Everyone gets to watch Patriots try for history after all

December 27th, 2007 | Category: Sports, Programming

The move by the NFL to exclusively air that weekend’s game amoung the New England Patriots and New York Giants on their own NFL network, which reaches only 40% of US households, was met with much criticism and frustration. With a win that weekend, the Patriots would become the first team to go undefeated in a 16-game season (the Dolphins did it in the 14-game ‘72 season).

Now it looks like pressure from Washington has changed their

intellect and suddenly the game is airing on NFL Network and both NBC and CBS. Of course, several local affiliates to the two teams had already negotiated exclusive rights to the game and sold ads at inflated rates, so they can’t be too happy about having to share the game now with CBS and NBC.

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