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Peacock exclusive playoff game is stupid (https://www.chiefsplanet.com/BB/showthread.php?t=351714)

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Originally Posted by mr. tegu (Post 17324354)

They paid $110 million for the game. So at 5.99 per subscription they need a little over 18 million subscription payments from this to break even. They definitely won’t get 18 million individual subscriptions but I’m guessing they are counting on people forgetting to cancel or people just keeping it to make this worthwhile.

They'll make plenty off of advertising and cross promoting NBC shows. And 1 customer that stays on is worth $72 per year, and more subscribers means pumping more money into content which can help attract more subscribers. I hate hate hate it but there's a bigger game here for them.

I get why NBC is doing it. But it's bullshit for the NFL to do it.

As always, Mars Box to the rescue! I'll be watching on KSHB 41 from the comfort of my Southern California home.

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 17324347)

I'm sure you're a nice person, but if you have any affiliation with comcast I absolutely despise you. No offense.

Universal Studios is owned by Comcast but I don't interact with them.

I worked at Fox and they were owned by...Fox. I worked at Warner Bros and they were in business with AOL and Time magazine, two defunct companies and obsolete genres. It's hard to work in a big business without being connected to something terrible.

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Originally Posted by Fishels (Post 17324359)

But it does for out of state people like me who pay for Sunday ticket. That’s like 450 bucks. Then you add ESPN to that equation. Oh wait you’ll also need Prime now for every Thursday game instead of fox like usual. And what if a game is on NFL network? I have to drive somewhere to watch it.

And this year you need Peacock. The pattern is more and more $ and hassle for the same product. There are tons of nfl fans not fortunate enough to live where their team is. And even if you do… tons of people such as myself love watching other games. Football season is all about watching 2-3 games a day if they are good games.

The NFL should have made one big streaming service with every game on it. Dedicated solely to NFL games and news, skits, documentaries etc. That way you’d pay a subscription and be covered.

But of course that’s not enough $$ and would be too simple and fair.

If I could pay $100 to nfl.com and watch every game, I'd do it in a heartbeat. Make it easy for me, NFL, and I'll pay. But NFL+ is the most worthless three-legged one-eyed product on the planet, and I've got better things to do with my life than constantly buying and canceling subscriptions to the 150 streaming services that the stupid NFL is ultimately aiming for. I'm not going to do illegal stuff with scammers to get the games, either, though I think their cause is half noble.

I think my era of watching NFL football is coming to an end soon. The sport is declining and the business of the NFL is not worth my time and money. Patrick Mahomes II is the only reason I'm still trying to watch the games at all.

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Originally Posted by Kiimo (Post 17324375)

Okay, but I'd better not hear of you even going into their company cafeteria if you want to remain friends with me.

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Originally Posted by Rain Man (Post 17324378)

Okay, but I'd better not hear of you even going into their company cafeteria if you want to remain friends with me.

I understand. If I get a bagel in their building you're free to hate me more than terrorists.

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Originally Posted by Chiefnj2 (Post 17323487)

I hope Collinsworth gets frostbite during the broadcast

I don't understand why that pedo guy still has a job

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Originally Posted by In58men (Post 17323680)

I’m on a cruise right now Oasis of the Sea and now I’m not sure I’ll be able to watch it next Saturday.

NO COOKING IN YOUR ROOM! :D

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Originally Posted by In58men (Post 17323680)

I’m on a cruise right now Oasis of the Sea and now I’m not sure I’ll be able to watch it next Saturday.

You will. It will be on. I watched our first regular season game on a trip through Alaska. A lot of times the rights are different because you are often in international waters.

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Originally Posted by In58men (Post 17323680)

I’m on a cruise right now Oasis of the Sea and now I’m not sure I’ll be able to watch it next Saturday.

Does it have a stop in Belize? You should be able to watch it there, but I would check with Skygod or whatever his name is now.

The reason I am not happy with the Peacock issue is our antenna reception is incredible, much better than DTV, Dish or any of the streaming services.

Just go to a sports bar....

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Originally Posted by Frazod (Post 17323707)

It sucks, but it's just the way the ****ing twisted greedy shitty world we live in rolls. I'll buy it for a month, watch the game, check out what else they have to offer and probably cancel it. I ditched CrappleTV recently, and will probably dump Disney soon. On the fence with Netflix.

This is where I am at, we recently cut the Satellite cord after 25 years of it and much prefer our reception/picture quality on antenna to any of the streaming options. htismaqe recommended the fire tv recast box and it is aces. Of course we have Netflix, Max and Prime, but adding another longterm is just bullshit.
Yesterday, I watched the game as I recorded it on the recast box, thus I was able to pause it, take a pee break or whatever and then zoom past commercials just like on satellite.

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Originally Posted by BWillie (Post 17323564)

This is why we need a rolling roof. You couldn't pay me to go to a game in that shit.

good thing we are playing miami, other wise I can hear Tomlin bitching about the weather already.

I can easily afford Peacock especially knowing I'll cancel. And I can afford to go to a sports bar. I'll go to a sports bar to watch it purely out of principle. This is a ****ing diabolical money grab by the NFL that puts $ over ratings at the expense of the average fan.

Going to a sports bar to subsidize their cost to show the game just so you can save $6 is peak boomer energy.