Comments on: Report: NFL close to renewing with all broadcast partners http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/ ProFootballTalk on NBCSports.com Thu, 23 May 2013 04:55:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: howley1 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1428363 Tue, 06 Dec 2011 00:18:40 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1428363 I think D-TV is a joke. Snow, rain, light breeze, small bird pooping on the dish. Any one of those and your SOL. And it never happens during halftime.

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The only time I lose signal is if thick thunderstorms are to the south of me, and the outage lasts as long as it takes for the clouds to mov out of the way. In 6 years of DirecTV, I’ve lost signal maybe a half dozen times for a few minutes each time. I’ve lost more signal with Time Warner in just one day.

]]> By: pigskin28 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1428323 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 23:51:58 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1428323 I’ve had Directv for years. Had issues with picture less than 10 times. We get ice, snow, rain wind evrrything.

Don’t understand the push for Cable to have The Ticket over Directv. If Cable valued your tv viewing needs they’d have gotten it already. Out of greed they chose to low bid the NFL for their product.
A startup company was able to foresee my love for Football and bet their bussiness plan on it while Cable felt they can get away with junk and putting everything I want to see on some tier. And schmucks wanna fight for them?

They could have slowed Directv just by outbidding them but they tried to underhand the Nfl.
Cable is a medium. They act like they are the product.Get out the way and give me what I want. Look how long it took them to add Nfl Network.

]]> By: 4ever19 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427570 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 18:20:26 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427570 I feel my wallet being sucked into the black hole that is the NFL’s insatiable demand for revenue. Remember when college bowl games were on free TV. Then at least the New Year’s Day games were. Now, there is one New Year’s Day bowl and one New Year’s Eve bowl on over-the-air TV. All the rest are on cable. All the other bowls except maybe one of the BCS games during the week after New Year’s – ditto. I have seen the future, it is painted NFL green and I don’t like it.

]]> By: dontouchmyjunk http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427530 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:57:32 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427530 For those of you complaining about the price of beer and food at the games, I have no sympathy. If a person can’t go for 3 or 4 hours without eating, or drinking a beer, you have more problems than the cost of buying those items at the stadium. Can’t understand that kind of lack of personal discipline unless you’re an alcoholic or a 300 pound whale. Get help.

]]> By: august589 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427519 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:51:44 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427519 Question?

Why was FOX televising yesterday’s Denver at Minnesota game? First time I have noticed FOX or CBS televise the game if the road team was from the “other” conference?

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The NFL flex-scheduled the Pats/Colts game out of the Sunday Night NBC slot and put the Saints/Lions game there. That gave CBS an extra game and subtracted a game from FOX. To make it equal, the NFL moved the Broncos/Vikings game to FOX. Why they chose that one, I don’t know…

]]> By: skinsmania0n16 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427509 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:44:33 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427509 Be creative have all NFC games be on CBS and AFC games on fox

Just hope One day NBA plays on CBS and FOX I’ve gotten bored with some stations every year

]]> By: acieu http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427504 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:43:42 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427504 All the cable companies have to do is outbid Directv so have at it.

]]> By: drbob117 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427478 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:29:41 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427478 @xtb3: When the Lions/ Saints game was shifted to Sunday night and the Colts/ Pats back to 1 PM, that left something like 7 1 PM CBS games and only 2 FOX, so the league took the unusual step of changing the usual ‘AFC road games are on CBS’, and ‘ NFC road games are on FOX’ policy and made the change in this singular case.

]]> By: steelerchicken http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427446 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:18:23 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427446 No one is forcing you to buy a ticket to the game! If you chose to go to the game where does it say you need to eat or drink?

It is called supply and demand business 101. They are providing us a product to escape life. Plus, we can watch the game at home or a local bat

]]> By: hailvictory44 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427441 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:15:43 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427441 Question?

Why was FOX televising yesterday’s Denver at Minnesota game? First time I have noticed FOX or CBS televise the game if the road team was from the “other” conference?

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Had to do with the fact that FOX didn’t have enough early games to broadcast compared to CBS, so the league took the Den/Min game and moved it to FOX

]]> By: djacksonisapunk http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427435 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:10:22 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427435 Donttouchmyjunk- Good post man.

I think D-TV is a joke. Snow, rain, light breeze, small bird pooping on the dish. Any one of those and your SOL. And it never happens during halftime.

I connect my Verizon smart phone to the TV with an hdmi cable, connect to wifi and stream red zone that way. its 1080i usually. Still wish I had the Sunday ticket, but I will never get a dish again.

]]> By: trollhammer20 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427431 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:08:02 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427431 Can the league dump DirecTV already? I wouldn’t mind paying for Sunday Ticket through another source – watching over the internet leaps to mind – but I refuse to give a dime to DirecThieVes. Fulfilling a two-year contract will run well over $2000, most of which goes for crap I have no interest in watching. Plus, every time it rains or the wind is over 30 mph, the pic digitizes so badly, it’s like watching a video game from 1989.

I can understand why DTV needs the NFL, because without it, they’d lose a few million subscribers and probably go out of business, but the NFL does not need DirecTV.

To the guy who said you can get Sunday Ticket through your Playstation 3, first of all, you must own a PS3, which I don’t. Second, it’s only if you can prove your address cannot get DirecTV (college dorm, north-facing apartment, etc.).

]]> By: anonymouslyanonymouscommentor http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427427 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 17:07:03 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427427 You know, there’s an awful lot of complaints here, but you know you guys could stop complaining and actually do something about it.

NFL Sunday ticket too expensive? Don’t buy it for a year or two, and tell your friends not to either. The price is only that high because they still think you’ll buy it. Email norcal031 for a link to watch the games online.

Beer is too expensive? Stay sober for a game. Bring a flask. Again, the price is only that high because they think you will buy it still.

The NFL is too greedy? You guys all told them they could get away with it during and after the lockout.

]]> By: hailvictory44 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427412 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:58:39 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427412 I’ll be happy when the NFL strips DirecTV of their monopoly. Offer fans who are out of market alternatives (cheaper ones) to view their team’s game each Sunday…PLEASE!

]]> By: steelernfl http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427373 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:44:35 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427373 With all that money, “MAYBE THE NFL WILL TRAIN AND USE PROFESSIONAL OFFICIALS !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!”

]]> By: bigfatnugs http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427351 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:34:16 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427351 I cannot afford to believe in 8 dollar beers at a football game, when the NFL is making bookoo dinero. Every time I go to a game I end up spending more money of beer and food than I do the ticket, which is pretty absurd.

]]> By: xtb3 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427337 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:25:23 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427337 Question?

Why was FOX televising yesterday’s Denver at Minnesota game? First time I have noticed FOX or CBS televise the game if the road team was from the “other” conference?

]]> By: dontouchmyjunk http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427319 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 16:16:25 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427319 If anyone read the linked story, the broadcast partners are pushing to allow the games to be streamed on tablets. But it hasn’t been worked out yet. Verizon has exclusivity on streaming NFL games on cellular networks, and will have exclusivity for the next four years.

Also, when you stream Sunday Ticket on PS3′s, you are still getting the package from DirecTV. And you can only stream on the PS3 if you live at an address that cannot get DirecTV directly.

There are very few places in the US where you cannot get DirecTV. Some inner city locations where the view is blocked, or if you live in a certified Historic Building.

Condo owners, apartment dwellers, and those who live under the rules of Homeowner Associations cannot be denied satellite service unless for safety or historic preservation. Certified historic preservation.

So, if you don’t have DirecTV, you can get it in almost every case. If you’re mounting a personal protest against DirecTV, I have little sympathy. The cost is no different than cable.

]]> By: drbob117 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427262 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:49:02 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427262 I guess that means we can go another 8 years or so without hearing all the henny pennys tell us that every sporting event will be on cable, and we’ll never see another sporting event on free TV again. As long as they can sell beer and cars during the timeouts, there will always be sports on OTA TV.

]]> By: jcusa514 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427252 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:45:35 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427252 great…..10 more years of frank caliando and Cletus the robot on fox….just great

]]> By: edgarpoe2 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427238 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:39:59 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427238 The NFL Ticket is already too expensive. With the new agreement, will we see $500+ for a package we used to pre-order for $79?

]]> By: rubbernilly http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427189 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:14:37 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427189 The studio work could be a whole lot better. Dan Patrick holds his own, and Peter King could talk about field turf and I’d be interested, but Dungy and a certain personality from this site flatten the whole production. Click on my name to read what doesn’t make it on this site.

]]> By: blakebuchanan87 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427186 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:13:57 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427186 Great, you are making enough money. If TV money IS NFL money, then do away with this archaic blackout policy and quit punishing fans that cannot afford to buy tickets. Especially if you are residing in a publicly-funded stadium.

]]> By: mondzy805 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427176 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:10:01 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427176 Great for the League. I don’t want to Ever hear, Lockout in the National Football League again, with all this Money coming in.

]]> By: thingamajig http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427172 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:07:46 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427172 So with all the TV money coming in does that mean they will lower tickets to the game?

]]> By: nfloracle http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427168 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 15:05:31 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427168 Great, now the owners can cut stadium tickets prices to $10 each with a free order of nachos and a cold beer as a “thank you” to all us fans who have been paying through the nose for the past 25 years to see a game live.

]]> By: all4patriots http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427140 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:51:14 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427140 “Half of all revenue should go to Tim Tebow”

No, just a 10th.

The Lord only asks for a 10th.

(dodges lightning bolt and Santa Anna winds)

]]> By: threedeep1998 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427130 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:45:45 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427130 Put Gus Johnson on the air!

]]> By: norcal031 http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427120 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:41:34 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427120 And how much will they earn from illegal websites where I and many others go to watch redzone and any game not in my market?…….$0!

]]> By: mvpolamalu http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/12/05/report-nfl-close-to-renewing-with-all-broadcast-partners/#comment-1427119 Mon, 05 Dec 2011 14:41:20 +0000 http://nbcprofootballtalk.wordpress.com/?p=171158#comment-1427119 Redzone and sunday ticket on cable would be heaven

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