Most Sunday late games will start at 4:25 ET

[polamalubeast]

-- Tim Tebow was leading the Broncos on yet another improbable last-minute comeback, and fans in New York, Dallas and other football-mad markets didn't get to see the end.

The NFL announced a scheduling change Thursday aimed at preventing such moments. The league is shifting the start time of the second game of its Sunday TV doubleheaders by 10 minutes to ensure fewer fans miss any of the action on the field.

The late afternoon matchups on CBS and Fox will kick off at 4:25 p.m. ET instead of 4:15. Late games not on that week's doubleheader network will still start at 4:05.


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Good move...I am very happy

[Count Steeler]

Why oh why is it taking longer to play these games? Hmmm... It's coming to me, too many damn commercial breaks. No reason it should take longer than 3 hrs. OT is the exception, not the rule.

[polamalubeast]

Why oh why is it taking longer to play these games? Hmmm... It's coming to me, too many damn commercial breaks. No reason it should take longer than 3 hrs. OT is the exception, not the rule.



During the 2009-11 seasons, 44 games lasted long enough to require part of the audience to be switched. Under the 4:25 kickoff, that number would have been reduced to 15.

On Dec. 4, Denver beat the Minnesota Vikings on a field goal as time expired on Fox, the Broncos' fifth straight win as Tebow-mania swept the country. The game ended at 4:19 p.m. ET, so hometown fans of the Packers, Giants, Cowboys, Cardinals, Rams and 49ers -- whose teams played in the 4:15 game -- missed the final seconds
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