Fxo football game switch...;why?

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I was watching the Redskins v Eagles football game and left the room for a few minutes, when I returned the game being shown was the Steelers v Lions. The first game was still in the 2n quarter...what happened?
 
Well, of course it played through all the way here in VA. at the end it switched to the Pitts game. That sux they switched on you. GO EAGLES
 
I wished they had switched away for the Falcons/Bucs game, I thought I was going to puke!:mad2::mad2:
 
DirecTV Sunday Ticket -- got to see the whole Steelers game uninterrupted despite living in Maryland. Good day to be a Steelers fan (and few enough of those this season).
 
JohnWF said:
I was watching the Redskins v Eagles football game and left the room for a few minutes, when I returned the game being shown was the Steelers v Lions. The first game was still in the 2n quarter...what happened?
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Same here -- we were just getting into the Iggles game and all of a sudden there's a bunch of bumblebees on the screen. And as it turned out, we missed some drama in the Philly game. My poor wife had to follow it on GameCast on her iPad.

What gives?

:dunno:
 
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The explanation I heard while watching that game was that they were switching to a more competitive game. The Eagles were thumping pretty hard on Washington. :D
 
Networks are bound by a strange bunch of rules when it comes to broadcasting games. Contractually, they have to show some games in their entirety, others they don't have to.


Here's what wiki says about mid-game switches:

Mid-game switches
During the afternoon games, CBS and Fox may switch a market's game to a more competitive one mid-game, particularly when a game becomes one-sided. For this to occur, one team must be ahead by at least 18 points in the second half.

Due to the "Heidi Game", a primary media market must show its local team's game in its entirety and secondary markets usually follow suit for away games. Also, secondary markets (for home games) or any others where one team's popularity stands out may request a constant feed of that game, and in that case will not be switched.

If the local team is scheduled for the late game of a doubleheader, it has importance over any early game. If 4:25 p.m. arrives, and the early game is ongoing, the primary affiliate (all games) and secondary affiliates (road games) are required to cut off the early game and switch to the start of the local team's game. Additional affiliates, including secondary affiliates for home games, may also request to cut off an early game for a nearby team's late start. This is common in Texas where many affiliates which are not considered secondary markets by the NFL still switch out of early games in order to get to the start of a 4:25 Dallas Cowboys game.

When a local team plays the early game of a doubleheader, that game holds importance over any late game. If the local team's early game runs beyond 4:25 p.m., the primary and secondary markets stay on until completion, and the late game is joined in-progress.
 
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Shades of the Heidi game ... 45 years ago today!
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I remember that event vividly -- was watching it in Michigan with two rabid Jets fans. Tried calling everyone we could think of to find out who won the game -- without success (no internet in 1968).

And like the Michigan-Ohio State game 40 years ago this weekend, that event changed football forever.
 
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Ron Levy said:
I remember that event vividly -- was watching it in Michigan with two rabid Jets fans. Tried calling everyone we could think of to find out who won the game -- without success.

And like the Michigan-Ohio State game 40 years ago this weekend, that event changed football forever.
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Heh - I lived in Brooklyn. I remember my sister being happy to watch Heidi, and I think that was the first time I heard my dad swear.
 
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