Reason the Saints/Raiders game is on Fox and not CBS is. (1 Viewer)

[TheIronSheik]

im not sure if anybody is aware but in 2011 the NFL started flipping some sunday afternoon game between CBS and Fox as part of there flex schedule to balance the schedule and give some games to a bigger audience.

Last year was the first year where they even had a handful of games scheduled on the opposite network on sunday afternoons.

This is the list of games that get flipped from start of the season.
Week 1 Oak at NO CBS to Fox
Week 2 Atl at Oak Fox to CBS
Week 7 SD at Atl Fox to CBS
Week 11 Buf at Cin CBS to Fox
Week 11 Mia at Rams CBS to Fox
Week 11 Phi at Sea Fox to CBS
Week 12 Min at Det Fox to CBS (thanksgiving)
Week 12 Car at Oak Fox to CBS
Week 14 SD at Car CBS to Fox

 

[Saint_Medic]

AFC teams at NFC venues are supposed to be CBS

NFC teams at AFC venues are supposed to be Fox

Not sure how the Raider game made it to Fox unless CBS had too many games opening day.


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[TheIronSheik]

The main reason the Saints game vs Raiders got moved to Fox from CBS, is the that at the same time is the Chargers are at Kansas City so they didnt want to spilit the California market if they cam much as possible.

Thats why of the 8 games flexed between Fox and CBS. 6 feature California teams since with the Rams moving give them 4 teams now in crowded market. So people living in Fresno and Bakersfield will be stuck those 4 teams on there Sunday afternoons.

 

[Hopeless]

The main reason the Saints game vs Raiders got moved to Fox from CBS, is the that at the same time is the Chargers are at Kansas City so they didnt want to spilit the California market if they cam much as possible.

Thats why of the 8 games flexed between Fox and CBS. 6 feature California teams since with the Rams moving give them 4 teams now in crowded market. So people living in Fresno and Bakersfield will be stuck those 4 teams on there Sunday afternoons.

Makes total sense.

Not being able to watch your in market team because your local station is picking up the game down the road would be infuriating. at least this gives you the option to swap channels to pick up one or the other.

 

[WilliamBrees]

im not sure if anybody is aware but in 2011 the NFL started flipping some sunday afternoon game between CBS and Fox as part of there flex schedule to balance the schedule and give some games to a bigger audience.

Last year was the first year where they even had a handful of games scheduled on the opposite network on sunday afternoons.

This is the list of games that get flipped from start of the season.
Week 1 Oak at NO CBS to Fox
Week 2 Atl at Oak Fox to CBS
Week 7 SD at Atl Fox to CBS
Week 11 Buf at Cin CBS to Fox
Week 11 Mia at Rams CBS to Fox
Week 11 Phi at Sea Fox to CBS
Week 12 Min at Det Fox to CBS (thanksgiving)
Week 12 Car at Oak Fox to CBS
Week 14 SD at Car CBS to Fox

San Diego at Atlanta is actually supposed to be on CBS.

 

[WilliamBrees]

Why would central Cal care about airing SD? That's not the reason at all. There was a cross-schedule deal that was formed in 2014. Most interconference games with AFC or NFC road team is switched to other network than other matchups. These matchups and broadcasts are also decided before the computer makes the schedule. The SNF, TNF, late afternoon games, MNF games were set and dated as well before the computer. They made sure to have the computer set those specific cross games for different weeks as possible outside the week one is set to be a showcase game and Thanksgiving week.

In 2011, this happened once and that was because CBS wanted to air the patriots@broncos game and not give it SNF so they had to lose another broncos game meant for CBS that went to Fox.

They have four each outside Thanksgiving. CBS also has a extra big game because they don't enough elite AFC road team matchups which is likely why this process was formed to begin with.