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<blockquote data-quote="CaliforniaCheez" data-source="post: 58320" data-attributes="member: 167"><p>From USA Today:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2006-03-28-nfl-tech_x.htm" target="_blank">http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football ... tech_x.htm</a></p><p></p><p>The NFL's five-year, $120 million Internet deal with CBS SportsLine and AOL expires in May, opening a big window to aggressively jump-start such visions. In addition to the current Internet partners and TV networks that carry the games, the NFL is engaged in talks with a who's who of companies (such as Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple, Sony and Google) vying to be the Internet partner for the nation's most popular sports league.</p><p></p><p>But a souped-up NFL.com is just the beginning of efforts to grow the league's product across non-traditional mediums. For fans, aka consumers, this means new ways to devour the sport with the proliferation of high-tech products.</p><p></p><p>"When you want it, where you want it," says Brian Rolapp, the NFL's vice president for media strategy. "That's a powerful driving force."</p><p></p><p>Already, there are video-on-demand features on league and team websites. As part of the NFL's five-year, $600 million deal with Sprint, highlights, statistical data and programming from The NFL Network can be viewed on the tiny screens of cellphones.</p><p></p><p>Later this year, extensive offerings from the archives of NFL Films will be available for purchased download. Sprint will take it up a notch in the second year of its deal, transmitting highlights from 1 p.m. ET games as quickly as 4 p.m. on Sundays and adding such features for users as instant stats updates for fantasy football teams programmed into the phones. </p><p>************************************************************</p><p></p><p>I fear a lot of what is free today will be costly in the future. Remember when Field Pass was free? </p><p></p><p>Subscriptions for NFL.com and Packers.com (perhaps you can get a discount for subcribing to both) </p><p></p><p>Games only on NFL network or pay per view. </p><p></p><p>Who wants the Press conference of Terrell Owens signing with Dallas downloaded to their cellphone and have it announced in your pocket while you are at work? </p><p></p><p>I blame Jerry Jones, Daniels Snyder, and Javon Walker types. </p><p></p><p>It will make a huge difference between winning and losing. How many Lion and Cardinal fans will continue to be gouged for money before they just quit being franchise fans but NFL fans?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CaliforniaCheez, post: 58320, member: 167"] From USA Today: [url="http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football/nfl/2006-03-28-nfl-tech_x.htm"]http://www.usatoday.com/sports/football ... tech_x.htm[/url] The NFL's five-year, $120 million Internet deal with CBS SportsLine and AOL expires in May, opening a big window to aggressively jump-start such visions. In addition to the current Internet partners and TV networks that carry the games, the NFL is engaged in talks with a who's who of companies (such as Yahoo, Microsoft, Apple, Sony and Google) vying to be the Internet partner for the nation's most popular sports league. But a souped-up NFL.com is just the beginning of efforts to grow the league's product across non-traditional mediums. For fans, aka consumers, this means new ways to devour the sport with the proliferation of high-tech products. "When you want it, where you want it," says Brian Rolapp, the NFL's vice president for media strategy. "That's a powerful driving force." Already, there are video-on-demand features on league and team websites. As part of the NFL's five-year, $600 million deal with Sprint, highlights, statistical data and programming from The NFL Network can be viewed on the tiny screens of cellphones. Later this year, extensive offerings from the archives of NFL Films will be available for purchased download. Sprint will take it up a notch in the second year of its deal, transmitting highlights from 1 p.m. ET games as quickly as 4 p.m. on Sundays and adding such features for users as instant stats updates for fantasy football teams programmed into the phones. ************************************************************ I fear a lot of what is free today will be costly in the future. Remember when Field Pass was free? Subscriptions for NFL.com and Packers.com (perhaps you can get a discount for subcribing to both) Games only on NFL network or pay per view. Who wants the Press conference of Terrell Owens signing with Dallas downloaded to their cellphone and have it announced in your pocket while you are at work? I blame Jerry Jones, Daniels Snyder, and Javon Walker types. It will make a huge difference between winning and losing. How many Lion and Cardinal fans will continue to be gouged for money before they just quit being franchise fans but NFL fans? [/QUOTE]
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