Considering I currently pay $2,250 for reasonaby decent internet, cable, & Netflix I'd be OK ponying-up another $380/yr to watch the Packers win the SB.I read this pretty quickly and was on board until I noticed the $20 was per game - I figured on about that for the season.
Heck I’m coming to your house.Considering I currently pay $2,250 for reasonaby decent internet, cable, & Netflix I'd be OK ponying-up another $380/yr to watch the Packers win the SB.
I'm paying $360/annum as an add-on to my phone bill for internet and Netflix. Cable isn't an option in the sticks. Wish Spectrum would figure that out and stop calling several times a week.Considering I currently pay $2,250 for reasonaby decent internet, cable, & Netflix I'd be OK ponying-up another $380/yr to watch the Packers win the SB.
Honestly, I'd probably find something else to do at this point in my life before I'd pay more to watch a game. I have cable, Netflix and Prime and very seldom use it. If it comes to paying more JUST to watch a game, I'd pass. I assume you mean if it's not over the air free. I'm in market now.
I have, and right now they have me by the groin. Xfinity internet is $100ish/month, then add Fubo or other tv streaming pkg is another $60ish, so alternative to Xfinity is similar price. Once wife & I retire (SOON!) can drp down internet speed a bit & re-explore alternatives.
They were thrilled with results of the playoff game on peacock. They also know they can spit in your face whenever they want and there's always going to be enough fans they can profitable for them
Well if you host a BYO party of say 30 people to watch at your house, charge $2/person, you come out $40 ahead! That will teach the NFL to make entrepreneurs out of all of us!I read this pretty quickly and was on board until I noticed the $20 was per game - I figured on about that for the season.
Bingo!
Then you'd have 30 people in you house and its pretty much a guarantee one will clog your toilet so bad you'll have to call a plumber and there goes your 40 bucks.Well if you host a BYO party of say 30 people to watch at your house, charge $2/person, you come out $40 ahead! That will teach the NFL to make entrepreneurs out of all of us!
Of course, the NFL will get wind about your profiteering and convince the Networks to raise the per game fee up to $40.
Already illegal. Licensing. My church wanted to do tailgate parties at the church and project the game on the outside wall but were told they'd need a commercial license to do it. Rebroadcasting rules. Pubs get away with it via their cable fees plus projecting is different then viewing on a TV.Well if you host a BYO party of say 30 people to watch at your house, charge $2/person, you come out $40 ahead! That will teach the NFL to make entrepreneurs out of all of us!
Of course, the NFL will get wind about your profiteering and convince the Networks to raise the per game fee up to $40.
Damn Packer fans!
Just to tie the last 2 posts together. The money you charge guests is to have bathroom privileges for 3 hours in your house, not watch the game!
The beer is free but you have to buy a cup. Yup, that one worked really well in college.
I'd bet you're absolutely right. Thing is, those who stamp their feet and boycott ANYTHING are usually doing so out of anger or an emotional response to something they don't really understand.
Well we lost most of those same "fans" again over the Taylor Swift-Travis Kelce romance, but I bet those "fans" are back again.
The licensing fees to watch a game broadcast over public airways is going to eventually turn into a court case, and the NFL and networks won't like it when they questions start being asked about their being exempt from anti-trust laws.
My comment to those fans is that the door won't hit you in the rear, on your way out.
Yeah. Boycotts can work if the party being boycotted had something to lose. In this case I don't think the NFL does. IF it would have any chance of working it would have to last more than a few weeks and I honestly don't think most fans would stick with it.
Games are played in enclosed spaces. The leagues license the broadcasters to allow those outside the stadium an opportunity to see it. It is an exclusive license. No different than using your phone to record inside a theater or concert hall.
The point that I'm making is that if CBS is licensed to broadcast it, and their earnings are based on advertising, each station gets a cut, in accordance with their particular viewing numbers based on the totals received. The argument would be that if the game is broadcast over CBS, and you watched it, no matter where you were, CBS could be given credit for the view, therefore increasing it's ad revenue, and make money. As far as.....let's say CBS in Green Bay, the advertising would still be part of the viewing even if it happened in Boise, Idaho. The only variance would be the local ads. Do they really matter in the scheme of things, because the only people who would be interested in them in the first place, would be able to get the games on their local station.
