Comments on: ESPN's exclusive window for extending TV deal opens soon

By: Jolly

Jolly — Sun, 10 Oct 2010 09:45:14 +0000

Hey Voyager, the NFL does’nt need DirecTV…it’s the opposite. The NFL is the one that is gaining the leverage by oppening these new revenue streams so that they don’t have to worry about one entity coughing up a ton of cash and having to charge the fans big money for it.
The NFL deal wit DTV has always been a strategical move to gain leverage on Cable.

By: Voyager6

Voyager6 — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 20:47:22 +0000

I guarantee that there will be no ‘pay if there is a strike’ clause in the new contract. ESPN isn’t dumb.
Second, I predict DirecTV will one day want out of their exclusive Sunday ticket package before the current deal ends. By offering games on Thursday, Monday, Sunday evening and the Red Zone Channel, the NFL has watered down the value of the Sunday Ticket package. If the evening and local games and real time scoring opportunities are available on cable, why pay $$$ for Sunday Ticket? Most cable outfits are advertising it that way and it is slowly chipping away at D*’s subscriber base. With fewer subscribers and a huge yearly cost, very soon D* will start losing money and want out.

By: Pokey Allen's Ghost

Pokey Allen's Ghost — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 18:28:36 +0000

please please bring MNF back to broadcast tv.

By: imslugo

imslugo — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 17:41:32 +0000

i hate thursday games. alot of ppl work nites, and it really screws up fantasy leagues

By: Neverend

Neverend — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:52:42 +0000

ESPN is terrible. They need to upgrade their cameras to 1080p, seriously.

By: BigBear123

BigBear123 — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 16:26:22 +0000

Thursday night football is a joke. Teams are on a short week and traveling team suffers more.
Games are sloppy as can be unless the two teams are coming off a bye which doesn’t always happen.

By: funi

funi — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:45:24 +0000

I hope another newtork outbids ESPN! Their coverage is horendous! Would be nice to see NBC get Sunday night and Monday night! ESPN can promote more WNBA and NBA games!

By: kilo31actual

kilo31actual — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:38:03 +0000

I thought Congress blocked the NFL from having a full-season of Thursday night football due to college and high school football. The only time the NFL can televise on Thursday nights is from Thanksgiving on. The exception to the rule is opening night.

By: twotimes3233

twotimes3233 — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:30:53 +0000

“With the exception of the DirecTV package, which expires after 2014″.
CAN THAT HAPPEN SOON ENOUGH?

By: pigs on the wing

pigs on the wing — Sat, 09 Oct 2010 15:15:57 +0000

NFL Football on Thursday nights all season. There is a God and he loves me!!