NFL and Comcast: Combining to make people's blood boil

by SSreporters

I read an article on Awful Announcing, that there is a possibility that the NFL Network may use the pay-per-view system.

Here's the report from AA.

"The idea/plan is that the NFL Network is heading the way of Pay Per View, and will look to make at least one key game a weekend purchasable to everyone with Comcast cable. It may also look to do this for the first round of the Playoffs as well."

Can you get any greedier than that? Unfortunately, it had to be Comcast cable because they had the nuts to yank it out of the digital package. If this is indeed officially takes action, I am one step closer to losing all intentions to watch the NFL. This is an absolute outrage to me, that the NFL responds to those of us with Comcast by making you give up more money.

You guys want a bold guarantee? I guarantee that the Super Bowl will be put on PPV. No matter what the ratings are, it may be permanent if it switches to PPV.

ChristofMVP

849 days ago

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It is all about the money, and the greed for it. If they follow through with this, the NFL will overreach, and the sport will end up in the shape that baseball was in during the 1990's.

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SSreportersLegend

849 days ago

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I am not liking the way the NFL has been over the past few years, and it's only getting worse.

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

849 days ago

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Money = If it don't make sense, well... then it makes dollars!

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MegECass110AAA-er

849 days ago

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We used to get NFL Network on Comcast, they just shut it off a few weeks ago. I'm pissed. Anyone else see America's Game? That show was fantastic.

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JuTMSY4Legend

848 days ago

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I feel your pain meg...i was about to turn it on to watch the game sunday...and it was gone...

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Yakob878MVP

849 days ago

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ya that show is cool

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TheredkingSoccer Kid

849 days ago

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funny i just realized today that it was gone from the package it used to be offered in...dumb

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SSreportersLegend

849 days ago

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The crappiest thing is that I don't live directly in Seattle, where they get Qwest and Comcast. So it's either take it or leave it with Comcast where I live.

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SSreportersLegend

849 days ago

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The president of Comcast must've read this.

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ThecrookedcapAll-Star

849 days ago

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Comcast removed the NFL Network from the digital package and put in on the sports package.

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AndersklasenVarsity

849 days ago

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The NFL is certainly not doing the best they can be doing on the tube.

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Dolph72Varsity Captain

849 days ago

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Thats why I love Cox. They are in the sports section with ESPNU, NBA TV, ESPN News, ESPN Classic, FSNSoccer, Outdoor Network, Versus, and Speed. I think its more of Comcast just not wanting to have to pay for programing people desire while they raise your rates twice a year. They are playing the same game with the Big 10 Network although people arent exactly crying over that loss.

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

849 days ago

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"That's why I love Cox" Tommy, tell me you got that on tape!

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Davis21wylieMVP

849 days ago

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Best conversation ever.

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

849 days ago

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DDub, just because you're cheezy enough to get +'d for no creativity of your own, it's still funny ++

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LocknessmonsterDraft Pick

849 days ago

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Some other cable/satellite provider needs to bring an antitrust suit, pronto. This is getting ridiculous.

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

849 days ago

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The problems with cable companies only starts with the NFL Network. The legal monopolies they have in many regions of this country lead to overpaying by customers. Even when multiple companies are in the same territory, the oligopoly reigns supreme, and it's difficult to find two cable companies that differ very much from each other.

I hate the fact that I really only want about 20 to 25 channels, yet I have to pay for about 250 because they're all in different packages.

The NFL seems perfect for network and cable television. There are countless pauses and timeouts that are ideal for commercial interruption. None of the action is missed or even delayed, and these breaks can be counted on to occur at regular intervals. Football almost seems designed for television. Putting it on a pay-per-view basis is a good way to alienate fans, prevent new fans from becoming fans, piss off your fan base, make yourself look greedy, and lose out on guaranteed money from network contracts.

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VishalJV Squad

849 days ago

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The Super Bowl already makes far too much money on one of the major networks for anyone to even think about moving it.

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Manny StilesMajor Leaguer

849 days ago

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The NFL is a bunch of capitalistic pigs shoving communism down our throats for a tidy profit... Long live the ___(insert your Home Town's Team's color scheme here)___!!! Bring back the 250 lb lineman!

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IbeargRed-Shirting

849 days ago

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that's another issue the NFL should address... 350 lb lineman is not healthy and there should be a restriction on that. It's as detrimental to players health as steroids, if not more so.

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JuTMSY4Legend

848 days ago

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You want to restrict the size of people? Somewhere Joseph Lenin is smiling...

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RawbeezeitzMajor Leaguer

848 days ago

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What's the average lifespan for an offensive lineman? I know it's something disturbingly low.

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Pittsburgh GunnyMajor Leaguer

848 days ago

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I have the Comcast sports digital package and I still get the NFL network, not that I watch it. I am still hoping that at some point Setanta gets included in this package but not holding my breath.

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