posted on 10/28/2010 8:17:32 PM PDT by the scotsman (I)
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CURLING!!!

SWEEEEEEEP....HURRY HARD!!!!!!!!!


18 posted on 10/28/2010 8:59:49 PM PDT by ak267
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To: the scotsman

English Premier League!!!


19 posted on 10/28/2010 9:04:03 PM PDT by dfwgator (Texas Rangers - Oh well it was a nice season.)
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To: the scotsman

Australian Rules Football would be so much better - but their season starts in April!

DANG!!!


20 posted on 10/28/2010 9:12:18 PM PDT by vladimir998 (Part of the Vast Catholic Conspiracy (hat tip to Kells))
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