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148588 tn?1465778809

What is prime air time worth?

http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2014/01/03/league-has-no-set-temperature-at-which-its-too-cold-to-play/related/


League has no set temperature at which it’s too cold to play

"......Making the situation more serious, the National Weather Service has issued a wind chill advisory from 6:00 p.m. CT Saturday until 6:00 p.m. CT Sunday, at which time the advisory converts to a warning:  “FROST BITE ON EXPOSED SKIN COULD OCCUR WITHIN 30 MINUTES SATURDAY NIGHT AND SUNDAY… AND AS LITTLE AS 10 MINUTES SUNDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY MORNING.”

Players and officials will be exposed to those conditions for roughly 90 minutes in the first half of the game, along with another 90 minutes in the second half — even more if there’s overtime.............

For all parties involved, there are few viable options.  The NFL could play the game on Saturday, when the temperature will spike to a balmy 25 during the day.  That would entail possibly moving one of the Saturday playoff games to Sunday, or playing three on Saturday, with the Green Bay game perhaps landing in the currently vacant 1:00 p.m. ET time slot.  Alternative, the NFL could flip the order of the games on Sunday, with 49ers-Packers kicking off (and in turn ending) well before the wind chill warning kicks in at 6:00 p.m. local time......"

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206807 tn?1331936184
LOL, Thanks
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Oh Ye of little faith.

Congratulations and good luck going forward.
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206807 tn?1331936184
·Tomorrow will probably be our first and last Playoff Game of the season. We have a nice indoor, climate controlled, facility here called “The Super Dome.” The Saints are playing The Eagles tomorrow night in Lincoln Financial Field
At Kick Off the Temperature will be 20. I doubt The Saints will leave the Locker Room for The Coin Toss.
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148588 tn?1465778809
All those advertising spots were paid for long ago for very specific prices depending on placement. We'll see if player/fan safety carry more weight than ad revenue  $$$.
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