If the Super Bowl was $100 PPV would you pay for it? (1 Viewer)

[Willie Neslon]

It's the year 2032. Thursday night football is still on Amazon, Monday night football is only available on ESPN+, Sunday night Football is now exclusively on Peacock and now for the first time the Super Bowl is a straight PPV for $100. Would you pony up the $100 so you could watch the Super Bowl? Would you pay a cover to watch at a bar? Would you make it a priority to go to a party and watch with friends? After making us pay for a playoff game on Peacock this year it seems inevitable that we'll have to pay to watch NFL games more and more in the coming years. Where do you draw the line?

 

[Keerock]

Hell no.

 

[mr. furley]

nope but i would pirate it

 

[Willie Neslon]

nope but i would pirate it

The NFL will make it unpiratable. Not an option.

 

[NewlyRetired]

no, as it is mostly background noise for me when watching at home. But if I was going to a watch party, I would split the cost with the host with no issues.

 

[The Gator]

Hell the **** no.

 

[Dan Lambskin]

probably

 

[jrt103]

nope

 

[Leroy Hoard]

nope but i would pirate it

The NFL will make it unpiratable. Not an option.

Pirates have a history of being undefeated.

 

[Raging weasel]

Voted no but would chip in on it with a few other people

 

[AAABatteries]

May consider it if the Falcons were playing, otherwise no. So, thankfully I'll be dead before I have to make that call.

 

[Bogart]

Voted yes. If it was just me, would probably go to a bar. But more likely pay the $100 and have a party. Last year, the SB party I went to, most people there were part of a Poly community, and didn't even understand football, but they all were excited to be watching, be it the game, halftime or commercials.

 

[ShamrockPride]

Still with commercials? Hell no.

Commercial-less? I would be tempted to say "probably".

 

[SWC]

i would actually want the new superbowl commercials to be a part of the package i like those things and its part of the entire show for me take that to the bank brohans

 

[IvanKaramazov]

Definitely not. I've skipped the last few super bowls when they were free.

 

[Sullie]

No.

But I would pay $100+ to listen to Paul Keels call the game. I know it's gonna sound hella homerish but he calls the games on the radio for Ohio State football and he has the best, smoothest, delivery on any format.

 

[ChiefD]

I would pay $50 for a version right now that allowed me to hear the players miked up in real time. I would love to hear the talk at the lines, the trash talk, talk on sidelines……etc…..

Call it RealSports. Just a live mic feed the while time.

 

[Todem]

Absolutely not.

 

[Van Dyman]

Still with commercials? Hell no.

Commercial-less? I would be tempted to say "probably".

Right. My yes was assuming that PPV also means no commercials.

Like others, I'd probably throw or attend a party. I wouldn't pay $100 to sit by myself and watch it.

 

[Willie Neslon]

As pissed off as I would be about it I voted yes. There's no way I could not watch the game. I hate being gouged but if I'm being 100% honest, come that Sunday morning I'm biting the bullet and giving the Jerry Joneses that $100.

 

[Don Quixote]

I’ve spent $100 on dumber things.

 

[NewlyRetired]

nope but i would pirate it

The NFL will make it unpiratable. Not an option.

Pirates have a history of being undefeated.

Organizations like the UFC and WWE have for years battled pirates but rarely if ever win.

The take down law is poorly written. Under U.S. copyright law, online services are required to “expeditiously” respond to takedown notices if they want to keep their safe harbor protections. However, the law doesn’t define what the term expeditious entails.

As such even though the UFC sends out 1000's of these takedown notices every event, many streams stay up for the entire event.

They are trying to get the law changed from "expeditious" to something like "instant"

 

[B Maverick]

We are all saying no yet we all would. And the NFL knows it.


I want to say no, but if the Chargers were in it I probably would. More likely I would see if a group would be up for a party and going in on the fee.

 

[Wrigley]

The commercials are the main reason most people watch.

 

[Hastur]

No.

It infuriates me they made a profit from the ppv playoff game the other week. Everyone should have exercised just a little self control and skipped one playoff game. Nobody will even THINK of trying that @$#^T again for several years.

 

[B Maverick]

Isn't this why they have commercials?

That and it being the biggest viewership in the US probably keeps it on regular tv and not ppv

 

[Tecumseh]

No.

But I would pay $100+ to listen to Paul Keels call the game. I know it's gonna sound hella homerish but he calls the games on the radio for Ohio State football and he has the best, smoothest, delivery on any format.

I had a blog for about 30 seconds called Iwannabepaulkeels.

 

[NewlyRetired]

No.

It infuriates me they made a profit from the ppv playoff game the other week. Everyone should have exercised just a little self control and skipped one playoff game. Nobody will even THINK of trying that @$#^T again for several years.

A streaming service like Peacock in not the same as PPV.

if you are using the term PPV as being anyone who pays to watch the NFL on tv, then the vast majority of NFL games are pay via cable/satellite/streaming. The only people watching for free is the small % of people who watch via OTA.

 

[Runkle]

Only if it was my "team" would I even consider it.


And then still no.

 

[Phil Elliott]

Still with commercials? Hell no.

Commercial-less? I would be tempted to say "probably".

I watch it for the commercials. But not $100 PPV.

 

[Scoresman]

nope but i would pirate it

The NFL will make it unpiratable. Not an option.

Despite all of the crackdown against pirating of streaming shows, watching stuff for free has never been easier. It just gets easier with time.

 

[Cowboysfan8]

I’d be all kinds of pissed off. Id piss and moan about it. Then I’d buy it

 

[NewlyRetired]

Here is some info for those wondering how PPV money could potentially be significantly more revenue than commercials.

In the US, ~50m households watch the Super Bowl.

The Super Bowl does ~$500m in ad revenue.

If even only 10m home paid for the PPV, they would double their traditional ad revenue at $100 a pop.

 

[Hastur]

No.

It infuriates me they made a profit from the ppv playoff game the other week. Everyone should have exercised just a little self control and skipped one playoff game. Nobody will even THINK of trying that @$#^T again for several years.

A streaming service like Peacock in not the same as PPV.

if you are using the term PPV as being anyone who pays to watch the NFL on tv, then the vast majority of NFL games are pay via cable/satellite/streaming. The only people watching for free is the small % of people who watch via OTA.

Fair point. However you wish to define it, but having to pay on top of a normal cable bill, etc. just to watch one NFL game.

 

[Major]

Nope. So many free pirated streaming services out there. I stopped paying for NFL Ticket and NBA Pass years ago.

 

[NutterButter]

I'll answer based on not being able to pirate it like I do now. Probably not. I've slowly drifted away from watching most sports. Football is really the only thing I still watch consistently (mainly dolphins games) and that would be the last domino to fall if I started getting charged for it.

 

[Joe Schmo]

Definitely not. I've skipped the last few super bowls when they were free.

Same
I went from watching every game I could lay my eyes on 30 years ago to watching maybe a dozen Ravens games a year and perhaps any other intriguing Sunday matchup a few times a season. Never watch Monday or Thursday night and only watch Saturday games late season if they are on in a house I'm at while hanging with family or friends. The super bowl doesnt entice me anymore and I can watch the Good commercials the next day streaming.

I will watch all playoff games if they involve the Ravens however, and that includes the super bowl. But I'll never pay ppv for it.

 

[The Gator]

We are all saying no yet we all would.

Zero % chance I would.

Not even a question about it.

The game already isn’t worth it most of the time, it’s the get together that’s fun.

I can do that without an average game.

 

[mr. furley]

I’ve spent $100 on dumber things.

she's probably studying to be a nurse, guy

 

[The Gator]

I’ve spent $100 on dumber things.

she's probably studying to be a nurse, guy

 

[belljr]

Only if it was my "team" would I even consider it.


And then still no.

 

[Dezbelief]

Not a chance.

 

[DocHolliday]

Definitely not. I've skipped the last few super bowls when they were free.

Same
I went from watching every game I could lay my eyes on 30 years ago to watching maybe a dozen Ravens games a year and perhaps any other intriguing Sunday matchup a few times a season. Never watch Monday or Thursday night and only watch Saturday games late season if they are on in a house I'm at while hanging with family or friends. The super bowl doesnt entice me anymore and I can watch the Good commercials the next day streaming.

I will watch all playoff games if they involve the Ravens however, and that includes the super bowl. But I'll never pay ppv for it.

I definitely wouldn’t pay to watch it. I haven’t watched the last few Super Bowls and barely watch any NFL games. I haven’t watched any playoff games this year and doubt I watch any more NFL this season. The games have lost their excitement.

 

[wlwiles]

I didn't subscribe to Peacock for a $6 playoff game, and I'm sure as hell not going to pay $100 to watch the Superb Owl. If my team was playing in it I would go to a bar or try to find somewhere to watch it, but I'm not paying 100 bones for one single game I don't care how Super it is.

 

[Galileo]

If it were the Browns playing, I would first try like hell to be at the game, but if that didn't pan out, I would probably pay. Anything else...no

 

[Jayrok]

If my team were playing, I'd consider it but would probably be at a watch party at my son in law's anyway, so no. Besides, the game will replay on the NFL network a few hours later and run for weeks. I'd catch it the next day.

As a Panther fan, I concede that I may never face this dilemma.

 

[Zow]

Definitely not. I've skipped the last few super bowls when they were free.

So have the Bills.

 

[Klimtology]

If the GIANTS were in it, yes!

 

[Zow]

Yes, especially if it was commercial free.

 

[Capella]

Yes of course. I spend multiple times that throwing a party for the game.