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View Poll Results: Has the NFL become to politically correct for your taste? | |||
Yes? |
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41 | 57.75% |
No? |
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11 | 15.49% |
Dont really care either way? |
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14 | 19.72% |
Just not interested in NFL anymore? |
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5 | 7.04% |
Voters: 71. You may not vote on this poll |
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Why in the ****ing world would they take their business elsewhere, which doesn't include guarantees, in a time of declining viewership? You're ASSUMING that more people would subscribe but it's just that: An assumption. You can order the most basic DTV package for $29.99 and get Sunday Ticket FREE or you're charged $259-$359 each year with the most basic package. If more people WANTED Sunday Ticket, they could purchase it. |
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-Bid contract out. Recover a lot of the $1.5B back -Significantly increase paid subscribers (market to 100M households instead of 20M) -Offer sponsorship/advertising on streaming site Most obvious: significantly increase viewership. Increases fan loyalty which creates fan spending $'s. Charge more $ for advertising/sponsorship. There is absolutely a tipping point where $1.5B isn't worth restricting options for fans. You continue to push installing a physical dish and committing to a year-long contract when 15% of Americans are cutting the cord... that's not consistent with reality today. If the NFL wants to stay relevant, they have to offer online streaming to a mass audience. I don't know how that's even a question. |
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No other entity is going to outbid DTV's $1.5 billion a year deal, period, ESPECIALLY when viewership has declined by 20% in one year. The NFL is taking in the dough, regardless of whether or not their broadcast partners are losing money. Also, DTV is getting closer to dumping the dish and going over the internet. Regardless, if DTV decides it's in their best interest to offer Sunday Ticket at $200 a pop (which is considerably lower than the current $359), they would need 7.5 million subscribers - nearly 4 times as now - to reach the breaking even point of $1.5 billion. Again, it's a horseshit assumption. |
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If ratings are down by 20% I'd be really damn concerned about winning those fans back instead of justifying a contract that restricts fan options. The DirecTV contract was (*edit.. Wasn't bad) bad to begin with. But it's really bad today in a world where fans are watching significantly more shit online or streaming. DirecTV/ATT can and should offer Sunday Ticket to a mass audience. But until they do, the NFL will keep taking a bigger hit until the 2 sides adjust to reality. Goodell's Twitter deal suggests he gets it. Last edited by chiefzilla1501; 09-30-2016 at 07:26 PM.. |
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No need to apologize. I've been streaming it for 3 or 4 years. If people don't want a physical dish that is their choice of course, but they have the option so they can't really complain that they can't get it. |
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15 years ago I figured it would only be a matter of time before DTV lost their stranglehold on the Sunday ticket. Now I'm beginning to wonder if I'll even outlive that contract. |
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Not everyone knows somebody who is a student, but I would think a lot of people would know somebody that lives in an apartment. I generally avoid illegal downloads and pirated materials. But I'm in the cord cutter group and am not going to sign up for a physical dish. And it's not like Direct TV is completely losing out. They got $100 from me that they would not otherwise have gotten. Although they are losing out in the sense that I would have been willing to pay more. (But not a monthly pay TV subscription that I wouldn't use after football season.) There is still a lot of OTA NFL football. The one that I think is really shooting themselves is hockey. When I watch NHL at my parent's house, I keep thinking I would really enjoy this if I got into it. But there is so little OTA or free content that I can't get into it. And I'm not going to sign up for an expensive option before I've convinced myself I'll get my money's worth. |
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