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- jjallday, on 10/12/2007, -1/+38It's just a matter of time before the NFL is completely pay per view.
- joeydoo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+25I would have thought happy fans would be their MOST valuable asset.
- Yez70, on 10/12/2007, -0/+22Actually if you watch an NFL game they actually verbally state any and all 'accounts' of the game are the property of the NFL. So they already think they own discussions of the game now too.
I can't imagine it holding up in court, but you can bet they'll try with all the might of a corporate overlord... - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+21What's next?
Banning public discussion of the games on message boards or sites like this one?
Of course "without the express written consent of the nfl". - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -3/+19"and then soccer will take over."
There's a better chance of the XFL coming back to life in America than soccer ever being what Football is here. - shultzy055, on 10/12/2007, -1/+12MLB seems to be going in the completely opposite direction, I am able to find post-game video and press conferences a few hours after the game is over. Props to MLB, Boo to NFL
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I honestly believe there is a competition between companies to see who can piss of their customers the most.
- fordicus, on 10/12/2007, -0/+10I wonder if they are still trying to stop fantasy football sites from using their statistics without a license
- xocomil, on 10/12/2007, -0/+8As soon as they can sneak the broadcast flag through congress...
- jhuebel, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7No, I believe there was a court case recently (baseball related) that found that stats could not be copyrighted.
- Tu13erhead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+7I wonder when they'll start blocking me from Tivo-ing games...*roll*
- ArtistBot, on 10/12/2007, -3/+10...and when they do they will follow the downward popularity spiral that boxing has suffered. None of the players will be household names, ticket sales will decline and then soccer will take over.
- sabotank, on 10/12/2007, -1/+7damn NFL nazi's....
- inactive, on 10/12/2007, -1/+6suck my *****, NFL.
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my *****.
worldpeace,
ben - rubicante, on 10/12/2007, -0/+5It's not bad enough that I can't watch out-of-market games unless I buy Direct TV and pay an extra $250 or so for NFL Sunday Ticket? Seriously, what is up with the NFL? The only other option for out-of-market games is NFLTV, and they only offer a couple not all. Until they get with the 21st century, I just spend my money on beer at the local sports bar.
- dteague, on 10/12/2007, -0/+4Thank you John Madden
- texnofobix, on 10/12/2007, -2/+6NFL=Nazi Football League?
- Snarfy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3Here's a little fun fact:
My local cable provider is Cox Communications. I'm not sure how it works with the other cable providers, but with Cox Communications, 80% of my basic cable bill goes to paying for ... ESPN.
I wonder how long major league sports would last without being subsidized by the cable industry... - rdoger6424, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3so basically, you're saying that major league sports are... coxsuckers?
Sorry, had to get that in. - bclawhammer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3This is ridiculous. Local news is generally financially strapped and now they have to pay to get any coverage of the local team to the public. Not to mention some teams can't even get half the games anyways because of blackouts (poor Raider fans :( )
- Chargers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3You can watch press conferences and locker room interviews on team sites such as Chargers.com
- dhoefler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3It's all about money and greed.
- scrimaxinc, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3How many people actually care that they can't watch locker room videos posted on their local news website? I don't like the fact that the NFL is restricting its content so much, but I could give a ***** about this.
Oh and I love how anyone that likes to bash american football looks at each of these articles as a chance to get their soccer rant in. Its a good game, you dominate the world market, I enojy it, just stop pushing that ***** on us. We're happier with violence. - LuCiFer6, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I remember back in the golden days when I was able to listen to any NFL games on the internet for free on Yahoo. Of course that before the NFL whores themselves with Replayer and started charging.
- FryedFrog, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3Interesting that they refer to it as their stadium, when they are generally funded at least partially by taxpayer money. This doesn't effect me all that much, since it's pretty rare that I pay attention to football at all (and rarer still that I pay attention to pro football), but it just seems wrong that they get to claim it's their stadium once it's built, but before that, they're like "Hey, local government, you guys really ought to build a stadium here..."
- ToolyMcShedder, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Yeah right, we'll see how long this lasts. Completely ridiculous *****.
- tavisjohn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Then filter devices will be made to filter out that flag... Like the cable filters of the 80's and 90's.
- wholegrain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2I wouldn't say 80%, but it is huge. Here, Food Network, Spike, TNT, etc. cost the cable company about 5-10 cents each per subscriber. ESPN and ESPN2 combined cost about $7.00. INSANE!
- akinnee, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2all I can say is ***** MORONS
- bibliophobe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why do people think it's a natural right to watch NFL videos?
- BigJuiceMan, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1as long as you can keep your season-long bar bill under $250
- weprin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1As if we don't already throw enough money into sports.
I think the various media entities could file a lawsuit about this. Doesn't this have ramifications for "freedom of the press"? - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Back in the mid '80s I invested more than 3k in one of those huge 10 foot C band satellite dish systems, mainly because with it I could watch any televised NFL game.
At that time HBO and most of the other major cable channels were just starting to encrypt their satellite feeds and the NFL said that they would NEVER scramble their feeds.
Ala Carte programing was offered then so I only had to pay for the channels that I actually watched and FREE football was great while it lasted.
The NFL went back on their word and started not only scrambling their feeds, but also not offering them to the public even if the public wanted to pay for them.
Now they add so much glitzy graphics to the tv coverage that it is almost unwatchable.
It all resembles a poor powerpoint presentation.
Do people really need splash graphics to know that a scene change is coming up?
With the exception of cutout shots of the hot cheerleaders, of course. - cbiz, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Thanks for this info. NFL - any money I thought to give you - Fergettabout it.....
- muddo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Well then, I guess they haven't heard about dvr's and bittorrent. This battle was lost years ago.
- Chargers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I have a proposal, after Sunday’s games, let me know if you can’t find post game press conference footage? I believe the Lost Remote site is blowing a gasket over nothing.
- muddo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1because directv is showering radiation on my home that contains each and every game. why do broadcasters/content providers believe they can take advantage of these imposing distribution mediums without repercussions?
- drjborg, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is unbelievably nearsighted. There are only a few minutes of action in a football game, but it is the best action in all of sports, so the content fits perfectly with highlight reels. This makes people more interested in your product, not less. Of course this decision coincides with the new NFL network. Maybe they didn't notice last year's big mistake of the NHL moving to OLN(yes it is a network). Out of sight, out of mind.
So bibliophobe, you are right, it is their content and they can do with it as they wish. Still doesn't make it a smart move. - Noods, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1"It's just a matter of time before the NFL is completely pay per view."
It is already here. If you look, people have much less access to games on cable now. The NFL now has their own network and is slowly pushing to have everything under an NFL-owned umbrella. - h4rdcor3, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I love it. losing respect for their fans. when will they realize that the only way they can make money is by making people happy.
And everything is new. we have the newest field, we have the biggest screen. What ever happend to tradition? - lustre, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yes, the NFL and the baseball folks have both moved to prohibit any unlicensed account of the game, verbal, written or otherwise.
- TruthSayer, on 10/12/2007, -1/+1As stated previously and repeatedly, the NFL continues year after year to try and emulate Sony's business model.
Piss off your most desperate, most dedicated, most loyal fan base; present them with new restrictions year after year, expose your greed and how little you value the FAN...
And watch them continue to put money in your pocket.
And we will. - lustre, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0It'll hold. The law is on their side and it is wide and deep.
- thehoodie, on 10/12/2007, -1/+0Wow, this is just plain retarded. But it's not like you couldn't find it somewhere, because I am sure that someone is going to put it on the internet anyways, it just can't be prevented. At least I still have good ol' sports networks to show me that stuff, I never have used the internet much for that kind of stuff.
- pogfreak, on 10/12/2007, -2/+0QUICK EVERONE DIG LUSTRE DOWN AND IT WONT BE TRUE
- fusionFactor, on 10/12/2007, -5/+3The title is misleading because Apple is partnered with NFL to release videos in their iTunes Store, which is ONLINE.
- ColBuendia, on 10/12/2007, -8/+6We have to miss out on a bunch of uneducated overpaid cavemen commenting on why they could get the little ball across the white stripe?
What is this world coming, too?
They don't say anything worth listening to, anyway. They all have two answers. One if they win and one if they lose. You could just play footage from last years wins and losses and get the same effect.
For a loss: "Well, we had a lot of turnovers. You can't turnover the ball against a team this good the way we did and expect to win. We've got to focus on next week now.
For a win: "Things just fell our way today. We can't get too excited, however. This is just one game in a 16 game season. We're going to focus on next week and getting in the playoffs."
Now put that in the "Aol'er" program that turns everything into garbage spelling with worse grammar than a presidential press conference and you'll have it. - JJVH, on 10/12/2007, -3/+1I wish more boxing was shown :(. It's that sweet science!
- climbon321, on 10/12/2007, -4/+1the NFL is trying to kill jewish people?
- Zr970, on 10/12/2007, -7/+3next is payper view like jjallday mentioned.... just like wrestling....
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