"The NFL is forbidden from doing a night game on a Friday or Saturday before the second Saturday in December, to protect the audiences at high-school playoff games and college football games till mid-December. So that means the Black Friday game would have to begin no later than 4:15 p.m. ET or so."
nailed it
The law doesn't prevent them from playing the games, it only prevents them from Broadcasting it within 75 miles of a high school or college game being played.
How does the shows get to your TV if its not Broadcast ?
Because CBS and NBC pay the NFL lots of money to broadcast their games.
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As stevo pointed out though, starting the game at 3:00pm safeguards it as the substatial part of the game will be over by 6:00pm.
Streaming couldn't be imagined when this legislation was crafted back in 1961.Because CBS and NBC pay the NFL lots of money to broadcast their games.
The actual law uses the term "telecasting station", so a streaming only game would likely be safe.
Text of H.R. 9096 (87th): An Act to amend the antitrust laws to authorize leagues of professional football, … (Passed Congress version) - GovTrack.us
Text of H.R. 9096 (87th): An Act to amend the … as of Sep 30, 1961 (Passed Congress version). H.R. 9096 (87th): An Act to amend the antitrust laws to authorize leagues of professional football, baseball, basketball, and hockey teams to enter into …
As stevo pointed out though, starting the game at 3:00pm safeguards it as the substatial part of the game will be over by 6:00pm.
That and Prime is a paid service, not considered to be a Broadcaster, like the Networks, do not know if being a Cable Channel would be a loophole for the rule?
Keep in mind, those rules were made WAY before Streaming .... new technology doesn't necessarily omit it .Because CBS and NBC pay the NFL lots of money to broadcast their games.
The actual law uses the term "telecasting station", so a streaming only game would likely be safe.
Text of H.R. 9096 (87th): An Act to amend the antitrust laws to authorize leagues of professional football, … (Passed Congress version) - GovTrack.us
Text of H.R. 9096 (87th): An Act to amend the … as of Sep 30, 1961 (Passed Congress version). H.R. 9096 (87th): An Act to amend the antitrust laws to authorize leagues of professional football, baseball, basketball, and hockey teams to enter into …
As stevo pointed out though, starting the game at 3:00pm safeguards it as the substatial part of the game will be over by 6:00pm.
I wondered about that. I'm surprised the NFL hasn't tried to do a Friday night game on Cable in order to test that loophole. But if I remember right though, they agreed as part of the exemption to broadcast every team's game in it's home market (with the exception of the home team not having a sellout), which is why the ESPN and Amazon games are usually broadcast on a local channel for the 2 teams playing.
Size, speed, and athleticism! You can not compare the game to 20 years ago....Many more major injuries . And lets not forget the NFL knew for years about head injuries tied to CTE and said and did nothing about it....In fact they didnt have anything set up for players after they retire and those problem start to arise as they age!
Go to what the XFL did ....
What does that mean?....he was the next generation of athletes....but fat and overweight....now they are 300lbs plus and even more in shape....think head on car crashes at full speed....over and over....guess you dont watch footballEvery team had half the team like him.
Ok....you dont watch football.....nor understand what has happened with athletes....enjoy
