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Affiliate follies frustrate NFL fans

By Gregg Easterbrook
Page 2 columnist

Monday, December 30, 2002

On Sunday the nation's capital, where TMQ lives, did not see Miami at New England -- the consensus five-star matchup of the day, essentially a playoff contest and, as it turned out, among the most dramatic and exciting NFL games ever played. The local affiliate of CBS, which had the rights to Miami-New England, showed instead the meaningless Jax at Indianapolis collision. Why this ludicrous result? Miami-New England was a 1 p.m. ET kickoff, and the sold-out Cowboys at Persons game was airing ...

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