Posted on 01/13/2024 10:02:58 AM PST by Red Badger
The New York governor made the announcement Saturday
Multiple Super Wild Card Weekend matchups will be affected due to weather, and now, one game has been postponed because of it. Saturday, New York governor Kathy Hochul announced that the Pittsburgh Steelers at Buffalo Bills playoff matchup will be moved from 1 p.m. ET on Sunday, to 4:30 p.m. Monday due to dangerous conditions.
Governor Hochul posted on social media that travel is going to be extremely dangerous in Western New York, and that a full travel ban has been implemented for Erie County starting at 9 p.m.
The Steelers have not traveled to Buffalo and are scheduled to leave on Sunday, according to CBS Sports Lead NFL Insider Jonathan Jones.
An update on our Super Wild Card game. #PITvsBUF pic.twitter.com/0JuHh6ls5i
— Buffalo Bills (@BuffaloBills) January 13, 2024 According to Weather.com, Buffalo is under a winter storm warning from 10 a.m. Saturday until 7 a.m. Monday morning. Heavy lake effect snow and strong winds are expected this weekend, while snow accumulations in the area could range from 1 to 3 feet. The Bills even previously asked for help to shovel snow in Highmark Stadium through the night so it could be ready for Sunday afternoon.
The last time an NFL playoff game was moved came in 2016, when Steelers vs. Chiefs in Kansas City was moved back from 1:05 ET to 8:20 ET due to an ice storm, per ESPN. While the NFL world does lose a Sunday playoff tripleheader with this rescheduling, it does mean we now get a Monday doubleheader, with Steelers-Bills kicking off at 4:30 p.m. ET, while the Philadelphia Eagles play the Tampa Bay Buccaneers at 8:15 p.m. ET.
If I can’t watch a game that historically has always been on the major networks, I think I can call it “blacked out”. Plus, I’d rather miss the game than resort to paying the NFL to pad its pockets. This move does nothing to promote football or the NFL at a time when the NFL already has a money-grubbing image.
But but but but the earth just had its warmest year EVER!! Global warming! Fight for $15! Weee shallll overcooooooome….
If the game was played in Green Bay under the current conditions forecast for Buffalo, the local weather forecasters would be talking about the “balmy, spring-like, weather for the kickoff.”
It does nothing to promote the NFL or football you are right.
This move is promoting the peacock streaming service.
The powers that be , saw this as an opportunity to sign up new people for peacock to watch the game, and figure that a certain number of people will continue to subscribe to Peacock afterwards.
But we're in the playoffs. The NFL is supposed to make all the games available so you can grab an antenna and hook it up to your TV and watch the games over the waves for free.
ESPN comes with most Cable packages, no subscription required
Current forecast is 27 degrees and windy — 25 to 30 mph. 1 to 3 inches of snow. In Green Bay they call this Spring.
Women in power have shown out to be much worse tyrants in general than men. Women in power simply don’t get it generally.
It isn’t blacked out. If you call it that you’re lying. It’s not paying the NFL, it’s paying NBC. Free enterprise, everybody is money grubbing.
No they aren’t. They have no obligation to put things over the air waves. They actually have a higher percentage of their playoffs over the air than anybody else.
Gotta be subscribed to basic cable.
The wussification of our country is complete.
“Why the hell is the governor making that decision? Shouldn’t it be a local decision? Politicians always say, never let a crisis go to waste.”
It could be that the NFL determined that they would have more viewers for a Monday night playoff game and they would make more money.
As for the State of New York and Erie County, they did not want to cover the extra expense for security and clearing roads.
Of course, they have no obligation. But up to this point, the NFL is extremely business savvy. I wouldn't say the same about the NBA. And the MLB.
During Jordan Era, the NBA averaged 35.9 million viewers during the NBA Finals. Last year, it was 11.64 million viewers.
During the Super Bowl, it was 115 million. So the point is, you have to do things to appeal to the fans. If you want to be an @$$hole about it, go for it. That will turn off the fans and you won't get them back.
The world changes. Technology changes. Available options change. The fact of the matter is streaming now has been around about as long as cable had been when the NFL sold ESPN their first contract. And all the same complaints you’re lodging now were lodged then. But they saw the winds of change, and went to the future. Streaming is the future. No amount of complaining is changing that. The NFL would be silly not to embrace it, and historically they ain’t silly.
Read post 21. It is blacked out. Do you know the terms of the contract for this broadcast? Given that Peacock is part of NBC, the terms between the NFL and NBC are the details to know. I’m suggesting that NBC is paying the NFL for the broadcast rights. I wouldn’t be surprised if a class action complaint is filed with the FCC.
Sunny, about 51 degrees, with crystal clear cobalt blue skies, a very light gentle breeze and nearly unlimited visibility in my corner of Arizona...
You see this decision as tyrannical?
Make it “free” on peacock. Then yes, I agree with you. The playoffs at least. If it’s a regular season game and they want to put it behind a pay wall, so be it.
It is NOT blacked out. Blacked out means you can’t watch it at all. You can. You just need to be subscribed to the right service. You CHOOSE not to. Which is your right. Just like it’s their right to decide which part of the NBC/ Universal empire to use to show the game. “Broadcast rights” is no longer just over the air. The FCC ain’t got anything to do with it. They have no jurisdiction over anything that isn’t the airwaves.
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