Money long ago ruined Pro Sports. Now it is happening in College with NIL payments.
In the late 1950’s my Uncle was an all pro Defensive Back in the NFL. When his contract came up he told management he wanted to be the highest paid DB in the NFL. They agreed and his salary was raised to 28k per year.
Now yes that was decent coin back then, equivalent to 300k in 2024 dollars. But remember he was the highest paid DB with crap benefits / pension.
Today the minimum NFL wage is 700k a year for a special Teams guy who might only be in for 6-8 plays a game. Great benefits.
In before the virtue-signalers/“I don’t watch sports or have a TV and don’t care but I’m gonna post that I don’t care because I don’t care, really I don’t, do you see me?” crowd.
How is this different from a local game getting blacked out? Not being able to see “the game” is nothing new. There is always the radio play-by-play, and that’s generally free.
TV and radio used to be “free.” You got the signal over the air and had to sit thru commercials.
Then, you needed to have cable or some subscription. The model changed - you paid a flat fee and got a lot of stuff. And you got stuff you hated, like CNN.
The model is changing again…things are becoming unbundled. You gotta pay for what you want.
This seems fair. Unless you’re a non-capitalist who loves being a free rider.
they can keep their game-—F NBC, the NFL, and anyone else who thinks the current USA is doing all right!
NBC is just trying to stand out in an oversaturated streaming marketplace. I blame the NFL for selling the rights to a playoff game to a niche subscription service. Either way though, oh well, won’t see the KC game played in bitter cold.
It’s a KC game. This is solely to sucker the “Swifty” types out of their money to see their idol at the game.
The NFL practices a lot of crazy stuff in the way of wokeness, and grabbing taxpayer money for stadiums. But the Peacock playoff game is pure capitalism. The number of complaints show how insidious the idea that some things should be “free” has rooted in society.
Hubby and I talked last night. We are thinking to forgo watching the Chiefs play the Dolphins since we would have to pay extra for it. Money is getting pretty tight these days, and watching a game that we can get the highlights from another way is sounding like the right idea. All these little things add up. Increased grocery prices, well, increased prices for everything, is making some of these decisions easier.
I’m not a big NFL fan, but I watch them when the college season is finished. They may get hubby’s eyeballs, but they are sure losing mine. Plus, the horrible commercials have become so awful. We mute the sound when they come on. It has become very tedious, and that’s the opposite of being entertained.
I will read about it on the Freeper.
I already have Peacock (hey, they have all of Columbo, totally worth $4 a month) so I don’t see a problem. Welcome to the future folks.
One of the best things I ever did was break the habit of watching sports.
Frees up so much time.
The leagues don’t care about the fans, so why support them?
Cheers.
They’re pushing streaming. This is a way of introducing more people to the world of streaming services.
A certain number of people will sign up for peacock to watch this game, and then go through the menu and see what other programming is available on that channel.
MLB does this too, with Apple TV+ being required for certain Friday night games. On top of already blacking out local team games. It’s dumb.
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Honestly, this is probably the game to skip, as the chiefs will likely crush the dolphins by 30 points
How long before Super Bowl is on PPV?
I vote for a permanent player’s strike. NFL NBA NASCAR NHL etc. not gonna waste any time on that garbage. Get out and do something. Get off your ass and do something people.
We’re not paying diddly-squat to watch a game. We’ll record it off a free channel airing at 0100 and watch it after we get back from church.
I’m pretty sure the replay of the game will be on the NFL Network just afterwards.
Unfortunately they will scroll the final score as you watch it. Not smart people.
They did this with the Prime Thursday night games.
I think Peacock comes with my cable account. I never watch it. Tried the new Fresh Prince, yuck.