Re: Playoff schedule times???

"Roarmeister" <Ebnezrvfgre2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On Sun, 26 Oct 2008 01:00:30 GMT, "The Henchman"
> <don'taskme@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>"Roarmeister" <Ebnezrvfgre2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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>>> Can somebody tell me why the semi-finals are on a Saturday?  And why
>>> the hell is the cross-over game (hosted by Winnipeg) starting at 9:30
>>> am PT / 12:30 ET according to TSN???  (DST changes Nov 1st).  Or is
>>> this the broadcast time of the lead-in show vs. actual game time?
>>>
>>> Why the HELL do we have football in the morning?
>>>
>>> Why are the numbnuts at the Toronto S****ts Network F****** with
>>> Canadians?  Last time I checked the Argo-nuts aren't even in the
>>> playoffs.
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>>The Eastern Time zone is about 3/4 of Canada's population.....
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> And the playoffs consist of 83% western based teams!

And when networks like TSN dole out lots of money to televise CFL games
they 
do so in hopes that advertisers will want to display thier goods and 
services to as many people as they can, which is the Eastern Time Zone.

It's about national advertising, not local fan bases.