Skins vs Eagles Pre Game Thread

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Originally Posted by JoeRedskin

Except, they have regularly broadcast Skins and Ravens games at the same time in the past. In past years, I always preferred weeks when Ravens played away because it meant I got four games broadcast. Consistently.

I know their are additional restrictions for "Game of the Week" designations but as far I can tell, there is absolutely no reason for Baltimore to NOT broadcast the game this week.

In past years, this was a week I could count on watching the Skins. In fact, the few times they bumped the Skins in such situations it was because they were broadcasting a Philly game and claiming that a substantial portion of their demographic preferred the Philly game over the Skins.

Honestly, this is either a conscience choice or something else out of the ordinary at work. (FYI - They are broadcasting American LeMans Racing in Austin Texas instead of football).

Those games do appear at the same time, sometimes, for the same reason - Fox and CBS have worked that out at the corporate, not local, level. And they do so in order to keep the Fox-CBS balance.

Look here, you can see the whole season charted out in advance, without any input from your local affiliate:
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