What's up....no NFL game on the tube last night. The NFL has decided to get greedy or is it greedier. Second game on their for sale only channel. I say boycott the regular games and e-mail the
NFL voicing your opinion. Looks like billions in profits is not enough, got to have more. What do you think ????
2006-12-01 05:00:08 · 11 answers · asked by Yash 2 in Sports ➔ Football (American)
good luck with that, but it will never happen.
the NFL is america's most popular sport, and they know it. That gives them all of the power.
2006-12-01 05:25:52 · answer #1 · answered by mesquitemachine 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
eventually the networks will get back their games
this is where economics comes in. the laws of demand and leverage. Paul Tagliabue was a really intelligent guy who knew how to run a business. the NFL network really is something that doesn't make a lot of money, with or without live NFL games on there. as everyone knows it seems they made the NFL network to try to gain leverage over other networks (in other words they are trying to make more of a profit off of other networks). yes this is very selfish from out points of view but eventually it will all work out. other networks don't want to lose great games that will bring in alot of people to watch (KC vs SD, CIN vs BAL) so they will eventually bid more for these games.
another thing the NFL network is trying to do by putting games on the NFL network is trying to start a demand for NFL network (that's why they put such good games on it).
Dish network now has NFL network as a base package, and it is causing competition between satellite and cable companies. if enough people demand NFL network, then it will force satellite and cable companies to give NFL network in their base package and basic cable in order to keep up with the competition.
yes the NFL is greedy (like most corperations) but im sure games will eventually be returned back to the networks. probably if the NFL network moves into basic plans, then the games will be sold back to the networks.
2006-12-01 05:33:31 · answer #2 · answered by Kev C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is only the beginning. It won't be too long before ALL games are PAY PER VIEW ONLY. I gave up on the NFL a long time ago.....but not because of this. I got tired of watching games being decided by the 7 idiots wearing the stripes. Until the NFL hires full time officials, the integrity of the game is a stake. It's about as bad as boxing....it's all fake.
2006-12-01 08:41:47 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It seemed to me that they were really using last night's broadcast as a way to get more cable networks to carry their channel. They said numerous times during the broadcast something to the effect of, "If you're watching this game at a bar, or at a friend's house because you don't have the NFL Network, call your local cable carrier and tell them you'd like them to carry the channel." I heard it at least three times.
I like the idea of Thursday night football, and I have the NFL Network. However, I think they should have made the feed available in all markets via agreement with other channels. That's the case here in Canada - one of our national sports channels, TSN, had the game available across the country.
I really think this is a concerted effort to push their channel on cable carriers more than anything else.
2006-12-01 05:08:14 · answer #4 · answered by Craig S 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
up here in Canada, TSN has purchased the broadcasting rights to NFL network games..
but even worse, i have Sunday Ticket as well, an extra $30/month on my cable bill, yet still, i don't get to see games that are blacked out. even up here in Canada. they decided to black out the jax-buff game last week and the sd-buff game this week.. totally ridiculous..
i will be filing a complaint with the NFL and by cable company.. for a refund.
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2016-12-10 19:51:07 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
first of all, Thursday night games are another gambleling tie.. single out games and more money is put on the table. its a sad thing that they are doing to the game, but of course us the fans always get screwed.
2006-12-01 06:32:54 · answer #7 · answered by SDChargedXLI 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
No need. This nonsense will resolve itself. It profits them nothing to run games that no one watches. They'd rather sell those games to networks and get paid for them.
2006-12-01 05:07:38 · answer #8 · answered by shoelace 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
More power to them, who cares as long as you can watch your team and it's not blacked out.
2006-12-01 05:33:48 · answer #9 · answered by mannymota 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
IT IS CALLED GREED
THEN THEY WANT THE FANS TO GO AND SPEND BIG BUCKS TO WATCH THEM
NOT ME
2006-12-01 05:19:38 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋