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Chris Havel:NFL Network is a sign of greed
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<blockquote data-quote="net" data-source="post: 117713" data-attributes="member: 200"><p>The issue here is wider than "I can go to a sports bar" "I got mine" or "aren't you guys lucky, I live in Kansas". </p><p></p><p>The issue here is the NFL(monopoly)vs.cable(in many areas a monopoly) vs. pressuring the fan base to choose options which in the end will cost them more money, perhaps a lot of money. </p><p></p><p>I just find it odd that no one seems to care that in much of the country the games come to you essentially free each Sunday. The broadcasters paid billions upon billions to the NFL for those rights. That wonderful salary cap luxury the Packers enjoy today is directly attributable to the tons of money the broadcasters paid the NFL. Now they have to forego broadcasting key games in markets, so the NFL can begin competing with them after the broadcasters paid the NFL billions. If you were in business you would love making a deal like that with a supplier so he can compete with you, right? </p><p></p><p>Never forget that revenue sharing is the ONLY, repeat ONLY reason the Green Bay Packers still exist. Without the sharing, the franchise would have been in LA decades ago. If you believe the Packers would remain without revenue sharing you are delusional. If they did, they couldn't field a team much above NFL Europe caliber. Look at the Brewers. Think they will ever win the series? Doubt it. </p><p></p><p>Broadcast TV money is the principal source for revenue sharing. </p><p></p><p>In short, what the NFL is doing is putting the squeeze on the very people who love them. Congress has taken note of this.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="net, post: 117713, member: 200"] The issue here is wider than "I can go to a sports bar" "I got mine" or "aren't you guys lucky, I live in Kansas". The issue here is the NFL(monopoly)vs.cable(in many areas a monopoly) vs. pressuring the fan base to choose options which in the end will cost them more money, perhaps a lot of money. I just find it odd that no one seems to care that in much of the country the games come to you essentially free each Sunday. The broadcasters paid billions upon billions to the NFL for those rights. That wonderful salary cap luxury the Packers enjoy today is directly attributable to the tons of money the broadcasters paid the NFL. Now they have to forego broadcasting key games in markets, so the NFL can begin competing with them after the broadcasters paid the NFL billions. If you were in business you would love making a deal like that with a supplier so he can compete with you, right? Never forget that revenue sharing is the ONLY, repeat ONLY reason the Green Bay Packers still exist. Without the sharing, the franchise would have been in LA decades ago. If you believe the Packers would remain without revenue sharing you are delusional. If they did, they couldn't field a team much above NFL Europe caliber. Look at the Brewers. Think they will ever win the series? Doubt it. Broadcast TV money is the principal source for revenue sharing. In short, what the NFL is doing is putting the squeeze on the very people who love them. Congress has taken note of this. [/QUOTE]
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