scheduling Archives - Awful Announcing

CFP official says they’re ‘just trying to minimize all the ways the NFL will f— you’ with expanded playoff scheduling

An expanded CFP looks likely to see either games going head-to-head with the NFL or midweek games, and it looks like the CFP execs are considering at least some head-to-head games, but not without complaining about the NFL in the process.

CFL’s 2022 schedule features still more divisional games: that will reduce team travel, but will fans be on board?

Will the gains from shortened travel and divisional positioning battles overcome the downsides of facing the same teams more often?

CFL division final time changes illustrate a flexible and local-focused scheduling approach, and there’s logic to that

In many cases, leagues and teams are reluctant to move games (especially playoff games) based on what's going on elsewhere. But the CFL moved their West Final once it was determined Winnipeg would host it, and that makes sense for both TV and in-person fans.

The bizarre mid-afternoon scheduling of the Women’s College World Series final game took a lot of criticism

A 3 p.m. Eastern start in 91-degree heat doesn't seem like great championship game conditions.

Grizzlies-Blazers becomes 16th NBA game postponed within first month of the season

21 of the NBA's 30 teams have now had at least one game postponed.

Ravens-Steelers to air Wednesday afternoon due to NBC’s “Christmas In Rockefeller Center” tree-lighting special

Christmas In Rockefeller Center was already booked and hard to move, so the football game is headed to Wednesday afternoon.

Comcast-Sky deal improves NBC Premier League schedule, and they’ll air some broadcasts from Sky studios

Owning Sky has allowed Comcast to provide NBC with some more desirable Premier League matchups for NBC windows this season.

Fox MLB schedule features Yankees and Red Sox eight times each, including the London game between them

Once again, there will be a whole lot of nationally televised Yankees-Red Sox games.

NBC’s NHL move away from “Wednesday Night Rivalry” towards showing all teams differs significantly from other leagues

The NHL on NBC is going towards a focus on stars, and showing more smaller-market and Canadian teams as a result.

Jim Delany says condensing Big Ten schedule to play at MSG “wasn’t good, wasn’t healthy,” but “I know we will be back out...

"We won’t do it again this way, and I take responsibility for asking the coaches."

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ESPN SVP Ilan Ben-Hanan talks ‘insane stretch’ of balancing NHL and NBA playoffs