Chargers, Raiders swap of home games still looming

[Den60]

Jerry McDonald @Jerrymcd 1h

Raiders game vs. Chargers will remain Oct. 6 and start either at 1 pm or 830 pm depending on A's starting time Saturday.

Cmon 830!

Why, you have issues with insomnia?

[Beerman]

Of course it's going to be 8:30. Can't pass up that chance to get extra revenue from commercials.

[Buck]

I really would rather it be at 8:30 pm, that way I could watch every single other game during the day. Plus I don't work on Mondays so I don't have to worry about bed.

I read that it would be on NFL Network if it's at 8:30 PM, so it could suddenly be a national game.

[6025]

8:30 sounds great. I hope it happens. When will we know for sure?

[Mister Hoarse]

8:30 sounds great. I hope it happens. When will we know for sure?

At the rate this lunacy is going, I would say Oct 5th

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

We could have a drinking game durring the game.

[Den60]

I really would rather it be at 8:30 pm, that way I could watch every single other game during the day. Plus I don't work on Mondays so I don't have to worry about bed.

I read that it would be on NFL Network if it's at 8:30 PM, so it could suddenly be a national game.

Most of the nation will tune out I think.

[Stinky Wizzleteats+]

At least its not 8:30 AM! That might be funny, a hung over black hole!

[6025]

At least its not 8:30 AM! That might be funny, a hung over black hole!

They'd probably just stay up all night.

[Panama]

At least its not 8:30 AM! That might be funny, a hung over black hole!

At least I'd be able to watch that live!

[richpjr]

At the rate this lunacy is going, I would say Oct 5th

No kidding - it's astonishing they can't make a decision on this.

[Buck]

http://blog.sfgate.com/raiders/2013/09/28/looking-like-830-p-m-kickoff-for-oct-6-game/

As we reported last Saturday, the Raiders-Chargers game will be played on Oct. 6, and we now have a likely starting time: 8:30 p.m. The teams won’t be swapping home dates but appear set to move the kickoff back 7 hours due to the Oakland A’s baseball playoffs appearance.

The A’s locked up home-field advantage for the first round, and Major League Baseball and TBS have to decide if they want the A’s to play at 2 p.m. or 5:30 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 5. The conversion time from a baseball to a football field at O.co Coliseum takes about 18 hours, so you can see why the originally-scheduled 1:25 kickoff time looks like a no-go.

The Raiders are waiting on MLB to make an official announcement on the time change.

Why would the game be so late? The 49ers are playing the Texans at home at 5:30 on Oct. 6 and another NFL game can’t interfere with NBC’s Sunday Night Football broadcast. That’s why the Raiders game slides all the way to 8:30.

The Raiders-Chargers game will now be broadcast on NFL Network, league sources believe.