While the format was a bit screwy, Jim Caple hits some good points about the hypocrisy over criticizing baseball while giving a pass to football regarding start times and schedules.

However, for now the NFL has scheduled prime-time playoff games on Saturday nights, which probably doesn't have as much effect on the "children" watching the games. (Then again, many of the same critics want World Series weekend games to start during the afternoon, so it's all over the place.) But, things have been screwy recently with the timing of NFL playoff games. Most fans have now been trained on the 1 p.m./4 p.m. schedule for games during the season, so why change things for the playoffs? I guess appeasing the West Coast audience is good, and it makes things slightly easier had they're been two Pacific Time Zone teams hosting conference title games.