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<blockquote data-quote="Voyageur" data-source="post: 1035650" data-attributes="member: 17953"><p>What I've found ironic is that the NFL gets paid by networks to air games, and the networks get paid by advertisers to support their airing the games on TV. It's broadcast all over the team's viewing area for free. But, if you don't live outside that area, if you watch the games you're still exposed to the same TV ads, and watching it on the prescribed network. That begs the question as to why there should be a surcharge like Sunday Ticket, to watch the games because you're viewing it with the ads no matter where you are?</p><p></p><p>I keep hearing how it's because the local team should take precedence, but let's face it, those who want to watch them aren't suddenly going to choose watching another team's game just because it's on. They'll watch the team they support.</p><p></p><p>Reality is, the NFL and the broadcasting community found a way to squeeze more money out of the people who want to watch their favorite team play, but are out of territory. It's simply a money squeeze, and always has been.</p><p></p><p>I look back at the black out days for NFL games, and realize that it didn't do anything to improve the attendance at games, and actually hurt the viewer totals when they weren't blacked out. Fans found other things to do, and it took quite a while to get those fans back. Then I look at the covid years, and saw empty stadiums. Yet, NFL teams made money, didn't lose it. So, the truth is, game attendance, and protecting territory isn't really as important as they'd like to make everyone believe. The only thing involved is the cash registers for more money coming into the system, for more team profits, and more inflation to player salaries, and the ticket prices keep going up, because there's always someone out there willing to pay the price to attend games.</p><p></p><p>In the scheme of things, fans don't matter to the NFL directly. They just want them to spend their money. It's just like the new uniform bit, where they sell so darned many variety of uniforms a team wears during the course of a year. It's all about the money.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voyageur, post: 1035650, member: 17953"] What I've found ironic is that the NFL gets paid by networks to air games, and the networks get paid by advertisers to support their airing the games on TV. It's broadcast all over the team's viewing area for free. But, if you don't live outside that area, if you watch the games you're still exposed to the same TV ads, and watching it on the prescribed network. That begs the question as to why there should be a surcharge like Sunday Ticket, to watch the games because you're viewing it with the ads no matter where you are? I keep hearing how it's because the local team should take precedence, but let's face it, those who want to watch them aren't suddenly going to choose watching another team's game just because it's on. They'll watch the team they support. Reality is, the NFL and the broadcasting community found a way to squeeze more money out of the people who want to watch their favorite team play, but are out of territory. It's simply a money squeeze, and always has been. I look back at the black out days for NFL games, and realize that it didn't do anything to improve the attendance at games, and actually hurt the viewer totals when they weren't blacked out. Fans found other things to do, and it took quite a while to get those fans back. Then I look at the covid years, and saw empty stadiums. Yet, NFL teams made money, didn't lose it. So, the truth is, game attendance, and protecting territory isn't really as important as they'd like to make everyone believe. The only thing involved is the cash registers for more money coming into the system, for more team profits, and more inflation to player salaries, and the ticket prices keep going up, because there's always someone out there willing to pay the price to attend games. In the scheme of things, fans don't matter to the NFL directly. They just want them to spend their money. It's just like the new uniform bit, where they sell so darned many variety of uniforms a team wears during the course of a year. It's all about the money. [/QUOTE]
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