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Originally Posted by GirlySports
Not necessarily. I'm not watching terrible primetime games for example. In America on Sunday you will watch your local team (usually in the 1pm slot) and then a really good game in the 4:25 spot. That's still the prime spot that gets first choice of games. A lot of families set aside Sundays to watch football and that's it. The rest of the days are busy. The more primetimes games you introduce, you worst they get, you're going into 4th, 5th, 6th choice territory.
Unless your team is playing in primetime, I don't think the viewership goes up that much. Sure there's betting and stuff but you don't need to watch a game to bet on it. People bet entire 1pm slates, up to 10 games at once.
I guess but say the wildcard teams were Yankees, Red Sox, Cardinals and Mets. Somebody would still be playing at noon and that's dumb.
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You're right, and they're wrong.
Look, your preferences are irrelevant. Core fans will watch EVERY game. If there are 3 time slots a week, they'll watch 3 games. If there are 8, they'll watch 8. The fact that you might not, does not change anything.
As for your baseball example, not sure what point you are trying to make. If all those teams are in, having 4 different time slots will generate more viewership than having them all play at the same time.