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"“Don’t know yet,” Manuel said. “We won’t know until later into the season once we start the season. The way it works with night games is kind of the way it works with some of the other games in that nothing’s determined. It’s got to be 12 days out to be notified for a night game, but if it’s not a night game, it could be a six-day selection in terms of either noon or 3:30.”
Having networks deciding on a night game 12 days out is a new component in the TV deal with Fox, ESPN and BTN.
“Last year we would have known at the beginning of the year,” Manuel said."
Also, the networks can dictate night games for the first 10 weeks of the season, and in some years (such as 2017) that will include the first weekend of November.
"“Don’t know yet,” Manuel said. “We won’t know until later into the season once we start the season. The way it works with night games is kind of the way it works with some of the other games in that nothing’s determined. It’s got to be 12 days out to be notified for a night game, but if it’s not a night game, it could be a six-day selection in terms of either noon or 3:30.”
Having networks deciding on a night game 12 days out is a new component in the TV deal with Fox, ESPN and BTN.
“Last year we would have known at the beginning of the year,” Manuel said."
Also, the networks can dictate night games for the first 10 weeks of the season, and in some years (such as 2017) that will include the first weekend of November.
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