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NFL moves up Raiders-Dolphins Week 2 kickoff

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Speaking of how difficult the process of putting together the schedule is, one change to the 2012 NFL schedule has already been made.
The Raiders and Dolphins announced today that their Week Two game in Miami, which had been scheduled for a 4:15 p.m. Eastern kickoff on Sunday, September 16, has been moved to a 1 p.m. kickoff. Rosh Hashana starts at sundown that evening, and the earlier kickoff will give fans time to get home before sundown.
With a Dolphins home game that day, the NFL is running into two of the issues it often faces with the schedule: Wanting to avoid early-afternoon games under the hot Florida sun in September, while also wanting to avoid conflicts with the Jewish holidays. NFL scheduling czar Howard Katz told the New York Times that when the NFL put the Jets at home on Rosh Hashanah and the start of Yom Kippur in 2009, he got an earful.
“I heard from every rabbi — ‘How could you screw that up?’” Katz said.
In this case, the league has decided that avoiding a conflict with Rosh Hashanah is worth forcing fans to sit out in the heat for a few hours.
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http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/19/nfl-moves-up-raiders-dolphins-week-2-kickoff/
 
Good news for us. The Raiders will be toast wearing all black in that heat.
 
Was already a W on the sched but now its guaranteed. West coast teams are horrible in 1pm games
 
i have no clue why it wasnt 1 pm to begin with. can u ask for a better home field advantage? september 16th, basically guranteed to be steaming hot and humid, with heat index in high 90s low 100's
 
My first thought is the way our guys were dead on the field against the pats. Tired, worn out, and struggling in the same heat we are SUPPOSED to use as an advantage over other teams. Too much of the "Bubble field."
Lets bring back the advantage we once had. Practice in the heat, play in the heat.
 
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My first thought is the way our guys were dead on the field against the pats. Tired, worn out, and struggling in the same heat we are SUPPOSED to use as an advantage over other teams. Too much of the "Bubble field."
Lets bring back the advantage we once had. Practice in the heat, play in the heat.
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That's one of the reasons Sparano was canned IMO. He did not prepare the team to start the season
 
Really glad to hear its 1 pm....a bit more of an advantage. But, I'll also be at that game and I'm going to melt!
 
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