What is the Point of Playing in the Rain?

[PeteBooth]

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Originally Posted by UMP25

You've GOT to be kidding with this post, I hope. College football has no charm, allure, or history the way Baseball does.

Really:

Most of the greatest Rivalries in this Country are in College Football. Here are some to name a few:

Army / Navy
Alabama / Auburn
Ohio State / Michigan
Harvard / Yale
UCLA / USC

Since Free Agency there is not a TRUE rivalry in baseball anymore.

Let's take the BOSOX / Yankees which currently is baseball's biggest rivalry.
Johnny Damon played for the BOSOX and now the Yanks. Therefore, the so called "heated rivalry" is a thing of the past.

I do not understand your argument. It's a FACT, baseball doesn't generate TV ratings. If they did, ABC / NBC/CBS/ and FOX would be "flying through hoops" to not only get the playoff Package but have a "decent" regular season package.

Football revenues from the networks continue to rise. Why do you think NBC got back into televising Football after they lost the AFC Package to CBS years ago.

Monday Night Football ratings have also gone down which is the reason Monday Football is now on ESPN as opposed to ABC.

As it stands now, Fox did not televise any of the first round games. They televised the Indians / BOSOX series and then the World Series.

Who would have thought years ago that the baseball playoff package would be on Cable. As I mentioned baseball cannot keep up with Prime Time Programming let alone the NFL.

Pete Booth