Effectiveness of spreading a petition to get Pats v. Giants on TV?

[NoChance]

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I am guessing it will not be available on Fox/ESPN/CBS. My family lives in Wisconsin and they are already complaining about not being able to see the Dallas vs Green Bay game.

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Really? From ESPN:
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Fans in each local market will be able to see the game. NFL rules require that games televised on cable must be made available to an over-the-air provider in the home market cities.

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http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3123865

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That article must not be true. Where is it getting this information? My family still insists it isn't available to them. Many are contacting the cable company to complain. The cable company says there is nothing that can be done.

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I just called my brother to get further clarification. Apparently the key word is "local". Most of the regular Green Bay Packer market will not be able to see the game. Only those that live in the cities of Milwaukee or Green Bay will have it on local stations. The rest of the state is out. So, that article makes it sound better than it really is.

[MicroBob]

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Only those that live in the cities of Milwaukee or Green Bay will have it on local stations.

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Madison is such extreme Packer country that it would be a ridiculous crime not to show the game there.
They don't get the same TV stations as GB or MIL.
As was mentioned in a different thread, they are really more like the Wisconsin Packers obviously. Everyone in the state is crazy for that team.

[Jay Riall]

NFL Network pwns imo. I always watch Playbook and Replay - great shows. Pretty much impossible for a show including Deion Sanders to suck tbh.