Blogcritics Comments on NFL versus Cable TV

Comment by chris on NFL versus Cable TV

Thu, 6 Dec 2007 18:36:17 EST

Both cable and NFL are the asses in this mess. The ones getting hurt are the fans. When your whole existance depends on fans happiness it is not a good idea to piss them off that goes for both. The NFL should not of put end of season games on their channel but instead put some begining season games and the cables companies had their chance before directv or dish came along to buddy up to the NFL and maybe they would of gotten the Sunday Ticket. If by some miracle of GOD the Patriots are 15-0 come December 29th and the NFL does not make a deal to simucast the Pats-Giants game with a nationwide audience potential like abc, cbs, fox, nbc, espn, or espn 2 then lookout Time Warner, Comcast, Charter, and the NFL, there will not be a hole deep enough for you to crawl in and hide from the wrath of the fans. Whether you are a Pats or NFL fan or not, everybody and their uncle wants to see if the Pats can make history. In closing I would like to tell Goodell, Jerry Jones, Charter, Comcast, Time Weiner (yes that is on purpose), and the other cable and NFL personell involved with this, We have had enough quit acting like 3 year-olds fighting over who got the bigger piece of cake.

Comment by DJH on NFL versus Cable TV

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 14:05:14 EST

"CBS drew a 22.5 large-market Nielsen rating for the Indianapolis Colts-New England Patriots game on November 4th, which was the highest rating for a regular-season Sunday afternoon NFL game since 1986." so it took 21 years for a sunday afternoon game to reach a 22.5 share again...not exactly a strong argument While most people won't like it, the big cable companies can ride this out into the offseason, while Goodell is dangerously close killing the goose that laid the golden egg. He inherited a product never stronger than today and he risks alienating fans by taking more and more games off network tv just so his fledgling network can cash in. I just don't see how the NFL can win this...there's already PR damage done on both sides, and I can see big cable just sitting on this. They've already won an earlier court battle and I don't know how willing the FCC will be to get involved.

Comment by Dave Thomas on NFL versus Cable TV

Sun, 2 Dec 2007 13:45:57 EST

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