Oh no, poor billionaires losing money.

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Think they'll sell a gulfstream or two?

 

[Warcodered]

Meanwhile lets put games on 3 different subscription services as the season goes on.

[LabattBlue]

1 minute ago, Warcodered said:

Meanwhile lets put games on 3 different subscription services as the season goes on.

Highest bidders get each tv package. You think the NFL gives a damn how many channels you pay for?  Most people have ESPN already, and I would bet a large number also have amazon prime. What is the 3rd subscription service?

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Just now, LabattBlue said:

Highest bidders get each tv package. You think the NFL gives a damn how many channels you pay for?  Most people have ESPN already, and I would bet a large number also have amazon prime. What is the 3rd subscription service?

peacock, homie

 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

2 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

Highest bidders get each tv package. You think the NFL gives a damn how many channels you pay for?  Most people have ESPN already, and I would bet a large number also have amazon prime. What is the 3rd subscription service?

Don’t forget Sunday ticket and nfl network 

Edited September 1, 2023 by Over 29 years of fanhood

[LabattBlue]

2 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

peacock, homie

 

How many games are on peacock throughout the season homie?

2 minutes ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

Don’t forget Sunday ticket and nfl network 

Sunday ticket has always been $$$.  Do you really expect to get that for free?

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

2 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

How many games are on peacock throughout the season homie?

 

only one I care about, my dude

 

NFL and YT missed a huge opportunity to have a "team ticket" service

 

[LabattBlue]

Just now, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

only one I care about, my dude

 

NFL and YT missed a huge opportunity to have a "team ticket" service

 

I am repeating myself but…They don’t  care!!!

 

The current system of handing out broadcast rights is making them fistfuls of $$$. No need to fix something that isn’t broke. 

[PBF81]

I question whether anyone doing free streaming somehow would pay for a package anyway.  Seems to me that's why they do it to begin with.

 

 

Edited September 22, 2023 by PBF81

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

Just now, LabattBlue said:

I am repeating myself but…They don’t  care!!!

 

The current system of handing out broadcast rights is making them fistfuls of $$$. No need to fix something that isn’t broke. 

 

Exactly the point of this thread

 

as long as they don't care, no one should care about pirate streams

 

 

[HardyBoy]

5 minutes ago, LabattBlue said:

How many games are on peacock throughout the season homie?

Sunday ticket has always been $$$.  Do you really expect to get that for free?

 

They get their stadiums subsidized and largely paid for with public money...the games should be easily accessible to watch... or they could privately fund their stadiums and give back their anti trust exception. 

[LabattBlue]

7 minutes ago, Pine Barrens Mafia said:

 

Exactly the point of this thread

 

as long as they don't care, no one should care about pirate streams

 

 

Oops.  I got sidetracked.   If I was the NFL, I would also do everything possible to shutdown pirated streams.  I pay to watch games on Amazon, Peacock, and ESPN.  So should all the thiefs. 

Edited September 1, 2023 by LabattBlue

[TheyCallMeAndy]

I mean hey: nothing brings change faster than rich people losing money. 

[Augie]

I don’t care how rich they are, stealing from them, or anyone, is wrong. 

 

If you don’t like the cost, stop watching and following. THAT will sting in all kinds of ancillary ways. Jersey’s and general merch and such. 

 

I don’t blame anyone for trying to protect their rights. 

 

EDIT: Important note here, it says they “are losing” millions/year, which is a bit misleading. They are more accurately failing to capture that money. “Losing” almost makes it sound like the media would want to enflame people by implying the billionaires are actually claiming they are losing money. 

Edited September 1, 2023 by Augie

[Rc2catch]

The NFL is ridiculous to watch games. 
I haven’t had cable in a couple years and I tried to do it the “right way” by paying and it’s insanely difficult without getting roped into long term contracts that tend to get obnoxious at the end. If I was local I’d be satisfied to watch buffalo games and sit out the rest or catch up on social media to the rest of the league. 
Mostly anything free that is going to show illegal streams is hardly watchable between the quality being bad, the streams being shut down and buffering. I would love to see one of these executives tune into a free illegal stream, they’d probably laugh after 2-3 minutes and let it go. 
As for some paid services, I’ve had great luck when they’re working. Always the risk it just magically disappears though. 

Edited September 1, 2023 by Rc2catch

[Pine Barrens Mafia]

2 minutes ago, Augie said:

I don’t care how rich they are, stealing from them, or anyone, is wrong. 

 

If you don’t like the cost, stop watching and following. THAT will sting in all kinds of ancillary ways. Jersey’s and general merch and such. 

 

I don’t blame anyone for trying to protect their rights. 

 

Here's the thing about black markets:

 

They fill the needs that the legitimate markets don't.

 

That's why they're literally impossible to shut down. You're right, stealing IS wrong. But until they wise up, it's gonna keep happening.

 

10 minutes ago, HardyBoy said:

 

They get their stadiums subsidized and largely paid for with public money...the games should be easily accessible to watch... or they could privately fund their stadiums and give back their anti trust exception. 

 

This is an excellent point as well.

 

[HOUSE]

If this keeps up the owners will be forced to sell their 3rd vacation home and lay off 35 landscaping engineers 

[Augie]

3 minutes ago, HOUSE said:

If this keeps up the owners will be forced to sell their 3rd vacation home and lay off 35 landscaping engineers 

 

Is that making you nervous? 

[GoBills808]

leave my streams alone roger

[colin]

how is it possible to steal something that isn't economically scarce?