NFL changes start time of late Sunday games

http://blogs.mcall.com/groller/ FROM KEITH GROLLER In an effort to reduce potential overlaps between the early games and the late ones, the NFL announced today that it is moving the start times of some of its late-Sunday afternoon games from 4:15 to 4:25. This will impact the doubleheader games on CBS and Fox. Games that are not part of doubleheader coverage will still start at 4:05 p.m. The change will impact approximately 40 games during the 2012 regular season with half of those involved coming in games played in either the Mountain or Pacific time zones. The NFL researches everything and it found that in looking back at games from the 2009-11 seasons, 44 early games weren't yet over when they were switched to a mandatory doubleheader game kickoff. The 4:25 start time for the second game would have meant only 15 games would have been been affected. Only one 2012 Eagles game, the Nov. 11 home game against Dallas, will be impacted by the change in time.