Isn’t the bigger problem the fact that we have to set our fantasy line-ups now every Wednesday night!

Sorry NFL but you are wrong on this, I am a football fan and when I had cable I paid the extra 10 bucks for the sports package, and if Comcast makes it basic I will pay it anyway but so will millions of Customers who don’t care for your product.

I have a friend who is a high up in Comcast and explained the whole thing to me, they give Direct TV a pass on this per subscriber fee because they pay out the nose for Sunday Ticket and generate a ton of revenue for the NFL. They will not give Cable any breaks, its about $10-20 per subscriber that is given access to NFLN.

noquickreactionshere says:
Feb 3, 2012 1:08 PM
roastbeefsandwich says:
Feb 3, 2012 12:03 PM
Eh, I cancelled cable. The money we saved could be spent 4 nights a month at a sports bar anyway.

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Hmm let’s see, 4 drinks @ $3.00 each = $12
Sandwich and side another $12
Share an order of wings with a table of 4 = $3
20% tip rounded up $5
$32 per day (Very conservative number too)

$32 per day @ 4 nights per week $128 per week

$128 per week @ 4 weeks per month $512 per month

Thats a heck of a cable bill

Jags at Falcons (why?)

Even as a Falcons fan I didn’t really want to watch this game past the 2nd Qtr. If you want viewers go for more games featuring traditional rivalries, Cowboys/Skins, Falcons/Saints, Ravens/Steelers, etc. The schedule for these games has been awful for years.

When are the people running this channel going to start using the brains God gave them and make use of the NFL Films archive footage?

Where are the replays of the classic NFL playoff battles. Outside of a VERY few select games, we never seen any. Where are all the old-classic Cowboys-Redskins matchups with Staubach vs. Kilmer, or the Steelers vs. Raiders, or Cowboys-Vikings-Rams playoff matchups? Or during the 1980s, the 49ers-Redskins-Giants matchups during playoff time? The NFL network shows none of this stuff. At least these are repeats that would be worth watching.

But NFL Access over and over and over? Uh, no.

If TWC members not only protested, but took some time between now and August to start a petition in their building/area of people who would be willing to forgo cable completely and drop TWC if it doesn’t get on board with NFLN it would happen. It’s a bluff because most of us don’t want to go back to 3,5,8,19,25,43,49 & 55 (Cleveland), but it is a bluff that may work. Get old ladies in your building to sign. Go door to door in your building. It costs you nothing and it costs the people in your building and even surrounding buildings nothing. It doesn’t even matter if they watch football, just that they are willing to drop TWC if they don’t get’er done.

Companies respond to potential lost revenue, this is the only way TWC will do the right thing. The more REAL signatures the better. It’s gonna take some work, but the end result is if you start now you will have NFLN by August. This can be done nation wide, folks. Only YOU can prevent TV Blackouts.

If the NFL saturates too much, they risk losing their popularity from overexposure. I don’t think this will do it, but they need to be careful.

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Hmm let’s see, 4 drinks @ $3.00 each = $12
Sandwich and side another $12
Share an order of wings with a table of 4 = $3
20% tip rounded up $5
$32 per day (Very conservative number too)

$32 per day @ 4 nights per week $128 per week

$128 per week @ 4 weeks per month $512 per month

Thats a heck of a cable bill

Start the games at 7:30 and I would stay up and watch the ending instead of surfing PFT the next day!

What I really do mind is broadcasting Thursday games on the NFL Network, and I don’t just mean because of the fact that I don’t get the channel. Their coverage flat-out sucks. I would rather watch ANY other network cover a football game.

“As for fans who don’t get NFL Network, Goodell said it’s time for the holdout cable companies to get in line or risk losing NFL fans.”

Yup, get in line, and pony up the dough for the NFL product. They know they can squeeze more money out of you. But you know what, Goodell? There’s this magical thing called the internet, that lets me watch your crappy coverage without paying for it. Maybe you should look into that alternative instead of screwing over the fans that are making you tons of money.

You know, NBC streams not only the television broadcast, but tons of extra camera angles, with much better production quality, straight from their website, for free. Maybe if NFL Network wants to be taken seriously as a network, they should take some pointers from NBC. As it stands, your product is not worth paying for.