
If you’re an Oakland Raiders fan, you’re probably pretty excited about this year’s team, despite their loss on Sunday. Then again, if you’re a Raiders fan, you may have not even known that the Raiders lost on Sunday, since the Los Angeles TV station showing the game cut it off in the final minute, as the Raiders were holding onto a 4-point lead. With 27 seconds left, Buffalo quickly found the red zone and…
Before the shotgun snap even took place with Bills quarterback Ryan Fitzpatrick calling signals, the swirling CBS logo came up, followed by a commercial for McDonald’s sausage McMuffins, one for a cell phone company, another for Nissan, one more for McDonald’s extra-value menu, a station promo the “CSI” season premiere, and then an aerial shot of with Jim Nantz proclaiming: “Looking down at Gillette Stadium in Foxboro, Mass. – Chargers, Patriots … hello friends.”
(Via Los Angeles Daily News)
I guess being on the East Coast, I have no clue when stuff like this happens, because I watched the end of this game on three TVs as CBS was cutting to it on every feed we had on at the time. Of course, it doesn’t affect me one way or another to miss the end of that game, but I can’t even imagine the rage that Raiders fans must have been feeling.
At least the NFL understands their pain.
The NFL offered neither an apology nor an offer to revisit the policy to see if it can altered in future weeks.
“Los Angeles is a secondary market for the Chargers,” NFL TV spokesman Dan Masonson said. “All secondary markets must carry in their entirety all road games of their local team.”
That’s all your [sic] obligated to say?
“We have nothing to add, that is the policy,” he said.
Again, I can totally understand how upset Raiders fans must have felt on Sunday. But in fairness, I had to watch the entire Miami Dolphins game, so I will trade places with you all whenever you want.


Yeah. my heart bleeds for the raider, knuckle dragger, nation
Heidi! Heidi! Heidi!
At least they switched to another football game and not a re-showing of “Heidi.”
GD’it Punch.
the end to this game was eerily similar to the end of ATL/PHI but the difference is our guy caught the ball on 4th down. a real test this sunday against the patriots. can you feel it? the power of the bills
@p.r, alomost feeling it. Optimistic yes, but not overly. That 5-1 start and 2-8 finish by the Bills in 2008 is still pretty fresh in my mind.
I’d just like to add as the Dolphins fan that this isn’t fair.
I wish they would have done this in my market, controlled by the Seahawks. That game was over at halftime.
if it makes anyone feel any better (it won’t) they did the same thing in Rhode Island (patriots secondary market). The funny part was, they just switched to the game about 5 minutes earlier after the Jets/Jags shit show ended.
I bet a lot of Darth Vader helmets were thrown at TV’s that afternoon.
There aren’t any Raiders fans in L.A.- that’s why the team went back to Oakland. /Bills fan dreading that this comment doesn’t come back to haunt him
I am a Charger fan and was upset that they went to commercial and then the view of Gilette. Is anything exciting going to happen during the introduction of the teams that can match the last few seconds of a close game?
@UU we are in trouble with out #11 this week i feel and obv lee evans is gone. i hope weel bring up naaman roosevelt. our division is tough and a ridiculous schedule strength
Gentlemen, gentlemen: You’re missing the point. The League has a POLICY in place. There is no further debate to be had.
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