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How many folks care about NFL coverage when they aren't playing games? Some hardcore gamblers, perhaps.
I am against this type of congressional monkeying usually but I admit they have a point.
Same problem with ESPNU for some college football games. I buy the season ticket for college football on Directv and they advertise it that you will see all the games but that is not true since I don’t get ESPNU (part of the biggest package).
The NFL network was a brilliant idea and marketing tool but they need to expand the market for it. I would assume the cable companies don’t wish to pay the NFL network what they are asking.
The current trend (which sucks) seems to be leading the NFL toward pricing themselves out of the market. I enjoy watching football as much as the next guy, but there is a limit to how much I can/will spend directly out of pocket, over and above enduring the commercial interruptions, only to further enrich millionaires...
Bttt
First, the monopoly that cable companies have in many cities needs to end. Second, (and this would follow if there were real competition), consumers ought to be able to pay for only those channels they want to receive. I hate these darn package deals. There are so many channels I would love to eliminate.
I guess we get to see which Senators that Comcast and Time Warner have in their pocket.
The NFL doesn’t have a monopoly. It’s not like indian gambling. Anybody can start a new league if they want to. New England and NY aren’t business competitors, they are partners.
What in the name of the wide wide world of sports is the US Congress doing monkeying around in the NFL’s business?
Is there anything else that Congress could be doing that is a tad more productive?
If you live in the home market of either team for the games that are shown on the NFL Network you are still able to see those games on your local network.
Since when do people have “a right” to see NFL games outside of their own markets?
I couldn’t have been more dissappointed when I went to a local watering hole to watch the Cowboys vs. Packers game. That venue actually switched cable providers so that they were able to get the NFL Network. So there I am, watching the NFL Network pre-game coverage, getting all wired for the game and all of a sudden the screen freezes. The NFL Network blacked out the coverage on all cable providers in my region, only Dish subscribers had the game.
Because of that move alone, I will never pay a red cent to the NFL Network. However, I don’t need to Senators involved in this decision.
The congress should have better things to do.
I wasn’t aware the NFL had an anti-trust exemption. I thought only MLB had one?
I heard part of the arguments flying back and forth between the NFL and Time-warner.
IIRC the NFL wants to charge 70 cents( assuming per household), Time-warner gets to keep all advertising income.
I think the NFL also wants their channel included in either the basic or extended pkg.
Time-warner doesn’t like the deal. Don’t know what the counter offer is.
Did these same senators get all fired up when they learned THE NEW YORK YANKEES BROADCAST ON THEIR OWN NETWORK, the YES network which can NOT be seen by DISH network subscibers??
Nope.