NFL TV TALKS&POSSIBBLE CHANGES IN 2006

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Originally Posted by johnnyredskin63

acoording to today's usa today the nfl is considering moving back the start of the season

Definitely a ratings ploy...I'd rather see training camp moved back as well...limit preseason to 2-3 games starting in the last week of August...with the season starting around Sept. 15. That would put the Super Bowl in February...

Originally Posted by johnnyredskin63

pushing kickoff times back an hour

kickoff times don't matter much to me...again ratings ploy. I like the kickoff times as they are now...I would move the Sunday night and Monday night games back to 8...West Coast would have a problem...someone made mention of a tape delay...that would have worked about 10 years ago...however in this day and age of 24 hours sports, that would be incredibly difficult.

Originally Posted by johnnyredskin63

moving the monday night game back to thursday night.

Meaning no Monday games, but Thursday games...I'd be all for that. I actually don't watch too many Monday night games, and would be more inclined to watch games on Thursday nights...

Originally Posted by johnnyredskin63

they have also indicated that fox and cbs pick games from both conferences to show on sunday,no more nfc and afc only networks.

this is probably more asinine than anything else...meaning less and less ratings for the weaker matchups, including powerhouse v. basement dweller. I like the fact that I can watch the NFC on Fox and the AFC on CBS...If you want ratings, allow the networks to have say on which games they show...

What would be ideal (but won't happen) is to set up a satellite feed of the two radio broadcasts, so you can choose who to listen to, whether it be the TV, one team's radio broadcast or the other...the network wouldn't like that, but they would then be more pressed to find better talent to broadcast their games. IMO, the best broadcast team was Dick Stockton and Matt Millen...with Moose Johnston there now, the Stockton team is usually one of the better ones. I can't stand Buck, Aikman and Collingsworth...I wish they would pair Aikman with someone else...Aikman is wasted in that booth.

These are all just ratings ploys, pure and simple. I like the setup the way it is, and would root for no changes...