That’s why we book the flight 3 days before the game, in case this exact kind of thing happens. I’ve been moved to another flight. Fingers crossed on that one.
It’s weird how we all have such different experiences. I like American and fly them often. I haven’t had an issue on American in over a year (and I travel a lot for work). Conversely, I really don’t like United, it seems that most legs have a delay of some sort. I try to fly American first, Delta second. Though I do think Delta is the overall better airline, I just have status on American.