How far away is NFL pay-per-view

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Starting next year if you don't have the NFL Network you will only see one game on Thanksgiving day. I am probably over-reacting, but this would appear to be the first step down the road to armageddon as far as OTA NFL games go.

People argue that the TV money is just too great to ever consider pay-per-view, especially for the Super Bowl, but I am not convinced that it's too far away.

http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/news?slug=ap-nflnetwork-games&prov=ap&type=lgns
 

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I have NFL Network through Comcast Digital cable. I doubt it will get to pay-per-view but what will happen is NFL Network will charge Comcast, etc. more money to carry their network and the increase will be passed down to the consumer through increased monthly cable bills.
 

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Davoso said:
I have NFL Network through Comcast Digital cable. I doubt it will get to pay-per-view but what will happen is NFL Network will charge Comcast, etc. more money to carry their network and the increase will be passed down to the consumer through increased monthly cable bills.

That's probably closer to right than I am about the pay-per-view thing, but it still means the viewer will be paying more at the end of the day.

We get NFL Network as part of the HD package where I live, can't say I have ever turned it on even once, guess next Turkey day will be the first time.
 

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i thought i was the only person who had problems with this stuff. it bothers me how greedy the nfl has become. i totaly get that its a business. i didnt know about the thanksgiving deal, but the one that bugs the crap out a me is you have to have cable next year to watch monday night football. i realize the huge majority of people have it, but it almost seemed like a right of being an american to watch mnf anywhere. i dont like this trend. of course i'd rather watch these games and i'll pay what i have to, but they are so freakin greed its pathetic.
 

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just read that the thanksgiving day game on nfl network is the third game of the day. 1st in history. so i take back a little of what i said earlier, but not much. it will be nice to have one more game i can eat and sleep through for the day. read this on nfl.com

NFL Network to televise regular-season games

(Jan. 28, 2006) -- NFL Network, the NFL's two-year-old television channel, will begin airing a "run up to the playoffs" package of eight primetime regular-season NFL games starting in the 2006 season, Commissioner Paul Tagliabue announced.

The eight-game package will consist of primetime games airing from Thanksgiving to the end of the regular season on Thursday and/or Saturday nights.

The inaugural game of the package is scheduled for Thanksgiving night on Thursday, Nov. 23, as part of a new Thanksgiving Day tripleheader. Games telecast on NFL Network will include pregame and postgame shows.

"After discussing this new package of games with many potential partners, we decided it would be best presented on our own, high-quality NFL Network, which has developed so rapidly that the time had come to add live regular-season games to the programming," Commissioner Tagliabue said. "In the end, we wanted these games on our network, which is devoted 24/7 to the sport of football, and not on a multi-sport network."

NFL Network will make all of its games available on free, over-the-air television in the participating team markets, continuing the NFL's long-standing practice of making all of its games, including the playoffs and Super Bowl, available on free, over-the-air television.

"The NFL has traditionally been at the forefront of innovation and new technology dating back to starting NFL Films in the ?60s, and Pete Rozelle and Roone Arledge creating Monday Night Football in 1970," said Commissioner Tagliabue. "With NFL Network, we are creating a fresh, innovative programming package that will complement all of our television partners."

NFL Network's new eight-game package was created by shifting Saturday and Sunday games from previous arrangements. In November of 2004, CBS and FOX agreed to extend their packages for six more years. NBC and ESPN last April secured rights for six and eight years, respectively.

"It was decided after surveying the rapidly evolving media landscape that a year-round channel dedicated to our sport was the best way to continue to develop and serve our fan base," NFL Network President & CEO Steve Bornstein said. "This is an opportune time to present these games ourselves and develop new ways to deliver the game of football at all levels to sports fans."

Agreements for all available NFL television packages now are concluded. Following are the rights holders beginning in 2006:

* CBS -- AFC package -- Sunday afternoons [1 & 4 p.m. ET]
* FOX -- NFC package -- Sunday afternoons [1 & 4 p.m. ET]
* NBC -- Primetime broadcast package -- Sunday evenings [8:15 p.m. ET]
* ESPN -- Monday Night Football package -- Monday evenings [8:30 p.m. ET]
* NFL Network -- Special Late-Season package -- Thursday and/or Saturday evenings [8 p.m. ET] (beginning Thanksgiving)
* DirecTV -- Sunday Ticket satellite package [1 & 4 p.m. ET]
 

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Aside from the two traditional Thanksgiving games... I think any more Thursday day or night games during the year is a huge mistake.

It creates too many games for teams on short rest etc etc.

This can't help the quality of play, let alone the additional betting angles to consider.
 

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Mjolnir said:
but the one that bugs the crap out a me is you have to have cable next year to watch monday night football..

I guess I don't see a problem with this, because they are showing a game Sunday night. Right now, if you want to watch the Sunday night game you have to have cable. Without cable, you are still getting 1 night game a week.

I cannot get the NFL network, my cable company (WOW) doesn't offer it. It would not surprise me to see games go to PPV, or at least something like DirectTV, where you need to buy a package in order to see your team.

The owners are doing it too. The stadiums are getting smaller and smaller, this allows the owners to jack up the prices because they know they will sell. They did it here with both the Lions and Tigers. the Lions went from 80k a game to 60k. Tiger stadium went for over 55k, to just over 40k
 

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snoozer said:
I guess I don't see a problem with this, because they are showing a game Sunday night. Right now, if you want to watch the Sunday night game you have to have cable. Without cable, you are still getting 1 night game a week.


i just think mnf is an institution that is a right for americans. lol. almost as free as oxygen.
 

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The nfl already is PPV if you have the Sunday ticket. I think if you are too cheap to have satellite or cable, cry me a river. I have directv with nfl network.
 

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They may loose some followers. But then many believe in 25/30 years most TV shows will have a cost. Not sure I buy that. But they charge 8 bucks for a move many place now. And half them end up being worth about 2 bucks.
 

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You guys dont get it. It is just a ploy to increase subscibers to the network.

ESPN did they same thing by putting stuff on ESPN2.
 
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