So does Roger Godell. He could equally move the game to a different day. But he won't. Because he's a big mean bully.
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K8teebug wrote:
So does Roger Godell. He could equally move the game to a different day. But he won't. Because he's a big mean bully.
He can't move it to a different day because the networks are paying millions upon millions to show it on the nigh they want to show games. The NFL already offered to make the orioles any money that they would lose by moving the game. This game will draw twice the amount of tv viewers that most world series games will draw. Comparable to game 7 of the world series. Last 2 years it was on a thursday night drew 27 million viewers. last time a world series game drew that many viewers was game 7 in 2002. Come on this is a big game for baltimore.
I just like baseball more.
who cares about the jewish holiday. they have nfl games on christmas
I won't be watching either game, so I hope that it pours in Baltimore that week screwing everything up. But the NFL is being ridiculous here.
There's no tradition in the Thursday opening game. It was recently invented and has been moved twice to Wednesday in the last five years.
The idea that it is disrespectful to the Jewish holiday is also ridiculous as the NFL played a night game on the first day of the holiday last year.
K8teebug is right about the travel the night before making it unfair to do a day game, which is too bad because a baseball day game into a night football game would be awesome.
The only way it would work for baseball would be to do the following:
Move the Wed games between the Orioles and Indians and the White Sox and Yankees to day games, and then move the Orioles and White Sox game on Thursday to a day game, all of which occur in the end of the season.
Or we can schedule (notice I didn't say move because it wasn't scheduled then originally anyway) one NFL game, at the start of the season on a Wednesday.
This isn't rocket science.
There's no tradition in the Thursday opening game. It was recently invented and has been moved twice to Wednesday in the last five years.
The idea that it is disrespectful to the Jewish holiday is also ridiculous as the NFL played a night game on the first day of the holiday last year.
K8teebug is right about the travel the night before making it unfair to do a day game, which is too bad because a baseball day game into a night football game would be awesome.
The only way it would work for baseball would be to do the following:
Move the Wed games between the Orioles and Indians and the White Sox and Yankees to day games, and then move the Orioles and White Sox game on Thursday to a day game, all of which occur in the end of the season.
Or we can schedule (notice I didn't say move because it wasn't scheduled then originally anyway) one NFL game, at the start of the season on a Wednesday.
This isn't rocket science.
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K8teebug wrote:
My husband thinks it will be funny if it rains.
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How many Jewish guys are on the Ravens anyway? Jews aren't the most athletic bunch.
I think it's an issue with Robert Kraft and the Patriots. Ravens are supposed to play the Patriots and he's Jewish.
I also think it's just an excuse. They would still be playing on Rosh Hashanna on Thursday!
I also think it's just an excuse. They would still be playing on Rosh Hashanna on Thursday!
I am sure they dont' care about the players being jewish or an owner being jewish. They care about that if they move it to wednesday they would lose 4 million viewers. if they move it to wednesday and it is the first night of a big jewish holiday they will lose 6 million viewers. They can just keep the game on Thursday and play it somewhere else and keep the tv folks are happy.
So the only one that loses are the people of Baltimore.
So the only one that loses are the people of Baltimore.
Why can't the Ravens open on Sunday night? I just don't understand. who cares about Thursday? Not this Baltimore fan.
looks like its a done deal - ravens opening up on the road.
dumb.
dumb.
K8teebug wrote:
Why can't the Ravens open on Sunday night? I just don't understand. who cares about Thursday? Not this Baltimore fan.
Well because there is an advantage to opening on Thursday as you get an extra 3 days rest before you next game. Better to be opening on the road on thursday and playing the game on the road then Sunday night. I can gurantee you though the Orioles game won't have much of an attendance figure.
Oh and Brian Roberts was on the radio this morning and he said the players were never asked their opinion about moving the game and he didn't even know about it until yesterday. He said it is no big deal as they do day games after night games all the time.
atomicfront wrote:
Oh and Brian Roberts was on the radio this morning and he said the players were never asked their opinion about moving the game and he didn't even know about it until yesterday. He said it is no big deal as they do day games after night games all the time.
How would he know, he hasn't played in like 4 years…
Anyhow, there isn't a single day game after a night game with travel on any MLB teams schedule. They do not do it "all the time"….
i'm sorry, i'm new to this noise, but: is it impossible for the ravens and the O's to play on the same night? are the logistics more than the stadium area can handle? or is it some other issue i'm missing?
yeah, they share parking lots
Fuck Kraft and the Patriots.
vansmack wrote:atomicfront wrote:
Oh and Brian Roberts was on the radio this morning and he said the players were never asked their opinion about moving the game and he didn't even know about it until yesterday. He said it is no big deal as they do day games after night games all the time.
How would he know, he hasn't played in like 4 years…
Anyhow, there isn't a single day game after a night game with travel on any MLB teams schedule. They do not do it "all the time"….
maybe they did when he used to play?
hutch wrote:
maybe they did when he used to play?
Funny, but no. It's been in the CBA for years….