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2022 FIFA World Cup
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9 AM to 11 PM in UTC+3 (Qatar), the times that are reasonable for playing assuming a 2-hour game, are 1 AM to 3 PM in my time zone and 10 PM the previous day to 12 PM on the West Coast. Most of these times shouldn't conflict with American football except for early afternoon games. (I don't know if Qatar had 9 AM games, but I know Olympics events often start that early). In fact, they can fill what would normally be dead times. Given that you say that FOX only did it because they were required to, they probably got higher viewership during the morning hours than they would if nothing was going on and didn't lose out on PM American football coverage.
Am I missing something? Not following the NFL or college football at all or even watching TV, I probably am.
NWI_Irish96:
--- Quote from: 1 on December 19, 2022, 04:57:49 PM ---9 AM to 11 PM in UTC+3 (Qatar), the times that are reasonable for playing assuming a 2-hour game, are 1 AM to 3 PM in my time zone and 10 PM the previous day to 12 PM on the West Coast. Most of these times shouldn't conflict with American football except for early afternoon games. (I don't know if Qatar had 9 AM games, but I know Olympics events often start that early). In fact, they can fill what would normally be dead times. Given that you say that FOX only did it because they were required to, they probably got higher viewership during the morning hours than they would if nothing was going on and didn't lose out on PM American football coverage.
Am I missing something? Not following the NFL or college football at all or even watching TV, I probably am.
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There were 11am and 2pm (ET) games on the weekends that partially or fully clashed with college/NFL. Had to depress ratings compared to what those time slots would have done in the summer.
thspfc:
You're not missing anything. You said it:
--- Quote from: 1 on December 19, 2022, 04:57:49 PM ---except for early afternoon games
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Even though these typically attract fewer viewers than later games, they're still big on TV and no doubt took a lot of eyes off the WC games.
Bruce:
The blame should also be shared with FIFA. The trophy lift was an hour after the end of the match due to some understandable logistical issues (such as having two heads of state on the field), but it just took so damn long to get there. Historically, it was done within minutes of the last kick.
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