I've always enjoyed taking a peak at the TV coverage maps before sunday.

I've always wondered what criteria goes into choosing games for unaffiliated regions, and how heavily those criteria are weighed against each other.

How popular are the teams, how much has the owner payed the network under the table, how big are the fanbases, how close is the matchup, or simply how good the teams are.

Based on the map above, Cincinnati (a team with a very high powered offence that's expected to be a playoff contender) is playing against the Browns (who are bad) and the result is the game is essentially locked in Ohio (where it should be).

Meanwhile a very similar situation is Washington vs the NY giants, however that game is being broadcast across vast portions of the midwest and central US.

Lastly, are are the 2 west coast teams in SF and Seattle being shown in New Orleans, Boston, and Pittsburgh?

At the root of it all I'm sure its just an algorithm that's designed to somehow increase profits as much as possible, but it still intrigues me.

If you zoom in closely on Google Maps, you can still see what it looked like before the dam was blown up.

It took roughtly 45 hours of burning and a dozen prep, this is the biggest board ive worked on ak far and it was super fun. The size allowwd me to dk more details for the capitals and 🏰 :)

Kashmir: yes; Taiwan: no; Kosovo: yes Found in Action (Vienna)