Re: NFL Nixes

[Donna Halper <dlh@donnahalper.com>]

Hakim wrote:
>It looks like the NFL has nixed plans for the proposed WEEI and WBCN
>re-broadcasts of the Super Bowl.

Bill Griffith wrote the short piece in the Globe.  In explaining the 
policy, he said, "When the NFL grants the rights to broadcast games, it 
never includes any provisions allowing rebroadcasts.  WBCN was going to air 
the call by Patriots broadcasters Gil Santos and Gino Cappelletti, along 
with U2's halftime show, from the station's archives. WEEI was set up to 
give Boston its first chance to hear the national Westwood One/CBS call by 
Howard David and Boomer Esiason..."

The ban will be a major source of annoyance for WEEI and WBCN, both of 
which promo'd the re-airing extensively.  I can sort of understand the 
league's stance about the WEEI re-broadcast-- WEEI is a network affiliate 
and couldn't originally air the game because it was being aired on a 
competitor-- WBCN.  But banning WBCN from airing its own regular call of 
the game puzzles me... don't they own the rights to their own call on their 
own station?