Just play home-and-home
That Alabama-Florida State football game may not happen.
Right now, FSU only has four scheduled home games in 2007, so the school wants to count the contest in Jacksonville, Fla., as a home game. That would give the broadcast rights to ABC, which would be a big problem for the SEC, whose television contracts award CBS first dibs on neutral-site games.
A home-and-home series would clear up the confusion, but Alabama athletics director Mal Moore says scheduling constraints mean the Crimson Tide wouldn't get a return game until years later, which doesn't much matter to me as long as FSU eventually comes to the Capstone.
Right now, FSU only has four scheduled home games in 2007, so the school wants to count the contest in Jacksonville, Fla., as a home game. That would give the broadcast rights to ABC, which would be a big problem for the SEC, whose television contracts award CBS first dibs on neutral-site games.
A home-and-home series would clear up the confusion, but Alabama athletics director Mal Moore says scheduling constraints mean the Crimson Tide wouldn't get a return game until years later, which doesn't much matter to me as long as FSU eventually comes to the Capstone.
posted by Alabamian at 12:00 PM
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