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IvanKaramazov said:
You are correct. I am a lifelong fan of the NFL who will happily pay for this product, but at this point I feel like I'm getting needlessly bent over. There are only so many services I'm willing to pay for just to watch football.
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>>It’s one thing to put Thursday night games on Amazon. But it’s quite another to give a postseason game to a streaming service, and the NFL’s decision to allow NBC to place this season’s Saturday night wild card playoff game on its streaming service, Peacock, feels like a bridge too far.

Let’s be clear: This is strictly a money grab by the NFL. NBC reportedly is paying $110 million for both the game and the ability to move the game to Peacock, which charges $5.99 per month to subscribe. The question is how many streaming services does the NFL expect fans to buy? You will need Amazon to watch Thursday games, cable television to watch ESPN (and NBC, CBS and Fox games unless you have a really good antenna), ESPN plus to watch a Jacksonville-Atlanta game from London and Peacock to watch a Bills-Chargers game on Saturday night, Dec. 23, and now, a playoff game, too

And, of course, you will need to shell out hundreds to YouTube TV to watch the out-of-market Sunday Ticket games that previously were sold by DirecTV. Perhaps you will find a sports bar that pays a rights fee to air the playoff game on Jan. 13, which will follow a 4:30 p.m. wild card game on NBC. But even if you do, it’s an inconvenience for those who prefer to spend the day on their couch. And for the NFL’s youngest fans and oldest fans who cannot drive to a sports bar, well, tough luck. And for an older generation without a Smart TV and access to, or understanding of, streaming services, tough luck to you, too. For those folks, you will need to listen to the game on the radio, like they did in the old days.

For a league awash in money, relegating a playoff game to a service that’s seen in just 7 percent of U.S. homes is pretty disrespectful. Maybe it wouldn’t feel that way in 2028, as more homes continue to ditch cable and switch to streaming services. But in 2023, it feels wrong and premature. Incidentally, the Peacock games (Bills-Chargers and the playoff game) will be televised on a non-cable TV station in the markets of the participating teams. NBC will get three wild card games this year, with two of those airing on NBC and one on Peacock. Fox, CBS and ESPN get one wild card game each.<<

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/...y-jackson/article275399066.html#storylink=cpy
 
SoBeDad said:
IvanKaramazov said:
You are correct. I am a lifelong fan of the NFL who will happily pay for this product, but at this point I feel like I'm getting needlessly bent over. There are only so many services I'm willing to pay for just to watch football.
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>>It’s one thing to put Thursday night games on Amazon. But it’s quite another to give a postseason game to a streaming service, and the NFL’s decision to allow NBC to place this season’s Saturday night wild card playoff game on its streaming service, Peacock, feels like a bridge too far.

Let’s be clear: This is strictly a money grab by the NFL. NBC reportedly is paying $110 million for both the game and the ability to move the game to Peacock, which charges $5.99 per month to subscribe. The question is how many streaming services does the NFL expect fans to buy? You will need Amazon to watch Thursday games, cable television to watch ESPN (and NBC, CBS and Fox games unless you have a really good antenna), ESPN plus to watch a Jacksonville-Atlanta game from London and Peacock to watch a Bills-Chargers game on Saturday night, Dec. 23, and now, a playoff game, too

And, of course, you will need to shell out hundreds to YouTube TV to watch the out-of-market Sunday Ticket games that previously were sold by DirecTV. Perhaps you will find a sports bar that pays a rights fee to air the playoff game on Jan. 13, which will follow a 4:30 p.m. wild card game on NBC. But even if you do, it’s an inconvenience for those who prefer to spend the day on their couch. And for the NFL’s youngest fans and oldest fans who cannot drive to a sports bar, well, tough luck. And for an older generation without a Smart TV and access to, or understanding of, streaming services, tough luck to you, too. For those folks, you will need to listen to the game on the radio, like they did in the old days.

For a league awash in money, relegating a playoff game to a service that’s seen in just 7 percent of U.S. homes is pretty disrespectful. Maybe it wouldn’t feel that way in 2028, as more homes continue to ditch cable and switch to streaming services. But in 2023, it feels wrong and premature. Incidentally, the Peacock games (Bills-Chargers and the playoff game) will be televised on a non-cable TV station in the markets of the participating teams. NBC will get three wild card games this year, with two of those airing on NBC and one on Peacock. Fox, CBS and ESPN get one wild card game each.<<

Read more at: https://www.miamiherald.com/sports/...y-jackson/article275399066.html#storylink=cpy
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Yeah I watched the first game on Amazon and not one other. Yells at cloud. I don't like what's happening. Sunday ticket on YouTube I don't count since that's "it's own thing"
 
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