The NFL ignored the social contract when it sold rights to NFC games to Fox, ending 38 years of CBS coverage. This was the last few minutes of the final telecast.

Well done, even with the cheesy syth music. Terry Bradshaw was restrained back the and not acting like a buffoon every second he was on camera.

The opener before that game was also quite good:

It isn’t a stretch to say that my diminishing interest in the NFL began with the move from CBS to Fox. Several factors, primarily my passion for Penn State football, contributed of course, but this was the beginning. By 1997, the NFL wasn’t appointment television every Sunday anymore.

I was pleased when CBS got the NFL (though the AFC) back and they do a pretty good job when they’re aren’t going gah-gah for the Patriots, but it is still a far cry form the glory days.