Me too - hopefully they'll come to their senses this time too. lol Just can never quite figure out the programming mentality in this tweener market... "should we show the relevant teams that will attract more viewers - or should we show the irrelevant team and get less eyeballs on our station? Hmmmmm.....??"
It always made sense for years with NE because they were actually relevant, but the situation has changed. Maybe they will like you said "get it" someday....