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Originally Posted by Marc Ciampa
I also heard that starting next season (or maybe 2007) the NFL is allowed to move games on the schedule, so if a Sunday night game is looking unappealing they can shift it to the afternoon and move a more inticing game into that time slot. That should eliminate most of those 49ers/Cards match-ups.
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If thats the case, NBC got a steal on the Sunday Night broadcast. IIRC they paid 1/10th of what ESPN did for the Monday Night game. If they can pick and choose matchups, plus get their own highlight show to air prior to the game than that should help them gain a good viewership for the game. How often does the Monday night game end up being a dud because a pre-season favorite/playoff team from the year before turns out to be a dud. Take Monday's Eagles vs. Seahawks game. If ABC had their way I'm sure they would have moved the Dallas/Giants, Bengals/Steelers or Chiefs/Bronco's into that slot if they'd had the choice.