Congress this week questioned the NFL's intention to broadcast the Patriots v Giants game solely on their network the last week of the regular season. To be fair, when the NFL network picked this game no one knew that the Patriots would probably be playing for history as the first undefeated football team since the Dolphins back in the 70's.
But here we are and now obviously football fans all over the world now want to watch this game. But as it is, won't be able to due to the limited coverage of the NFL Network and all the high profile disputes with the Cable providers. So WOW!! Congress is intervening on behalf of the people for once, right? Well maybe, but I'm sure only indirectly. The fact is Congress is only intervening on behalf of the Corporate Sponsors and the Major Broadcast Networks who all want this Audience for what would certainly be a highly rated or viewed contest. Congress has threatened the NFL's Anti Trust exemption.
This will probably be enough to get the NFL Network to capitulate to the demands of the Major Media and their corporate sponsors. Though they will all wait to see if the New England Patriots are indeed playing for an undefeated season as they must play the 1-13 Dolphins this weekend. Most feel that barring a nuclear attack or an alien invasion, the Patriots will indeed be playing for this special place in sports history.
It will be interesting to see how this all plays out. We are talking huge money here in ad revenues for the major broadcast network selected and the corporate sponsors who will be selling their wares. I suppose as one of the little guy football fans out here I will be rooting for corporate money this time around. Still, I won't be fooled that they are all doing this for little old me. We all know better.
Really I only want to be able to watch this game. At this point I don't care how. Even though there is really no doubt how this game will end either. The New York (Jersey) Giants can't even carry the Patriot's equipment bags. But how often do you get a chance to watch special history being made?
