But the large majority of people couldn't reject it. You only used to get 4 games tops on Sunday. Two on CBS, two on Fox and even then sometimes you had less games because of blackouts from the local team not selling enough tickets. All the other games, you were out of luck. People complained and wanted more access. You can't show every single NFL game on network TV, because there are too many at the same time. So to have that luxury, you have to pay for it and people did by happily asking and then adding NFL expanded packages and the NFL network to their cable lineup. No way that was going to be free. And so here we are with even more access than ever with streaming apps, but they are going to make money on that access. NBC (Peacock) is apparently paying $110M to the NFL to exclusively carry the late night Saturday wild card game and the NFL gave them the Dolphins/Chiefs game.
You can still use an antenna to get all the other games on your locals. Unless they aren't being carried... And that's just like it used to be. There were only a few nationally televised games.
This is true, except that used to be once the playoffs began, all the games were broadcast. Having to buy a streaming channel is similar to having to pay for PPV. Boxing, once a major sport in the U.S., has gone the way of the dodo bird by going to PPV for every major fight.
Boycott and read the box score the next day. You could just get the play by play results on several sports web sites. The above post is correct. Boxing killed itself by going to PPV. If you love the game, boycott this action.
This is what the executives want you to think. It's "only" $6.44/month, which would be fine if every other provider wasn't breaking off their own offerings that are also "only" $x per month. Before you know it you have regular live TV from cable/Hulu/sling for $80/month and another $200/month in nickel and dime subscriptions which have very difficult to compute value. Amazon prime video for example, it's "cheap", but what is it actually worth?
I was in cable for many years, I tried to explain to people dying to get rid of cable, then rejoicing over the streaming services coming along that the equation has not changed: providers have one goal, one mission, and that is to monitize their product to the greatest extent possible. At the end of the day, you will pay as much and you will become your own cable company and your own aggregator and tech support
Just say no to paying three times. Once is bad enough. Cable, internet, PPV Internet, streaming service, PPV It's nuts! And, there are still breaks of commercials whether any are shown or not.
I just won’t watch. NFL is not that important to me. I have re-discovered the pleasure of reading since I turned off the tablet and went back to paper.
I don’t want to pay for Peacock, but I also don’t want to miss a game that’s going to be played in -40 degree temps (wind chill adjusted, of course). You know there’s going to be some lineman playing with no long sleeves.
As always, and everything, it’s all about $$$$ and squeezing the fans even more. F’em!!! “So why is this game exclusively on a streaming service? NBC Universal paid the NFL $110 million last year for rights to carry a wild card game on Peacock -- a one-year deal. This will be a trial for the league in its new television contract, which had exclusive games on streaming in the regular season (Thursday Night Football on Amazon Prime, international game on ESPN+, and Saturday night game on Peacock).”
I’m hoping it’ll be on NBC TV. Right now I’m watching the Cleveland Browns (11-6). At Houston Texans (10-7) on NBC. TV. Game started at 4:30 P.M. ET. SO I’m going to leave my TV on in hopes the Dolphins at Chiefs come on at NBC. At 8:00 P.M. ET.
Dolphins on regular TV down here in South Florida. Must appear on network station in local market when game is only offered streaming service elsewhere.
This reminds me when SNF was on TNT and ESPN, in the teams markets it would be simulcast on a local station.
