Seriously?

Last Sunday, I had a choice between watching the local Cleveland Browns (playing against my hapless and injury-depleted St. Louis Rams) and watching the Bears-Lions game. Now, I wouldn't call the Bears-Lions a terrible game, but it isn't a game that's going to excite many people outside of Detroit and Chicago. *Especially* Cleveland fans who don't really care what happens in the NFC North.
This weekend, the very same Cleveland market is being denied the Patriots-Colts game (which should but won't be airing in Cleveland opposite the Browns at 4:00 ET).
So let me get this straight: last weekend, it was okay to show a game opposite the Browns, when that game was insignificant. But when there's a really really good game that people might want to actually watch (one of the most anticipated regular season games in NFL history!) it won't be aired because the Browns-Seahawks game is on at the same time on another station. Who comes up with this asinine bullshit? I will pass on a rant here about the monopolies that help bring about such ridiculousness (suffice to say that I think intellectual property rights have a lot to do with this dire situation; I'll try and say more about this later). I will say, though, that this is the type of frusterating thing that legitimately makes me want to boycott the NFL. Unfortunately (or perhaps fortunately), I think I love football too much to do that.