Fox and CBS, in the NFL's test run, have said what games they'd protect at various times this season figuring out when networks make their picks is part of the puzzle. Next season, each might be able to protect only five games over flex scheduling's seven weeks. Says Goren: "In a perfect world, you'd want to want to protect your lead game each week, at a minimum.NFL fans who actually leave their flatscreens, sofas and DirecTV's (DTV) NFL Sunday Ticket behind to attend games this year will find themselves blitzed from all sides. The league's average ticket price jumped 2.5%, to more than $78, according to Team Marketing Report. The average cost to take a family of four to a game, park, have a beer, hot dog and soda and go home with a program and a cap jumped 4%, to $443.93.

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