I am well aware that sports fans have the most visible voices between Boston and Washington. in approximately 450 miles of I-95, there are over 16 million television households with ESPN’s two main studios. Surely this would inevitably lead to late-night broadcasts about sports on the East Coast, especially starting with the NCAA men’s basketball championship and continuing through to the end. nba Final.
Eastern Standard Time Zone, complain all you want. I hear it every year, every spring, and all you need to know is that when it comes to sports broadcasting, these concerns are irrelevant.
I’m sure most of you sleepy folks understand how television works, but allow me to provide a refresher. There are four time zones in the United States. One of them is the Pacific Standard Time Zone. because of that, while you people from the East are watching grey’s anatomy The 6 p.m. News is being broadcast on ABC at 9 p.m. in Los Angeles.
Games are not written, recorded, edited and then distributed. It is broadcast live. If the Phoenix Suns and Los Angeles Clippers played on Thursday night at 8 PM EST / 5 PM PST, the Crypto.com Arena would be empty and most people in the markets of the teams involved would not be able to see.
A late afternoon coffee may be necessary for those who want to watch that game at 10:30 p.m. EST and the Sacramento Kings vs. Golden State Warriors on a separate screen. The first-round matchups in the Eastern Conference have not been so compelling, while those in the Western Conference have been spectacular.
Unfortunate.
Those I-95 complaints are about to get even louder when the NBA Finals come around. A sporting event at 9 pm How can one stay up till midnight for a championship competition?
Think that’s tough, try navigating rush hour traffic to make it home – or worse the downtown area – by 6 p.m. when it takes 50 minutes to drive 10 miles. Go splash yourself with water and grab a sneakers while my blood pressure rises when my car is stuck in the same spot on the freeway for 10 minutes at 5:30 p.m.
i used to live in east tIE Zfor more than a decade. Working in games, many days my work hours varied from an average nine to five. Although I have had to work mornings after watching The Warriors end at 1 a.m., I transcended being an adult. Have you all ever heard of laying your clothes out the night before work?
Another thought, aren’t most people in this country after money? Do rich people always advise people not to sleep for a few hours at night? I distinctly remember Steve Harvey once yelling at his audience, “Rich people don’t sleep eight hours a day!” For those of you who are unable to knock at 1:30 and wake up at least at 7:30, I think you have a broken mindset.
eastern teeIE ZOne, all you want about the start times of NBA playoff games, sunday night football, oscarEtcetera. Feel free to ignore the over 12,000,000 households that have a team playing in that market (what was kawhi leonard like before his knee sprain) The most anticipated Thursday night playoff game. It doesn’t matter that the most invested fans in these games have the chance to go home, put on their slippers, prepare dinner, and watch their teams play in peace.
The sports world must always cater to the whims of New York and Boston. At 12:30 AM EST those of you on the right coast lacking energy, eat an after-dinner cookie or add some extra sugar to your tea.