And if the people complaining were living in Dallas they'd have just as little an argument as you do.
You, like it or not, live in the Houston home market. The people complaining don't live in Houston or Dallas.
Add to that the following (in my case):
1. Busy all morning and mid-afternoon out with the family when I get a text from a family member in Houston with the "Texans... woohoo!'... I smile, good for them and all Texan fans, happy for them.
2. Get home, turn to the local fox station and there is 7 minutes left in the game and the crowd is absolutely going nuts helping the defense intensity.... nice, this is fun to watch for a non-vested person like myself.
3. The intensity is great and this is awesome entertainment... very nice NFL, I like this and I'm in.... woohoo!
4. Seconds left in the game, the Falcons are marching down the field, the Houston defense is bending but has not broken.... I'm at the edge of my seat.... I love the drama... well done NFL!!!
5. Falcons receiver is flagged for going out of bounds... now the clock is down to 12 seconds or so.... two more downs left for the Falcons to try to tie this game... the crowd is intense, the defense is playing hard.... and then.....
cut to a commercial....
NOOOOOOOOO!!!!!! WTF NFL? Why? Next thing I know, the commercial ends and I am now watching Dick Stockton and some analyst doing a pre-game of a second game.... why? I'm not in Dallas... whaa....
(Note: I would have had the same reaction of disgust had I been watching the Packers/Vikings playing a close game with seconds left or any other matchup too.... that was just the NFL plain shooting themselves in the foot as far as I'm concerned because this is no way to treat people interested in watching a good game of theirs only to have it pulled and then make them watch a commercial and some pre-game bs. Was that absolutely necessary for Cowboy fans too? I'm sure some of them said to themselves "Sure would have like to watch what happened at the end of *THAT* game instead of watching in horror at Dick Stockton's combover).