Damn That Time Warner

[Daseal]

I'd rather see if on a normal tier most definitely and readily available on every cable provider. However, I don't think it's fair that the NFL is trying to force a premium price on cable providers yet want the type of accessibility that the basic type networks want.

You need to choose which one. Either have it be a pay service, or drop your price to the cable companies. Truth is the NFL doesn't really care if people have it or not, as long as the maximize profits. Which is fine, but somehow I doubt this is it. How much more could they make off of advertising if it were available everywhere.

[MTK]

Originally Posted by Daseal

I'd rather see if on a normal tier most definitely and readily available on every cable provider. However, I don't think it's fair that the NFL is trying to force a premium price on cable providers yet want the type of accessibility that the basic type networks want.

You need to choose which one. Either have it be a pay service, or drop your price to the cable companies. Truth is the NFL doesn't really care if people have it or not, as long as the maximize profits. Which is fine, but somehow I doubt this is it. How much more could they make off of advertising if it were available everywhere.

I hear ya but as a consumer don't you just want the lowest price? What do you care about the logistics of it?

Truth is the NFL doesn't care because they pretty much hold the networks by the balls. The networks actually lose money on the NFL but it's such a huge draw they have to suck it up and swallow the loses. In the end I think this battle is less about money and more about the giant that is the NFL not giving any ground to the cable companies. In the end the fans are the real losers as this article points out:

Cable's fight with NFL, Big Ten networks leave fans in dark - Nov. 19, 2007