Posted on 06/28/2017 2:09:50 PM PDT by ameribbean expat
If you want the comprehensive slate of matches that has been available through the NBC Sports apps in the past, you'll have to pay for both the new subscription and a cable plan. The NBC Sports Gold Premier League Pass will give subscribers access to 130 games during the season for $50. The Premier League schedule has a lot more games than that, so where are the others? NBC says "up to 250 games" will be available to cable customers that air on NBC, NBCSN and CNBC -- the three networks that typically show the top matchups each weekend in the US. In other words, NBC Sports is dividing its coverage between people who are willing to pay for cable and those who aren't.
NBC Sports confirmed to Engadget that the only time Pass subscribers will be able to stream games broadcast on NBC networks will be after the fact as archived replays of "most matches."
Now, $50 for an entire season isn't that big of an investment. But you're getting a limited number of games and matchups that may not be super compelling unless you're a die-hard fan of a mediocre top-tier English club. Even then, when the likes of Swansea City face top-of-the-table sides like Chelsea, a cable subscription may be your only way to watch. And the same applies for fans of good clubs taking on terrible teams -- Manchester City fans may need this new subscription when they're playing a team at the bottom of the table. NBC will most likely continue to air the week's best matches on its broadcast networks.
Basically NBC is screwing both cord cutters and cable subscribers.
(Excerpt) Read more at engadget.com ...
Soccer. Less interesting than watching paint pry
You’ve seen one soccer match you’ve seen them all.
Soccer. Less interesting than watching paint dry...?
It’s a toss between watching paint dry and watching the lawn grow.
Soccer. Less interesting than watching paint dry...?
It’s a toss between watching paint dry and watching the lawn grow.
>>Soccer. Less interesting than watching paint pry<<
Or watching water evaporate.
Soccer ruined the USA.
My previous DVR had a 2x speed step on fast forward which was pretty good for soccer.
Nancy Reagan gave us the right answer decades ago, "Just say no!"
Look, people should watch what they want to watch. I watch some sports that have been called boring (baseball, golf). What I don’t like is how soccer has been crammed down our throat. Americans should be more internationalist and embrace soccer, they say. They are trying to dilute American culture by attacking real football (and other American sports) and supplanting them with soccer. It is an alien invasion using sport. I don’t care if Vatican City wins the World Cup. I will not watch.
I have to admit, that’s actually part if my perception of soccer as well.
In 1968, my phys-ed teacher forced us to play soccer for a few days. We all detested the sport, but we were told we needed to learn it. Screw that noise. They gave up.
The most exciting thing about the sport was that announcer that used to scream “Scoooooooore” after goals.
Sorry, I’m not waiting around to hear that, and watching them go back and forth from one end of the field to the other, and fake getting tripped and such,... no thanks.
I hate to say it, but Basketball is the same for me. Good grief, if you’ve seen three games, you’ve about see everything you’ll ever see in the sport.
As much as folks carp about baseball, there are records set more often than you’d think.
There’s also a strategy to many plays once a runner is on base.
ROTFLMAO! I had my hackles all up and ready to attack...until I finished the rest of your sentence!!!!
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