My melt about the NFC East Bias
Posted: Sat Sep 15, 2007 3:04 am
Okay, I was curious to see the upcoming NFL schedule and started to notice something about the national TV games. NFC east teams were popping up everywhere, so I decided to jot down the number of games being played on national TV this year and breakdown the participants from each conference.
There are 44 games this year on national TV and this is how it all lays out...
What team is playing the most games on national TV this season? Defending Superbowl champs? No. Defending NFC champs? No.
So who is it?
None other than the fucking Dallas Cowboys. They are playing in 7 out of the 44 games. That is more than 15% of all NTV games for one team out of a total of 32 teams.
It gets better. The NFC East airs 5 divisonal games on NTV. Only one combination is not being aired (Dal v Was) out of the 6. That is 2 more division rival games than any other divison (AFC North and NFC North with 3) and that is 5 more than the AFC East. 5 out of the 8 divisions come to a total 5 divisional rival games on NTV.
The NFC East also appears 19 times out of a possilbe 88 in the 44 games. The closest division in appearances is the AFC North who only comes to 13 appearances out of a possilbe 88. Dallas' NTV appearances alone equate to more than half that. 5 out of the 8 divisions make less than half the appearances than the NFC East makes.
This has been going on for years and when the new TV allignment came up, it was suppose to change. Its obvious it hasn't. Fuck NBC, fuck ESPN, and fuck the NFL network for the continuation of jamming the fucking NFC East down our throats.
There are plenty of rivalry games and other intriguing matchups that people want to see. New Orleans v Carolina, Houston v Tennessee (in Houston b/c of the Vince Young connection), Buffalo v Miami, KC v Denver are all great rivalry games that would draw ratings.
I am just sick of this shit.
There are 44 games this year on national TV and this is how it all lays out...
What team is playing the most games on national TV this season? Defending Superbowl champs? No. Defending NFC champs? No.
So who is it?
None other than the fucking Dallas Cowboys. They are playing in 7 out of the 44 games. That is more than 15% of all NTV games for one team out of a total of 32 teams.
It gets better. The NFC East airs 5 divisonal games on NTV. Only one combination is not being aired (Dal v Was) out of the 6. That is 2 more division rival games than any other divison (AFC North and NFC North with 3) and that is 5 more than the AFC East. 5 out of the 8 divisions come to a total 5 divisional rival games on NTV.
The NFC East also appears 19 times out of a possilbe 88 in the 44 games. The closest division in appearances is the AFC North who only comes to 13 appearances out of a possilbe 88. Dallas' NTV appearances alone equate to more than half that. 5 out of the 8 divisions make less than half the appearances than the NFC East makes.
This has been going on for years and when the new TV allignment came up, it was suppose to change. Its obvious it hasn't. Fuck NBC, fuck ESPN, and fuck the NFL network for the continuation of jamming the fucking NFC East down our throats.
There are plenty of rivalry games and other intriguing matchups that people want to see. New Orleans v Carolina, Houston v Tennessee (in Houston b/c of the Vince Young connection), Buffalo v Miami, KC v Denver are all great rivalry games that would draw ratings.
I am just sick of this shit.