Is it just me or is the NFL completely hypocritical. They want you to call your cable company outraged that they don't carry the NFL network, while at the same time they refuse to offer the Sunday Ticket to anyone except Direct TV. I would get a dish in a second, but I live in a high rise, so for me its not an option. The NFL can't have it both ways! I hope the cable companies never give in and continue to cost the NFL a fortune in lost advertising revenue until they are allowed to offer the Sunday ticket.
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If the situation was really losing significant money for the NFL, then they will eventually back down and offer things. However, if they're not feeling the pinch, they're going to keep going down the road they're on just to prove a point. That's the big difference between the NFL Network and BTN - BTN's going to feel the pinch a lot quicker than the NFL Network.
I like the NFL Network. I like my Direct TV. You do not see me compaining. Mediacom is the devil, and I will never go back after the screwing they gave me.
DirecTV paid billions to have the sole rights to the NFL Sunday Ticket...the NFL isn't going to let anyone else carry the Sunday Ticket because of this.
I went to DISH from Mediacom last year and will never go back to that joke for a business. There customer service sucked and they are always striving to find a way to offer less service while jacking your monthly rates as high as they can get away with. DISH has the games on the main channels plus NFL network and 80% of the time they cover the games I want to watch.
Gumbel had many issues last night. Calling the Cowboys the Packers, vice versa, getting player names wrong, etc.
I did like the locker room and field access they had though. Had some good camera angles/shots - especially of the sidelines. But the announcing, mostly Gumbel, was pretty bad.
Gumbel did the same thing last Thursday in the Colts/Falcons game. Collinsworth isn't bad but Gumbel is painful to listen to. They really have no chemistry together at all. There were so many extended pauses in the last 2 games I thought I was listening to the Jim Rome Show.
I had heard last year from many that Gumbel was brutual and after hearing for myself, I don't think brutual even comes close to describing him. Those still shots that NFL Network used last night were pretty cool.
With NBA TV and NFL Network, DirecTV rocks and will even get better when the MLB Network lanuches in 2009. Will the last Mediacom subscriber please turn the lights off on that joke of a company when you cancel?
With NBA TV and NFL Network, DirecTV rocks and will even get better when the MLB Network lanuches in 2009. Will the last Mediacom subscriber please turn the lights off on that joke of a company when you cancel?
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Did you all notice when one of the announcers called one of the Dallas players a tool. It was supposed to be a compliment. I had to rewind the DVR and hear that one again. LOL :biglaugh:
I now have DirecTV and have had Mediacom and Dish Network also. I really think all three will screw you over if given the chance. I like the stuff I get with DirecTV, but I really hate the 2 year commitment that I didn't sign for or have anybody tell me about until AFTER the installation when I couldn't back out if I wanted to (not that I really want to). No matter what there's not a perfect option...but the absolute worst of the three in my experience Dish Network...HORRIBLE customer service and they lied about the pricing and didn't come when they were supposed to. :realmad:
**** it - I knew I was going to mix the two up...
Fine - he embarrases Dubuque and Loras simply because he's Greg's brother. HAPPY??? :wink:
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I understand that. When you break down the deal Direct TV is paying 700 million dollars a year to the NFL for exclusive rights. When you divide that yearly fee of $250 by 700 mil, the NFL is basically getting paid the full subscriber fee of 3.5 million subscribers by Direct TV. Obviously they split subscriber fee in some fashion with Direct TV, but even if they only get half that is still the fee from only 7 million subscribers. I would think if they opened it up to cable they could get at least 5 million additional subscribers (Direct TV only has 16 million customers, or about 15% of the U.S. market, and obviously a lot of them don't even have Sunday Ticket), plus I am sure they could still get at least 100-300 million in fees total a year from the other providers and what Direct TV would pay for non-exclusive. Plus with more total subscribers, they would increase their advertising revenue by being able to charge more for more viewers. So you really aren't talking about that much money at all a year. But the NFL has proven that they will screw a large number of their customers for even a small amount of money. Obviously its a business of dollars and cents and they can run it however they want, but at the same time not doing what was best in the long run of the sport is why the NBA and MLB, which also had their day in the sun have had circles run around them by the NFL.
