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    From JGibson@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 15 10:04:01 2022
    With the NFL going to Amazon Prime streaming for Thursday night, does ESPN have no interest in actually trying to put out a Thursday game any more?

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  • From michael anderson@21:1/5 to JGibson on Thu Sep 15 14:33:35 2022
    On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 12:04:03 PM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    With the NFL going to Amazon Prime streaming for Thursday night, does ESPN have no interest in actually trying to put out a Thursday game any more?

    would you try to put up any games against the behemoth that is the national.football.league. ?

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  • From The NOTBCS Guy@21:1/5 to All on Thu Sep 15 16:26:42 2022
    With the NFL going to Amazon Prime streaming for Thursday night, does ESPN have no interest in actually trying to put out a Thursday game any more?
    would you try to put up any games against the behemoth that is the national.football.league. ?

    If the NFL game is on something as widespread as NBC, or even ESPN? No.

    If it's on a $10/month channel (going up to about $12/month in January; $15/month if you only want it during football season - and on top of that, you also need either a SmartTV or something like a Roku box to watch it on a large screen) like Amazon
    Prime? I would think about it - especially for some non-Power-whatever-the-number-is-this-week conferences. Is it worth it to get the channel for just one game a week?

    Then again, maybe I should hold off on comments like this until I see what the ratings are for the first game.

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  • From michael anderson@21:1/5 to The NOTBCS Guy on Thu Sep 15 18:23:23 2022
    On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 6:26:45 PM UTC-5, The NOTBCS Guy wrote:
    With the NFL going to Amazon Prime streaming for Thursday night, does ESPN have no interest in actually trying to put out a Thursday game any more?
    would you try to put up any games against the behemoth that is the national.football.league. ?
    If the NFL game is on something as widespread as NBC, or even ESPN? No.

    If it's on a $10/month channel (going up to about $12/month in January; $15/month if you only want it during football season - and on top of that, you also need either a SmartTV or something like a Roku box to watch it on a large screen) like Amazon
    Prime? I would think about it - especially for some non-Power-whatever-the-number-is-this-week conferences. Is it worth it to get the channel for just one game a week?

    Then again, maybe I should hold off on comments like this until I see what the ratings are for the first game.

    At this point the nfl could put jags-texans on at 3am on channel 983 and it would still get a huge number.

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to miande...@gmail.com on Thu Sep 15 18:52:57 2022
    On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 5:33:38 PM UTC-4, miande...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 12:04:03 PM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    With the NFL going to Amazon Prime streaming for Thursday night, does ESPN have no interest in actually trying to put out a Thursday game any more?
    would you try to put up any games against the behemoth that is the national.football.league. ?

    Against Amazon streaming? Yes. Besides, ESPN has to put something on. Looks like they opted for WNBA.

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to JGibson on Thu Sep 15 19:15:21 2022
    On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 9:52:59 PM UTC-4, JGibson wrote:
    On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 5:33:38 PM UTC-4, miande...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 12:04:03 PM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    With the NFL going to Amazon Prime streaming for Thursday night, does ESPN have no interest in actually trying to put out a Thursday game any more?
    would you try to put up any games against the behemoth that is the national.football.league. ?
    Against Amazon streaming? Yes. Besides, ESPN has to put something on. Looks like they opted for WNBA.

    And ESPN2 went with high school football.

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  • From michael anderson@21:1/5 to JGibson on Thu Sep 15 22:36:01 2022
    On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 8:52:59 PM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 5:33:38 PM UTC-4, miande...@gmail.com wrote:
    On Thursday, September 15, 2022 at 12:04:03 PM UTC-5, JGibson wrote:
    With the NFL going to Amazon Prime streaming for Thursday night, does ESPN have no interest in actually trying to put out a Thursday game any more?
    would you try to put up any games against the behemoth that is the national.football.league. ?
    Against Amazon streaming? Yes. Besides, ESPN has to put something on. Looks like they opted for WNBA.

    I bet amazon gets 6 million or more viewers for tonight's game. Which is likely going to be about 10 times or
    more than were watching espn.

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  • From The NOTBCS Guy@21:1/5 to All on Fri Sep 16 07:07:03 2022
    would you try to put up any games against the behemoth that is the national.football.league. ?
    Against Amazon streaming? Yes. Besides, ESPN has to put something on. Looks like they opted for WNBA.
    I bet amazon gets 6 million or more viewers for tonight's game. Which is likely going to be about 10 times or
    more than were watching espn.

    Early ratings are in: 5.9 million, if you include the people watching on a broadcast channel in the two teams' cities. That's actually slightly better than NFL Network games.
    How many people have Amazon Prime, anyway? Quick check of the Internet...150 million (according to Statista)?

    Apple is probably raising an eyebrow or two at these numbers; Apple TV is seriously considering bidding for NFL Sunday Ticket when DirecTV's exclusivity runs out at the end of this season.

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  • From Con Reeder, unhyphenated American@21:1/5 to JGibson on Fri Sep 16 13:50:23 2022
    On 2022-09-15, JGibson <james.m.gibson@gmail.com> wrote:
    With the NFL going to Amazon Prime streaming for Thursday night, does
    ESPN have no interest in actually trying to put out a Thursday game
    any more?

    Illinois and UT Chattanooga play next week.

    Perhaps it was a first-game honeymoon written into the contract. The NFL
    does some weird scheduling stuff like that.

    --
    An empty head is not really empty; it is stuffed with rubbish. Hence
    the difficulty of forcing anything into an empty head. -- Eric Hoffer

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  • From JGibson@21:1/5 to unhyphenated American on Fri Sep 16 07:22:32 2022
    On Friday, September 16, 2022 at 9:50:27 AM UTC-4, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
    On 2022-09-15, JGibson <james.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
    With the NFL going to Amazon Prime streaming for Thursday night, does
    ESPN have no interest in actually trying to put out a Thursday game
    any more?
    Illinois and UT Chattanooga play next week.

    Yep, on Big Ten Network. ESPN is showing West Virginia / Virginia Tech and ESPNU is showing Coastal Carolina / Georgia State. Steelers / Browns will be on Amazon.

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  • From Con Reeder, unhyphenated American@21:1/5 to JGibson on Fri Sep 16 19:24:52 2022
    On 2022-09-16, JGibson <james.m.gibson@gmail.com> wrote:
    On Friday, September 16, 2022 at 9:50:27 AM UTC-4, Con Reeder, unhyphenated American wrote:
    On 2022-09-15, JGibson <james.m...@gmail.com> wrote:
    With the NFL going to Amazon Prime streaming for Thursday night, does
    ESPN have no interest in actually trying to put out a Thursday game
    any more?
    Illinois and UT Chattanooga play next week.

    Yep, on Big Ten Network. ESPN is showing West Virginia / Virginia Tech and ESPNU is showing Coastal Carolina / Georgia State. Steelers / Browns will be on Amazon.


    Which lends support to my week-one-only contract clause supposition.

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    by looking up something and finding something else on the way."
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