Redskins vs. Cowboys Thanksgiving 2006...Not Happening (rumor just a rumor)

There's a good chance someone already said this, I didn't read all the posts, BUT....

I just hope our punter doesn't get his nose smashed into his face again. I almost lost my pumpkin pie when that happened to Barker on Thanksgiving a few years ago.

I'm sure some cable companies will add the NFL network to their choices (assuming the direct tv contract is non-exclusive) but it wont be for free. I suspect in 10 years the NFL network will carry all of the games.

I suspect that in ten years all games will be on a pay-per-view basis. Moving the games away from the Networks to an NFL owned property is a prelude to this. Advertizing revenue will not be large enough to sustain the growth that the owners have become accustomed to. The success of the Sunday ticket will encourage them to begin marketing a team's entire schedule and also individual games.
I believe there was a recent court ruling as well which may force cable companies to sell channels on and individual basis rather than as a set package. This trend towards a-la-carte programming will mean more choice but not lower costs (as I suspect some naive consumers believe). For instance you may be able to enjoy games on a television, a computer, or a portable device with fewer commercials but at a higher cost. Hopefully they will supplement the games with expanded interactive, multimedia, coverage such as what is available on Redskins.com presently. Marketers are skilled at using things like this to make it seem like good deal when in reality we will be paying for what was previously free.
I myself would be williing to pay if there were no ads. During our two playoff games it was hard catching a play or two between the two hours of commercials.

i love catching the shortcuts of other teams games (and the skins too of course), I can catch up on who we're playing next in 23minutes... you miss some pre-snap stuff and ome replays which kinda sucks, but it is a pretty good compromise of fitting a 3.5 hour game into a small time investment.

Just out of curiosity, who's the play-by-play team for the NFL Network? Do they have a team already?

Just out of curiosity, who's the play-by-play team for the NFL Network? Do they have a team already?

I don't think so. They have several possibilities. Emmit, Terrell, Mike Mayock, Woodson, Linc. Solomon Wilcots already work there and would be adequate color men. For play by play they would need to bring someone in. Their studio hosts are Rich Eisen and Paul Burmeister. I don't know if they could do it. If they are serious about this they need a first rate crew.

i would suspect that cable providers will be lining up to pick up the NFL network with 8 games on it next season. That's a lot of football that people will pay for. I would think it would be added next to the ESPN and Fox Sports channels though rather than a premium.

I have the NFL network and I get the NFL ticket every year, so I wont miss it, but I fail to believe that a smart Time Warner and Comcast wont pick that up.

I dont think this will happen because I just read an article about Tags and it seems he fears having the NFL get overexposed by having too many games on throughout the week (like MLB, NBA, NHL, etc). Like us, he enjoys the build-up and thinks that build-up is great for the league.

When I first heard this idea I wondered HOW they could have mid-week games. You'll get too many mismatches with one team extremely rested and another tired from playing on Tuesday or what not. Even the game after a MNF game shows a big drop in play, another day in there would kill the intensity of the game!

Update from today's dallasnews.com

http://www.dallasnews.com/sharedcontent/dws/spt/football/nfl/stories/020406dnsposuperdate.21741ca9.html

"Cowboys' Thanksgiving game is staying put: Tagliabue said the Cowboys' Thanksgiving game will remain on network television, contrary to a report recently that the league wanted to put the Cowboys against Washington in the night game on NFL Network.

The Cowboys would prefer to keep their 3:15 kickoff. The league releases its schedule in April."

yah Tag-li-a-buuuuu said that they will add one more thanksgiving game and it will move around the league. This etra game will be on NFL network. Detriot and Dallas will keep there thanksgiving advantages for now.

I'm going to look forward to this game and breaking the pattern of turkey day losts.Skins need to be peaking around then.Home crowd in Dalllas, could make it close.