{"id":1787082,"date":"2022-12-26T10:34:19","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T15:34:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1787082"},"modified":"2022-12-26T11:34:01","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T16:34:01","slug":"insanely-disrespectful-nfl-network-lambasted-after-cutting-to-commercial-during-franco-harris-tribute","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/insanely-disrespectful-nfl-network-lambasted-after-cutting-to-commercial-during-franco-harris-tribute\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Insanely Disrespectful\u2019: NFL Network Lambasted After Cutting To Commercial During Franco Harris Tribute"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Finsanely-disrespectful-nfl-network-lambasted-after-cutting-to-commercial-during-franco-harris-tribute%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1787082&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"27\">Saturday night in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/pittsburgh\">Pittsburgh<\/a>\u00a0was almost perfect for football fans. They crowded Acrisure Stadium to see the action, and they also remembered a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/nfl-legend-franco-harris-final-interview-shows-steelers-star-smiling-with-no-signs-of-trouble\">NFL great<\/a>. But those who were watching the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/nfl\">NFL<\/a>\u00a0Network broadcast of the eagerly awaited halftime ceremony quickly became angry.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"26\">The Steelers&#8217; Christmas Eve matchup with the Las Vegas Raiders was much more than a game. It was a tribute to Franco Harris, a former running back who\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/franco-harris-nfl-hall-of-famer-who-caught-immaculate-reception-and-won-4-super-bowls-dies-at-72\">tragically passed away<\/a>\u00a0just days before his Hall of Fame celebrations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"15\">Halftime featured Harris&#8217; widow Dana Dokmanovich on the field with her son Dok holding his No.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"11\">Before the stadium announcer directed fans to pay special tribute to Harris, 32 jerseys were shown.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"5\">The NFL Network then cut to commercial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"1\">WATCH:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"4\">The Franco Harris jersey retirement ceremony was seen by viewers.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"12\">However, NFL Network decided to go commerical after a video tribute was shown at Acrisure Stadium.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"2\"><a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lqHGwRteLm\">pic.twitter.com\/lqHGwRteLm<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"13\">&#8212; Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1606851613058281473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2022<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Viewers saw the Franco Harris jersey retirement ceremony. But when a video tribute was played at Acrisure Stadium, NFL Network went to commerical. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lqHGwRteLm\">pic.twitter.com\/lqHGwRteLm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Awful Announcing (@awfulannouncing) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/awfulannouncing\/status\/1606851613058281473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 25, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"17\">Numerous NFL commentators and fans took to social media to vent their frustration at the NFL&#8217;s poorly timed commercial.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"23\">&#8220;I believe @nflnetwork should apologize to everyone watching Steelers games,&#8221; tweeted Emily Giangreco , a Pittsburgh-area sports reporter and anchor.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"18\">It is a disgraceful act to show Franco Harris&#8217; jersey retirement video in commercial.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"9\">You should have immediately thrown out the break, even if it was a mistake.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"22\">&#8220;What a horrible gaffe by NFL Network&#8230; cutting away to advertisement right after the stadium announcer introduces Franco Harris highlights onto the scoreboard.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"14\">Really bad decision,&#8221; Jim Crandell\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JimCrandell\/status\/1606842947781398530?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1606842947781398530%7Ctwgr%5E993fff04d11a54bae8910c35e988a2ac450533e5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fsports%2Ffumble-nfl-network-cuts-to-commercial-in-the-middle-of-tribute-to-pittsburgh-steelers-legend-franco-harris-who-died-this-week%2F\">, former news director for sports, said<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"25\">Andrew Havranek, a Spectrum News reporter and Steelers fan, called the move &#8221;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Andrew_Havranek\/status\/1606841929756450816?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1606841929756450816%7Ctwgr%5E993fff04d11a54bae8910c35e988a2ac450533e5%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.mediaite.com%2Fsports%2Ffumble-nfl-network-cuts-to-commercial-in-the-middle-of-tribute-to-pittsburgh-steelers-legend-franco-harris-who-died-this-week%2F\">inflicting<\/a>&#8220;, claiming that the NFL Network&#8217;s commercial cut out a significant memorial to Harris.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"24\">The Steelers completed the memorable night by winning the fourth quarter against the Raiders. This was achieved when Kenny Pickett, a rookie quarterback, found George Pickens and made a 15-yard touchdown pass to the end zone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"21\">Harris played college football at Penn State and began his professional career with the Steelers in 1972, after being selected in the first round in the NFL draft.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"16\">He was named offensive rookie-of-the-year and went on to become a nine time Pro Bowler and Super Bowl MVP.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"20\">His defining moment in his career was his miraculous catch by Terry Bradshaw of a pass deflected from him during his rookie season against the Oakland Raiders.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"8\">Harris was retired in 1985, and was inducted into NFL Hall of Fame in 2005.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"7\">Harris, despite his famed achievements, was known for being humble.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"19\">Harris stated during his Hall of Fame speech of 1990 that &#8220;You see, that era, every player brought their little bit to make that wonderful decade possible.&#8221;<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"10\">Each player had their strengths, weaknesses, their thinking styles, their methods, and each one was unique.<\/span>\u00a0<span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"6\">It was then that it all came together and became the greatest team ever.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em><span class=\"wordai-block rewrite-block enable-highlight\" data-id=\"3\">Greg Wilson contributed to the report.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saturday night in Pittsburgh was nearly perfect for football fans who filled Acrisure Stadium to watch the action and remember an NFL great, but those watching the NFL Network\u2019s broadcast of the much-anticipated halftime ceremony soon became incensed.\u00a0 The Steelers Christmas Eve matchup against the Las Vegas Raiders was more than a game \u2014 it &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":324,"featured_media":1890746,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Insanely Disrespectful\u2019: NFL Network Lambasted After Cutting To Commercial During Franco Harris Tribute","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[6962,3645,5328,11865,6202,11864,4288,10770,4021,11517,11863,5051,7215,9122,6195],"class_list":["post-1787082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire","tag-the","tag-after","tag-commercial","tag-cutting","tag-daily","tag-disrespectful","tag-during","tag-franco","tag-harris","tag-insanely","tag-lambasted","tag-network","tag-nfl","tag-tribute","tag-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"\u2018Insanely Disrespectful\u2019: NFL Network Lambasted After Cutting To Commercial During Franco Harris Tribute","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/324"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1787082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1787082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1890746"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1787082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1787082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1787082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}