CBS Network Idiots!
 

I am sure many of you watched the Saints game on TV. In Jackson, MS., coverage was switched with around 9 minutes still left in the Saints game, to the Bengals/Bills game. Just in time to see Chad Johnson on the field for 10 minutes, to get carted off the field in a 33-21 game. Why in the hell did CBS switch the game with that much time left, just as Jacksonville scored to make it a 14 point game? Are these folks at CBS on crack? And according to information sources, the local network in Jackson had no control over this.

Did this also happen in other markets? Did this happen in the New Orleans or Jacksonville area? I just don't get this type of crappy decision by CBS. Even if the ultimate reason was to play the entire Colts/Pats game, that game was still a long way from kickoff when this switch was made. Talk about a bunch of bull poo...

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I feel you bro., I hate it when networks switch to another game when the game you started watching in the first place was still in progress..
I didn't have any problems as you did.

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Direct Tv the sunday ticket !!!

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I gave up the ticket due to the prices, OUCH!!!!
Great way to watch NFL games though.

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YEAH, It happened to me here in Houston. Same Game bills/bengals. Last time they did that was a couple years ago when the Saints were getting blown out. The announcer said that they were switching to a more competitive game then. I guess it's a compliment for us this time. Still sucked though

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are saints game shown any where besides the gulf coast with out the NFL ticket?

I don't think so.
A little bit last year (story book ratings and all)
but it is VERY hard to be a fan of a small market team with a very bad overall record.

no judgment hust an observation

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We get Saints games in Cali. from time to time, not many but a few. Even with the likes of SF, Oakland, and SD. Wait till we get the Los Angeles Saints.

LMAO.

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i hate that, they did it here in vegas..........freakin vegas

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isnt it a network thing.....they have to switch to the next game, because each game is alloted a certain amount of time...im pretty sure that happens to every game.....they have to switch to the next one....

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tell me something seriously Euph, does the NFL want football in Los Angeles more than Los Angeles does? I've never had a clear observation of what the heck is the mindset of L.A. where football is concerned.

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The entire game was broadcast here in the Monroe area. I lived in Jackson for a few years in the late 90's and saw them do that a few times. The change of games was probably only in the weaker Saints markets. I did not see the start of the Colts/Pats game because we finished watching the Saints game in this area.

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yeah well that didn't stop them from showing the whole blow out over the skins 2 weeks ago
and I know you said I guess it's a compliment for us this time but I think they just don't like to see the saints win lol

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Yeah that's true. It wasn't like the Bengals game was close. Guess them showing Mr. Showboat laid out was the important thing.

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We didn't get such a good treatment up here in NY, where Minnesota was crushing SD or Detroit was pulverizing Philly and we had to sit through each to the truly bitter end. I'd love to have seen Ocho-Stinko getting carted off. Better theatre than our alternatives.

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I live in Raleigh now, since Katrina, using NFL Sunday Ticket in HD. And in response to your question - yes.... they dropped they game midway and put on the Bills game. I was "just a little" pissed off, as I'm sure you were as well.

Luckily for me, I was watching the game in real time, so I was able to change channels and find another copy of it playing on another channel. However.... had I not been home, i.e. recording it via the DVR for viewing later, then I would have been one VERY VERY upset camper.

I don't know if it's the NFL that sucks, or the networks that suck, or if it's DirecTV that sucks (though I -do- know DirecTV sucks in general). But somebody definitely sucks. Preempting it like that without notification or warning?

Everyone loves paying good money for turds, right?

On a better note, I heard DirecTV's monopoly on football is finally (at last) coming to an end. I heard the fight between cable networks and DirecTV is finally coming to a head, that cable will finally be allowed to air the Sunday ticket in another year or two. I devoutly and sincerely hope that information is accurate.

DirecTV's monopoly all these years has been a complete travesty.