Around The NFL - 2007

[BigEd76]

2007 gets even better for Jeff Garcia

[QB Eagles]

2007 gets even better for Jeff Garcia

So who's the father?

[Geowhizzer]

2007 gets even better for Jeff Garcia

So who's the father?

Carmella?

[ice grillin you]

whos side is everyone on in the cable companies vs nfl battle

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/22/AR2007112201263.html


altho its like watching two new york teams play..impossible to root for anyone yet at least someone you hate is gonna lose...im on cables side here...seems to me that the nfl is trying to get people to care about a channel that a complete waste of air time by putting a few good games on it...in other words they have about 6 hrs of must see programming a year yet want everyone to carry it as tho its espn or something

[rjs246]

I'm on beer's side.

[Diomedes]

I think the NFL is being very shortsighted and arrogant.  People love the NFL, but not so much that they'll pay a premium on top of what they're already paying just to get it.  People will just write off the games that the NFL puts on NFLN as "I'll read about it tomorrow."  Higher price = lower demand, even for the NFL.

[SunMo]

i paid the extra, but it's for an entire sports tier, with extra Fox Sports Net channels that i can get extra college football and basketball.  even with that im only paying an extra 1.99 a month.  there is also the NHL network, which is pretty worthless except for the classic NHL they play.

but if they want to compete they need to improve their product, Bryant Gumbel is a joke of a play by play guy, he's simply awful

[Diomedes]

I don't think the NFL wants the customer to get all those other channels tho.  They certainly aren't marketing the "add us to your premium sports package to make our product seem less expensive" angle to the cable companies.

[Rome]

Wait, the NFL is acting arrogant and self-serving?

No wai.

[SD_Eagle5]

I think the NFL is being very shortsighted and arrogant.  People love the NFL, but not so much that they'll pay a premium on top of what they're already paying just to get it.  People will just write off the games that the NFL puts on NFLN as "I'll read about it tomorrow."  Higher price = lower demand, even for the NFL.

This is exactly how I feel. The only regret I'll have is Thursday when the Packers play the Cowboys. And that's only because I'll have to watch it online.

[ice grillin you]

i paid the extra, but it's for an entire sports tier, with extra Fox Sports Net channels that i can get extra college football and basketball.  even with that im only paying an extra 1.99 a month.  there is also the NHL network, which is pretty worthless except for the classic NHL they play.

but if they want to compete they need to improve their product, Bryant Gumbel is a joke of a play by play guy, he's simply awful

how much more football and basketball do you get on the fox channels...csn down here carries a lot of fox cfb and cbb games...especially pac ten games...id pay 1.99 extra for a bunch of college games but im wondering if i dont get a lot of it already

[BigEd76]

CSN Philly carries a few FSN games too, so that's the same.  The FOX channels on the sports tier show awesome games like Montana/Montana State and Kent/Akron.

[SunMo]

actually, that's not true, they show a lot of pac 10 games

[MDS]

Last year there was maybe 1 game NFL Network had that was good. This year they lucked into getting 2 monster matchups. The whole money fight is over Comcast not getting Sunday Ticket. They've been trying for years to get it and are shoving it to the NFL because of the exclusive rights DirecTV has with the Ticket. Comcast getting the Ticket would essentially eliminate DirecTV from the landscape and Comcast would have even more of monopoly.

[reese125]

The Palm Beach Post reports that Ricky Williams is out for the season with a torn chest muscle.
Source: Palm Beach Post

There will be a candle vigil outside of Dolphin Stadium tonight at 7pm. All are welcome.