NFL Sunday Ticket On Your Laptop

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cpayne5
08-23-2010, 08:06 PM
Some of you unable, or unwilling, to subscribe to DirecTV may find this useful.

NFL Sunday Ticket to be available on internet, sans DirecTV - Shutdown Corner - NFL - Yahoo! Sports (http://sports.yahoo.com/nfl/blog/shutdown_corner/post/NFL-Sunday-Ticket-to-be-available-on-internet-s?urn=nfl-264529)

Lotus
08-23-2010, 08:41 PM
Only $350! So cheap! I'll take 20!

Thanks for the heads-up anyway, cpayne. The price tag is not your fault.

Dirtbag59
08-23-2010, 08:42 PM
Chalk one up to the people who streamed games for free. If it hadn't been for them, the NFL and Direct TV would have been less anxious to make this service available to anyone without Direct TV. However now they see that since people are determined to stream games no matter what they've now entered the "well, we might as well make some money off it" crowd.

Personally this is all I ever asked. I understand the NFL is in the business of making money but it's kind of stupid that you indirectly punish transplant fans for not having Direct TV and having to move because of work. I mean how do you expect people to buy into your product if they can't follow their team? The fact of the matter is that if people can't see the games they want to see they're going to loose interest and at that point no company is going to want to shelve out hundreds of millions of dollars for exclusive rights.

I know I'll be getting this, but after this year I won't need it since I'll be going back to the beltway.

tootergray34
08-23-2010, 10:41 PM
hate to say it...but why pay so much money when I can watch them online for FREE.

Dirtbag59
08-23-2010, 11:35 PM
hate to say it...but why pay so much money when I can watch them online for FREE.

Depends on what you're looking for. The NFL is notorious for shutting down streams. I've had many a week where I was either cut out midway through a game and in need of finding another stream, and then there have been weeks where I couldn't even find a stream. On top of that the quality is much better so long as you have a good internet connection. Personally I wouldn't mind paying for it.

Schneed10
08-24-2010, 12:04 AM
I currently subscribe to DirecTV for the sole purpose of getting the Sunday Ticket (which causes me to miss out on Phillies games). I could bundle with Verizon or Comcast and save a buttload, then get Skins games over the internet.

This idea intrigues me big time. I'll probably wait until next season to pull the trigger, I want to hear some reviews on it first.

DaveG
08-24-2010, 07:12 AM
Just go to a bar. It's cheaper. I live in Philly and go to the Fox and Hound in the city. The group of Skins fans is the 2nd largest, only to the Eagles crowd. Less money. More fun. And, no dishes to do afterward.

MTK
08-24-2010, 08:53 AM
Just go to a bar. It's cheaper. I live in Philly and go to the Fox and Hound in the city. The group of Skins fans is the 2nd largest, only to the Eagles crowd. Less money. More fun. And, no dishes to do afterward.

If you're going to eat and have some drinks it's definitely more expensive than staying home.

I'll take the comfort of my own couch and flat screen over a bar any day.

Lotus
08-24-2010, 11:26 AM
Depends on what you're looking for. The NFL is notorious for shutting down streams. I've had many a week where I was either cut out midway through a game and in need of finding another stream, and then there have been weeks where I couldn't even find a stream. On top of that the quality is much better so long as you have a good internet connection. Personally I wouldn't mind paying for it.

I agree mostly. I would not mind at all paying for streams and thus respecting NFL copyrights. But I can't pay $300 or so. I just don't have the money. I'd happily pay if the price were less exorbitant.

As you argued in another post, the NFL has an interest in making games available to its fans over the internet. I would argue that it benefits the NFL to make that availability more affordable.

mredskins
08-24-2010, 11:50 AM
If you're going to eat and have some drinks it's definitely more expensive than staying home.

I'll take the comfort of my own couch and flat screen over a bar any day.


Exactly going to bar to watch a game you are talking $40 - $50 a week. Not to mention bars suck to watch a game in unless it is a true Skins bar (or your fav team). the few times I go out to the game it is usually at a Ravens bar and either the Skins are on the 13 inch kitchen TV or yo uhave to beg the bartender to switch it on.

Going to the bar is my last resort. For the record I have DC Fox at home on Comcast so I have ever game on TV but I feel for you out of market guys.

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