Stupid NFL Network and Comcast

[IrishofNDMan]

Can't even watch the game tonight, I guess my only option is Buffalo Wild Wings, I think they will probably have the game on.

What are you guys going to do to watch the game tonight?

[Scav]

You guys just need to get enough people to bitch about it. I have Comcast here in Chicago and we get the NFL Network, albeit at an additional $5 per month, but whatever, you get three Fox Sports, some soccer crap and TVG.

[declansharbor]

Originally Posted by Scav

You guys just need to get enough people to bitch about it. I have Comcast here in Chicago and we get the NFL Network, albeit at an additional $5 per month, but whatever, you get three Fox Sports, some soccer crap and TVG.

This happens to be the best part of the package. The highlight reels that they show are ridiculously good.

Cowboys by a landslide tonight anyways. The Pack gets brought back down to earth and exposed for what they are, a highly mediocre team. Not that that's not enough to win the NFC.

[SniperSB23]

I get it at home through Dish Network but am going out to watch it at a sports bar.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by declansharbor

This happens to be the best part of the package. The highlight reels that they show are ridiculously good.

Cowboys by a landslide tonight anyways. The Pack gets brought back down to earth and exposed for what they are, a highly mediocre team. Not that that's not enough to win the NFC.

I try to keep my partisanship limited to my name on DT, but to call Green Bay highly mediocre is just wrong. Never in my wildest dreams did I expect them to be 10-1, but you don't get that record with the strength of schedule they have, winning back to back at KC and at Denver ( Mon night), moving the ball at will without a running game, and then developing a running game, having the best 3rd down defense in the NFL, etc by being "mediocre".

As far as the game tonight, Dallas will score, but their secondary, outside of Newman is suspect at best and will be lit up by the best top to bottom 5 receivers in the league. Dallas might win, but it will be close.

And I think it's interesting that everyone says the AFC rules, but even with the greatest teams ever to play in the NFL (NE, Indy) in the AFC, the NFC is still leading the head to head match ups TY.

[declansharbor]

You say po-tay-to, I say poe-tah-toe.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by declansharbor

You say po-tay-to, I say poe-tah-toe.

i don't know...mediocre is a questionable word...what makes you say that?

[IrishofNDMan]

Originally Posted by Scav

You guys just need to get enough people to bitch about it. I have Comcast here in Chicago and we get the NFL Network, albeit at an additional $5 per month, but whatever, you get three Fox Sports, some soccer crap and TVG.

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you get tvg with the package through comcast???? Looks like the extra $5 a month sounds worth it.

[IrishofNDMan]

I have to throw an ND reference into this thread as well.

Looks to be a great game tonight between the two best teams in the NFC. Should be a high scoring and exciting game, that I see the Cowboys coming out on top of. Ex Notre Dame rb Julius Jones of the Cowboys vs. Ex Notre Dame rb Ryant Grant of the Packers. Doesn't get much better than that!

[declansharbor]

Originally Posted by IrishofNDMan

I have to throw an ND reference into this thread as well.

Looks to be a great game tonight between the two best teams in the NFC. Should be a high scoring and exciting game, that I see the Cowboys coming out on top of. Ex Notre Dame rb Julius Jones of the Cowboys vs. Ex Notre Dame rb Ryant Grant of the Packers. Doesn't get much better than that!

As much as I hate betting it, for you cannot win until the time expires, I believe the under would be my play here. 30-13.

[ddthetide]

Originally Posted by Scav

You guys just need to get enough people to bitch about it. I have Comcast here in Chicago and we get the NFL Network, albeit at an additional $5 per month, but whatever, you get three Fox Sports, some soccer crap and TVG.

here's the financial explanation from espn last week. nfl wants on basic cable, cable co. wants it as a premium channel. nfl is charging to much to be basic cable. for small cable co. it breaks out like $2 per household for ONE channel. bigger co. can do it for like $1-1.50 per house, so cable co. are making it a premium channel or won't carry it all and the nfl doesn't like it and won't lower the price.

sorry, i side with the cable co. on this one. we pay enough for cable as it is. we have internet, digital and HD for $100 a month and we have NO premium channels. i don't need the nfl network for $2 more a month.

[brianwspencer]

Originally Posted by ddthetide

here's the financial explanation from espn last week. nfl wants on basic cable, cable co. wants it as a premium channel. nfl is charging to much to be basic cable. for small cable co. it breaks out like $2 per household for ONE channel. bigger co. can do it for like $1-1.50 per house, so cable co. are making it a premium channel or won't carry it all and the nfl doesn't like it and won't lower the price.

sorry, i side with the cable co. on this one. we pay enough for cable as it is. we have internet, digital and HD for $100 a month and we have NO premium channels. i don't need the nfl network for $2 more a month.

Comcast went through the same thing with the Big Ten Network -- they've said over and over that they cannot justify passing on the cost of niche networks to every subscriber across an entire cable system. My best recollection was that they offered to add it to the Sports Tier package which is available to all digital subscribers as a monthly a la carte add on like Scav was talking about. But they wouldn't budge on adding it to their basic and expanded cable lineups and making everyone pay for it.

I couldn't agree with that stand more.

[ArlJim78]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Comcast went through the same thing with the Big Ten Network -- they've said over and over that they cannot justify passing on the cost of niche networks to every subscriber across an entire cable system. My best recollection was that they offered to add it to the Sports Tier package which is available to all digital subscribers as a monthly a la carte add on like Scav was talking about. But they wouldn't budge on adding it to their basic and expanded cable lineups and making everyone pay for it.

I couldn't agree with that stand more.

i'm also siding with the cable companies. i would be irate if they bumped me up even more to add stuff i don't want. how much programming can the NFL channel offer anyway. i love that they held their ground.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by ArlJim78

i'm also siding with the cable companies. i would be irate if they bumped me up even more to add stuff i don't want. how much programming can the NFL channel offer anyway. i love that they held their ground.

The truth is that they dont care about passing the cost on to the customer. They are taking a hardline because they are trying to buy the NFL network. Lets see what happens after they get that done.

[GBBob]

Originally Posted by brianwspencer

Comcast went through the same thing with the Big Ten Network -- they've said over and over that they cannot justify passing on the cost of niche networks to every subscriber across an entire cable system. My best recollection was that they offered to add it to the Sports Tier package which is available to all digital subscribers as a monthly a la carte add on like Scav was talking about. But they wouldn't budge on adding it to their basic and expanded cable lineups and making everyone pay for it.

I couldn't agree with that stand more.

But they put the Golf Channel, a truly "niche" sport on their basic package? And will offer MLB free as well in 2009 when that deal is done? Both sides are a joke when they try and say they have the public's best interests at heart, but between the Big Ten debacle and the NFL Network, Comcast hasn't been that fan friendly.

[SniperSB23]

Originally Posted by GBBob

But they put the Golf Channel, a truly "niche" sport on their basic package? And will offer MLB free as well in 2009 when that deal is done? Both sides are a joke when they try and say they have the public's best interests at heart, but between the Big Ten debacle and the NFL Network, Comcast hasn't been that fan friendly.

Dish is the only one remotely close to being fan friendly and that is only because they need to be to stay in business with Directv having the NFL package locked up. You can bet your ass if Dish got the NFL package they'd stop being so fan friendly.

[Danzig]

Originally Posted by IrishofNDMan

Can't even watch the game tonight, I guess my only option is Buffalo Wild Wings, I think they will probably have the game on.

What are you guys going to do to watch the game tonight?

stay home. watch on nfl network, and hope like hell the packers beat the cowboys.
my ONLY gripe with dish network is they haven't got nfl sunday ticket. has nfl network, both horse racing channels, and the local stations.
life is good.