Why some NFL fans couldn't see the end of Buccaneers vs. Panthers OT

The NFL’s final game on Sunday afternoon came to an end as the Tampa Bay Buccaneers staged a late comeback to defeat the Carolina Panthers in a tense overtime thriller.

Unfortunately, not every NFL fan was able to watch the end live. Why? Because Fox didn’t show the end of the competition across the country.

The reason for this is simple. Fox and CBS are the two networks that own the rights to the NFL’s Sunday action, and the two networks typically alternate which network gets to broadcast the games nationally in both the early and late afternoon.

In Week 13, CBS was scheduled to show two games in each regional market. Fox was limited to showing a competition regionally in either the early or late afternoon market.

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As a result, Fox concluded its NFL coverage in each of its markets as soon as the games it carried ended. When the Panthers vs. Buccaneers game went into overtime, most of the network’s NFL coverage windows were closed, except for the Florida and Carolina markets that were scheduled to air the NFC South battle.

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