I think that was an NFL rule that a team couldn’t televise home games locally (less than 90 miles from the game) if not a sellout. Most Lions’ home games were not televised, but we could sometimes pick up the Toledo or Lansing station (may have driven the 90 mile limit). If the numbers were close, the Detroit area auto dealers association would buy up the seats and the game would be on local TV.
And the Bills and their fans will be extending Mahomes a nice warm welcome for his first ever road playoff game.
I’m surprised this doesn’t happen more often.I remember years ago, a Broncos fan threw a snowball and disrupted a field goal attempt.
And, for the latest, Belichick won’t be going to Dallas.
I tried to see if the NFL had any rules regarding interference from fans but couldn’t find one specifially about throwing snowballs or using laser pens (like an asshole in KC did against Tom Brady) . The fan gets escorted out or banned, but if the ball to the Steelers was catchable (which it wasn’t) and the snowball hit the steelers player, would the result of the play have stood?
I was able to see where the refs have was one about crowd noise. John Elway wanted the Chiefs penalized because crowd noise made it too hard, but they only warned but never penalized them, but Indy did get penalized for delay of game.
There are some rules in place, but it could be team by team.
Here’s the Broncos game. I was thinking it was at the end of the game and decided it, but turns out it was at the end of the half.
OJ Simpson and Joe Namath announcing the game. Classic
In the days when the Lions played outside at Tiger Stadium, pre-1976, fans throwing snowballs were somewhat common. They were generally thrown at the coach, as most of them stunk. Never saw anyone get the heave-ho.
I think it should be a penalty. But the problem is - people. I mean…say the Chiefs have the ball at 4th and goal from the 5 in the upcoming Buffalo game. And a Chiefs fan lobs a snowball in an effort to draw a penalty against the Bills. They don’t know who threw the snowball so it is unfair to penalize the home team.
But people are idiots. Several years ago a Chiefs fan aimed a laser towards Tom Brady’s eyes. Fortunately it didn’t hit his eye but that kind of stuff is really bad.
AND MAYBE THEY WILL LEARN
Depends. Fewer people watched, but did they get less $?
when you piss off your fan base it is not good for business
We’ll have to see…The NFL doesn’t give a shit because they got their money from NBC.
the ones this hurts are the advertisers. They pay good money to run an ad during an NFL game. So the eyes that see that ad, the better potential return on their advertising dollars. If the NFL wants to go this route, the advertisers my decide to demand lower rates to compensate for lower viewership.
I sadly agree with you, though perhaps there may be some hope. As a comparison which is not 100% in line but similar enough, back from 2008 - 2013 the Buffalo Bills signed an agreement to play one game a year in Toronto. The Bills essentially sold the game to Rogers Communications, who managed it. The Bills were guaranteed a big payment for the games, and just about everybody agrees that was the only way any party involved benefitted.
The series itself was a joke, with the tickets being extremely overpriced, the games not being sold out, and more often than not the visiting team’s fans outnumbering Bills fans. After the 2013 game then-Bills CEO Russ Brandon said that the series would continue over his dead body. Still, at the time there were some people with the Bills who wanted to continue the series due to the financial windfall. Thankfully, in the end Brandon prevailed.
I can hope that something similar may happen here where if the other aspects of streaming playoff games are lousy the NFL may see fit to stop the practice. I am not optimistic of this outcome, though.
KC @ Bills… one of the best games in years. Thanks to both, what pro ball should be! Can’t imagine the SB being this good.
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Yep best game of the year!!!
Kansas won 27-24!