Fox 6 Milwaukee not Showing Bears Late Game. Whose fault?

[Ralph Kramden]

What genius decides not to air the Bears game today at 3:15? Even all the Bear haters know there's a LOT of Bear fans in this viewing area.

[foxeng]

What genius decides not to air the Bears game today at 3:15? Even all the Bear haters know there's a LOT of Bear fans in this viewing area.

Probably because FOX has only one game this week (CBS has the doubleheader) and Milwaukee is in the Packers marketing area (The Bears is Chicago's WFLD) and by contract must carry the Packers.

There is the genius.

[Ralph Kramden]

So Fox Milwaukee couldn't air the Bears today, even if they wanted to?

[WITI6fan]

So Fox Milwaukee couldn't air the Bears today, even if they wanted to?

Not without special agreements in place.

[RLJSlick]

No s**t!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[AA9VI]

Put up an outdoor antenna for WFLD. Here's the broadcast maps for each week, usually updated Thursday/Friday:
http://the506.com/nflmaps/index.html

Yes, the NFL rules do suck. But, it's the NFL's fault, not WITI.

[jkane]

Exactly! It's not the stations, it's the NFL! They are money hungry, and could care less about the fans or anyone else. I don't watch any football games now. Too bad I am a very small minority. The NFL will never change since they know what a big hook they have in everyone's mouth.

[jjallou]

In time you will lose the ability to see NFL games over the air for free just like the Bucks & Brewers who I no longer support. We pay sales tax for Miller Park yet I can't see the team on free tv (with the exception of a few on WMLW). Bucks.....forget it. :bang:

[duncantuna]

Exactly! It's not the stations, it's the NFL! They are money hungry, and could care less about the fans or anyone else. I don't watch any football games now. Too bad I am a very small minority. The NFL will never change since they know what a big hook they have in everyone's mouth.

Yeah, but what I don't understand is .. isn't more games = more content = more money? I mean, 4 games are better than 3, are better than 2. Clearly, they often have 2 games going at the same time. And do exactly that when the home team plays at night or Monday.

What's so magical about only having 3 games on Sunday when the home team doesn't play until later, that makes more money? :huh?:


(As for the comment about paying sales taxes for Miller Park, then not getting the games free OTA .. those sales taxes you pay don't mean that. They mean you are FREE to buy a ticket to Miller Park! :D)

[tencom]

In time you will lose the ability to see NFL games over the air for free just like the Bucks & Brewers who I no longer support. We pay sales tax for Miller Park yet I can't see the team on free tv (with the exception of a few on WMLW). Bucks.....forget it. :bang:

TH OTA stations, are are under contract, to carry Network programming amd not allowed to substitute other proramming since sports would take a big bite out of network time and channel 41, WMLW advertisers payvery little to carry the BREWERS. Almost all the revunue from the brewer telecasts is by direct payment by CABLE & SATELLITE SUBSCRIBERS, through there cable bill and non-cable viewers are getting brewer games at no cost The FSN channel is one reason why cable rates are so high.

[jkane]

They block them hoping you will buy tickets to the game instead. The logic is there. But it is obviously faulty.

[jjallou]

In all fairness, this thread should probably be deleted since it's not Fox 6's fault for not showing the game. Many things really do suck. I don't think 6 is one of them.

[SRW1000]

In all fairness, this thread should probably be deleted since it's not Fox 6's fault for not showing the game.Seconded.

At a minimum, the thread title should be changed.

Scott

[Tom Snyder]

Didn't want to delete it as there was some good info.

I've changed the title to make it a bit more representative of where the thread ended up going.

[budda]

I have been watching the NFL on T.V. for at least 20 years. The rules for witch games will be on before the Packer Game, or after has always been based on a weird set of rules. Combination, FCC, NFL, and local markets and restrictions. I am not a Bears fan, but I am a football fan. More games on Sunday the better. Believe me if the networks any networks could run football instead of reruns of Barnaby Jones. I would think they would $$. Need a good explanation,, Google "How NFL games are chosen for broadcast", Then have a lawyer and a pot of coffee near buy. LOL Peace {fart}

[klwillis45]

http://www.the506.com/nflmaps/

[vegasvic]

It should be so much simpler. Just give each market 2 Fox and 2 CBS games each Sunday. Local stations could continue to lobby for which games they want in their market (as 58 did with Jets games last season). To a certain extent they are trying to protect the value of Sunday Ticket for DTV but these "rules" existed before there was a Sunday Ticket.

[Gilbert]

You have to remember something else...

Milwaukee is considered to have a football team. Of course, since the Pack stopped playing here in 1994, that's not true literally, but the NFL "grandfathered" them as a home market with a football team. Thus, whenever the Packers play on ESPN Monday Night Football, or Thursday night football, the game is offered (and due to the demand, always picked up by) a TV station in the market to simulcast it. I think there might be one other team like that, but I'm not sure. There was a push, some time ago, to have Madison, WI also be a city with an NFL football team by broadcast rights standards, like Milwaukee, so that they would always see the Packers play...but the NFL rejected it.

[brewguru]

Exactly! It's not the stations, it's the NFL! They are money hungry, and could care less about the fans or anyone else. I don't watch any football games now. Too bad I am a very small minority. The NFL will never change since they know what a big hook they have in everyone's mouth.

You can rip a business for trying to make money (um, that's what they're in business for) but not airing a Bears game in Milwaukee is hardly cause for concern.

Actually, by the local affiliate showing a crappy Bears game once was what prompted me to buy the Sunday Ticket in the first place. 10 years ago. The 11-1 Rams were playing the 10-2 Titans, but Milwaukee got a Bears-Lions game instead (with those two teams combining for something like 5 wins).

This is the Packers home market and if they never showed another Bears game here, I would be happy.

[Talos4]

Exactly! It's not the stations, it's the NFL! They are money hungry, and could care less about the fans or anyone else. I don't watch any football games now. Too bad I am a very small minority. The NFL will never change since they know what a big hook they have in everyone's mouth.

For the life of me, I can never figure out this kind of statement.

IF the NFL, MLB, NBA, NASCAR don't care about the fans, where do you think the money to keep them going is going to come from?

So what if they makes lots of money, isn't that the idea?

I have no problem with someone saying they're not going to get my money, but to say they don't care about the fans is not correct.

It's all about the fans. After all it's the fans money they want! Keep them happy one way or another.