Posted on 07/08/2022 10:33:59 AM PDT by God luvs America
The National Football League plans to select a streaming service as its new Sunday Ticket partner and will choose a winner by the fall, Commissioner Roger Goodell said Friday.
“I clearly believe we’ll be moving to a streaming service,” Goodell told CNBC’s Julia Boorstin in an exclusive interview at the Allen & Co. Sun Valley conference in Idaho. “I think that’s best for consumers at this stage.”
Apple, Amazon and Disney, which owns ESPN+, have all submitted bids to be the league’s exclusive Sunday Ticket distributor, CNBC reported last month. Goodell confirmed discussions have been going on for more than a year to find a new partner to replace DirecTV, whose contract with the league ends after this season.
Sunday Ticket is the only way fans can watch live NFL Sunday afternoon games outside of what’s broadcast in their local markets on CBS and FOX. DirecTV paid $1.5 billion for annual rights. The NFL now wants more than $2 billion a year, CNBC reported.
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There’s a stock trade in this. Short the winner of the contract.
Whatever they do, it will probably be gay.
They’ll go with Disney.
I’d pay for individual games, but the entire package is mostly wasted on me.
They should give the Chinese government the contract—might as well admit they are traitors and get it over with....
The NFL hates you.
You may want to consider hating them back.
;-)
If you are into gambling on NFL games the NFL ticket is good, otherwise, it’s a waste of money.
If you live in an area not broadcasting your favorite team, go to a sports bar and watch the games, they usually have the NFL Sunday ticket, you can watch the Green Bay Packers living in South Texas.
Stick it up your...
I am surprised they don’t offer individual team packages most people will follow only one or two teams But pay for the whole shebang?
Since I don’t watch the NFL anymore just opining as a consumer
Broadcast television, both over-the-air and cable, continue its inevitable decline to vaudeville status.
It would be good to watch our favorite team no matter where we happen to be in the world.
Then there’s the local radio broadcasts that are not in sync with the tv satellite signal. Sometimes it’s 20 seconds difference.
There are no favorites in NFL football. They all hate Americans and are very clear about it.
i prefer to sit in comfort on my couch then a stuffy smelly sports bar. and watch my favorite teams!! not going to change for anyone
Flag football? I’ll pass.
I get a kick out of the rush to make all advertising about minorities...as if THEY have the most discretionary dollars !
And my real kick is when I see the Subway ads with the minority ‘voice over’ talking about Subway sandwiches,
I can hardly understand what the heck he's saying... the guy talks like he has a turd in his mouth!!
That [Football fans hating the NFL] ain’t going to happen, Friend. It is true that the NFL hates and holds its fans in contempt. They humiliate them at every opportunity. However, the fans of the NFL continue to love the NfL more and more.
The mind boggles....
I was a fifty year hard core New York Giants fan—and if I kicked the habit anyone can do it.
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