Injured Seahawks cornerback Tariq Woolen turned to an illegal stream to watch his teammates Sunday. Most anyone who has tried to stream legally can sympathize.
  • makyo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    26·
    1 month ago

    NFL broadcasting has always been an absurd money grab (for instance from 1973 through 2014, a home game could not be televised in the team’s local market if 85 percent of the tickets were not sold out 72 hours before the starting time of the match) and the internet/streaming only made it worse.

    • Jerb322@lemmy.worldEnglish
      11·
      1 month ago

      I remember my dad being so pissed about this! I’m 48 and think that I’ve heard more games than I’ve watched. By a lot, probably.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    13·
    1 month ago

    I feel like the NFL is maybe leaving money on the table here, and is too greedy and out of touch to even see it. I could be wrong, but I bet if they charged, say, $5 to watch any out-of-market game the customer wants, they would make a killing.

    Instead, they charge like $400 or something for all of the out-of-market games. Most people aren’t going to pay that much. Especially if they only care about one team that’s out of their area.

  • Raiderkev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    7·
    1 month ago

    I tried to be the good guy last year. I paid for Sunday ticket so I could watch all the games. Then the playoffs come, and they put a fucking playoff game on fucking Peacock that was exclusive to Peacock. NBC wouldn’t even air it on the local affiliate. The playoffs have always been on network TV to get maximum viewing, and now they put it behind a walled garden on the worst streaming service. Fuck them. I cancelled my Sunday Ticket and will never give them another dime. I know /knew how to pirate, but again, I was trying to follow the rules, and they fucked me. Now it’s back to the seven seas.