From: Mike.Powell@capcity2.synchro.net   
      
   Reply is to a message from: Paul Hyett   
      
   # >cable) TV?   While there's no similar law in the USA, there's an   
   # >"unwritten policy" that events like the Super Bowl and the World   
   # >Series air on broadcast TV.   
   #   
   # Unfortunately the number of such 'protected' events diminishes all the   
   # time.   
      
   No kidding.  Last season's BCS Championship game was on cable for the first   
   time that I can remember, going back to before there was such a game.  The   
   "Big Bowl(s)" that decided the Champion(s) were always on network TV for as   
   long as I can remember.   
      
   Then the talking heads complained when the ratings were down.  Newsflash,   
   it was not because the two teams were from the same region.  It was thanks   
   to someone's poor programming choice (probably ABC/ESPN).   
      
   Mike   
      
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