How does Sunday Ticket work vis a vis Home Teams? (1 Viewer)

[cjv123]

I've tried to understand Sunday Ticket's rules for what you can, and can't, watch. They advertise you can watch "any game" but this apparently isn't true. I'm confused.

So perhaps an answer to a specific question:

I live in the NYC area, the Jets and Giants "home" teams I always see on CBS or Fox.

Suppose I want to watch SD play at KC this Sunday at 1PM ET, instead of the Jets at the Dolphins. Both are "CBS" games. Could I watch the Chargers? If "yes," could I still watch them if the Jets were playing at home? Does it matter whether the Giants are playing at the same time, and where?

Thanks for an answer, and Merry Christmas.

 

[Captain Hook]

The only games you can't watch on Sunday ticket are

1) home games in NFL markets (but you would just watch it on a local station)

2) nationally televised games which are on your local stations

You can see everything else so SD @ KC unless that is the cbs or Fox national game

 

[FreeBaGeL]

Aside from night games, the only games blocked are the games that are on the networks in your area.

The dumb part about this is that it does not account for mobile at all. If you're at home and Denver/KC is on CBS, it will be blacked out on the Sunday Ticket channel. That's fine because you can just switch to CBS. However if you're out and you try to watch the Denver/KC game on the Sunday Ticket app on your phone it's still blacked out, even though you don't have the option to switch to CBS. So basically, you can't watch that game on your phone at all.

This is doubly annoying since the mobile access actually costs extra. And on top of that, when you open the app you're forced to watch an advertisement first....on an app that you're basically already paying $100/year for. Ridiculous.

 

[cjv123]

So, NFL Network and ESPN MNF games (at night) are blocked?

 

[JaxBill]

So, NFL Network and ESPN MNF games (at night) are blocked?

They're not blocked, just not part of the package.

NFLN games I think you can see on NBCSports and ESPN games on Go ESPN.

 

[cjv123]

So, NFL Network and ESPN MNF games (at night) are blocked?

They're not blocked, just not part of the package.

NFLN games I think you can see on NBCSports and ESPN games on Go ESPN.

Thanks- I'd meant to say "not included" in the package.

 

[dkp993]

Have had it for 10+ yrs. The bottom line is this, as long as your local game is not blacked out in your local market you will be able to see every game ( this is assuming you have ESPN and NFL network in your standard package).

 

[houston]

The mobile thing already mentioned is an issue.

Another problem is if the late game is blacked out due to it being broadcast locally, but the early game runs long on that fox/cbs channel, you're stuck and have no option to watch the start of your game.

 

[thegodfather]

i dont pay for the mobil app.... its free...

but yea anything on local TV is not available on Sunday ticket... but you'd just watch on CBS or FOX.

 

[FreeBaGeL]

i dont pay for the mobil app.... its free...

The Sunday ticket package that includes mobile access is $100 more than the standard Sunday ticket package. So yes, while the app itself is free to download it's worthless unless you have the $100 extra package that includes mobile access.

but yea anything on local TV is not available on Sunday ticket... but you'd just watch on CBS or FOX.

Unless you're trying to watch on your phone, tablet, or computer in which case CBS and Fox are unavailable but the Sunday ticket channel remains blocked.