It's 2008: Can We Have the NFL Doubleheader

Mets PoliceNov 23, 2008

If you live any place else you get something cool called the "NFL Doubleheader." That's where one channel shows both a 1pm game and a 4pm game. In one of those time periods you will find that there's a game on both channels. You may have even occasionally seen this when the Giants or Jets are off.

Unfortunately, there's a horrible phrase that I've heard since I was a child, "Except in New York."

Yep, the rest of the country will get to see the 11-0 team play the 10-1 team but you in New York get to see the 3-7 Jets take on the 1-9 Chargers. (OK maybe not this year, but you get the point.)

The NFL has this antiquated thought that if there's a "second" game on in New York, suddenly people won't attend football games. That's right, it's fine to send someone a $20,000 PSL bill but it's the chance to watch Chiefs-Ravens that will make them give up the seats they've had for 50 years.

The Giants' waiting list is said to have over 80,000 people on it. The Jets have over 10,000. I'm sure it won't be televising the Browns-Raiders game to NYC that bankrupts the league; they seem to be doing OK.