papasmurfbell Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2013/12/04/lions-falcons-in-london-will-kick-off-at-930-a-m-eastern/ Lions-Falcons in London will kick off at 9:30 a.m. EasternThe NFL is trying something different with a 2014 game in London: An early kickoff.The league announced today that the Lions-Falcons game on Sunday, October 26 will kick off at 1:30 p.m. UK time, which is 9:30 a.m. Eastern time. That’s believed to be the earliest kickoff in NFL history. (The other two London games in 2014 will kick off at the customary time of 1 p.m. Eastern.)FOX will broadcast the game nationally as the lead-in to its normal 1 p.m. Eastern kickoffs. And, given that everything the NFL does draws big TV numbers, FOX can probably expect big numbers for this game, too — not as big as a typical Sunday afternoon game, but huge compared to what TV networks normally draw on Sunday mornings.And that leads to an interesting question: If the NFL follows through with the talk of eventually moving eight games a year to London, will it have all eight of those games kick off at 9:30 a.m. Eastern, and then sell that package of eight games to a TV network? If so, the NFL may have just found another lucrative revenue stream. As if the league’s billionaire owners need it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ForceEight Posted December 5, 2013 Share Posted December 5, 2013 I love it. It's just a shame that I don't care nearly enough about either of those teams to make it a point to be up at that time. But if it were a game I cared about, I would be pumped for this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
papasmurfbell Posted December 5, 2013 Author Share Posted December 5, 2013 Something to watch in the tailgating lot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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