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Auggie

(31,248 posts) Fri Jun 29, 2012, 11:37 AM Jun 2012

NFL to delay late game doubleheaders by 10 minutes

yahoo sports

NEW YORK (AP) -- Tim Tebow was leading the Broncos on yet another improbable last-minute comeback, and fans in New York, Dallas and other football-mad markets didn't get to see the end.

The NFL announced a scheduling change Thursday aimed at preventing such moments. The league is shifting the start time of the second game of its Sunday TV doubleheaders by 10 minutes to ensure fewer fans miss any of the action on the field.

The late afternoon matchups on CBS and Fox will kick off at 4:25 p.m. ET instead of 4:15. Late games not on that week's doubleheader network will still start at 4:05.

http://sports.yahoo.com/news/nfl-shifting-start-time-doubleheaders-152539582--nfl.html

You can probably thank replay for this necessity. And TV time-outs, though the networks and league would never dare mention those. I guess a change is needed.

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