[Pete789]

Throw in something about the baseball package being a bunch of BS, too.

What's wrong with the baseball package?

[DoctorQuquriramba]

TW don't do #### for me.

They do a crapload in the communities they are in.

[Xqjfxmfk]

That begs an interesting question...I'm assuming that there are more non-football fans in the general public than football fans....If it was the reverse I would agree with you about the buck or two, but I don't think it is.

I currently pay for a shitload of channels I dont like or want.

Ill call it even, if they did it, even though it would be no where near.

[koebforfrn]

FCC fee went up a penny this month.

I've had people spitting in my face because of it.

Im sure the sky is falling too, lets tone down the exaggeration please.

[Zesavenue]

That makes sense...

I mean, the NFL does so much in your community as compared to Time Warner, it just begs to reason that you'd support them more.

oh that gives me such a warm fuzzy feeling.

do you carry a trumpet every where to play that company tune?

the NFL provides something that I love that no one else can provide. timewarner does not.

[tmobmobfil]

They do a crapload in the communities they are in.

well good, in that case, let me bend over and grab my ankles.

[Styparty]

oh that gives me such a warm fuzzy feeling.

do you carry a trumpet every where to play that company tune?

the NFL provides something that I love that no one else can provide. timewarner does not.

So get either of the dish options.

[Tactattcahhaw]

interesting stuff about NFL network and a chance to send an email to state reps, other officials and commissions to get them to bitch slap, TW, comcast and cablevision.



The truth is simple: cable companies raise rates and stifle competition – and are now denying you access to football 24:7 on NFL Network. Football fans are being held hostage: either they pay extra to subscribe to the cable company’s “sports tier” and spend hundreds of dollars a year for additional channels they don’t want – or they’re totally blocked from receiving high-quality NFL football programming on NFL Network.
FACT:A number of the largest cable companies – including Comcast, Time Warner and Cablevision – have either moved NFL Network to a pay-extra sports tier or refused to carry it at all.FACT:Cable companies like Comcast, Time Warner and Cablevision are refusing to negotiate in good faith to give their customers access to NFL Network. FACT:Cable rates have increased by 41% in the last few years, and cable companies still aren’t satisfied. They’re trying to cash in on the NFL’s popularity by charging football fans an additional fee to watch their favorite teams in action.FACT:It costs only 2 cents per subscriber a day for cable companies to offer NFL Network, yet they want to charge you up to $10 per month for the right to watch NFL Network.FACT:Although more than 222 million Americans watched NFL football last year, the cable companies argue that NFL Network’s audience is too small to justify a spot in the basic lineup. Yet they manage to offer less popular sports channels they own, like Versus and the Golf Channel, on basic cable.FACT:Cable has a double standard when it comes to sports channels. Channels they own, like Versus and the Golf Channel are included in the basic lineup. Independent channels like NFL Network get left out in the cold. This is unfair and anti-consumer. Consumer interest should decide what channels get carried – not inside deals among cable companies.FACT:Cable’s standard tactics stifle competition, by denying access to independent networks and by allowing cable to abuse their monopoly franchises.FACT:Cable subscribers that live outside their favorite teams’ home markets won’t see their teams play on NFL Network unless they pay extra fees to their cable provider. NFL Network games are broadcast free over-the-air in the team’s local market – but Dallas Cowboys fans in San Antonio and Green Bay Packers fans in Madison, for example, will miss seeing their favorite teams play.

This coming from the NFL that has formed a monopoly with Direct TV to show out of market games? Fuck you NFL. I hope all cable companies refuse to carry your channel until they have a shot at carrying what people really want... EVERY FUCKING GAME.

[mpxricyNimb]

So get either of the dish options.

that issue is on the front burner. we'll see who else(comcast, charter) moves in first.

[xquFzpNw]

how bout i write my senators and reps a letter about the monopoly that the nfl and directv have entered in to?

Fuckin' A.

[Pjayjukr]

This coming from the NFL that has formed a monopoly with Direct TV to show out of market games? Fuck you NFL. I hope all cable companies refuse to carry your channel until they have a shot at carrying what people really want... EVERY FUCKING GAME.

you cant watch every game.

[IronpumpedLady]

FACT:Cable’s standard tactics stifle competition, by denying access to independent networks and by allowing cable to abuse their monopoly franchises.

Hmmm... the NFL is in reality a monopoly... and I'd argue that their satellite deal abuses their monopoly franchise by denying access via cable....

[sFs4aOok]

you cant watch every game.

I have my choice of any game. But only if I subscribe to DirectTV, right? How does that not stifle competition?

This is the funniest one of all coming from the NFL...

FACT:Cable’s standard tactics stifle competition, by denying access to independent networks and by allowing cable to abuse their monopoly franchises


Suck it NFL, suck it long, suck it hard.

[weightpillsnow]

you cant watch every game.

You can if you have the Ticket, and enough TVs....

[Smalmslobby]

You can if you have the Ticket, and enough TVs....

or Superfan. How many can you put on one TV?

[Vomazoono]

or Superfan. How many can you put on one TV?

I don't know what that is.

I knew a group of guys that would stack 5 or 6 TVs in one room, so as to be able to watch all the football at once....

[RildFiemodo]

I think right now, the only way you can watch more than 5 games at a time is with a multiplexer to split the signals. The dishes only come with 5 LNBs right now, thus only 5 signals can be tapped into.

[flueftArete]

I think right now, the only way you can watch more than 5 games at a time is with a multiplexer to split the signals. The dishes only come with 5 LNBs right now, thus only 5 signals can be tapped into.

How many can you watch on the same TV with superfan? Or do you have to have a projector to see the games because they're so small?

[PZXjoe]

I think right now, the only way you can watch more than 5 games at a time is with a multiplexer to split the signals. The dishes only come with 5 LNBs right now, thus only 5 signals can be tapped into.

During the bye weeks, 8 early games. There will be either 1 or 2 of those on local network tv (depending on who has the doubleheader and who has the local team game). So, if the 5 game limit is true, I could ideally get all but 1 game. Picture in Picture could solve that. (For 2 missing games, 2 TVs with PinP would suffice.

QED

[arerrurrY]

During the bye weeks, 8 early games. There will be either 1 or 2 of those on local network tv (depending on who has the doubleheader and who has the local team game). So, if the 5 game limit is true, I could ideally get all but 1 game. Picture in Picture could solve that. (For 2 missing games, 2 TVs with PinP would suffice.

QED

Or you could go to a bar and get every game on a big screen, but never hear anything but steelers fans cheering first downs. Fuck you NFL.