All Bucs Fans Can Watch Preseason Games
July 26th, 2010
Joe knows there are Bucs fans outside Florida that read him. So Joe has good news, sort of.
Per Michael Hiestand, of USA Today, the NFL is set to announce today that for a nominal fee, all NFL preseason games not broadcast on a national network will be streamed live on NFL.com next month.
The NFL Network and NFL.com, says spokesman Dennis Johnson, will formally announce today that preseason games will air live online for the first time. Through a $40 subscription package, NFL.com will stream 54 games live, not including 11 games on national TV. NFLN airs 10 preseason games live.
Now Joe knows the NFL Network broadcasts all NFL preseason games on a tape-delay basis. Still for reasons Joe cannot comprehend nor fathom, some people actually prefer to have low-rent cable operations that don’t carry the NFL Network. Sad but true.
Joe can understand women not wanting the NFL Network, but if someone born with male genitalia does not have the NFL Network, they truly need to turn in their man card.
July 26th, 2010 at 10:15 am
So will they all air on the NFL Network? I already get the NFL Network through my DirectTV, but I’m not going to pay any extra than what I already pay for DirectTV or the Internet. I just don’t have the extra funds. I’m already paying for the NFL Network.
July 26th, 2010 at 10:16 am
I’m all for free enterprise, but I think the NFL is taking it a little too far by actually charging a subscription fee of $40 for football which is awful. Granted, it isn’t quite the highway robbery charging season ticket holders full face value for two preseason home games. Does the beast ever get satisfied?
July 26th, 2010 at 10:24 am
Rebecca:
As stated above, the NFL Network already broadcasts all preseason games, though the vast majority are on a tape-delayed basis.
July 26th, 2010 at 10:25 am
$40 is waaaaaay over priced.
As to NFLN, it’s not a matter of choice for many people. I live in an appartment that does not allow satelite TV…and Verizon is not available here. I’m stuck with Brighthouse…and they simply do not offer it.
July 26th, 2010 at 10:31 am
Few things here:
1) I may have forgotten, but they will still broadcast locally the preseason games that don’t sell out, right?
2) $40 for preseason games is ridiculous. If they were smart they’d come up with an ad-based system to recover that cost.
3) Your no NFL network jokes just aren’t funny, especially to those crunched in an bad economy or (as Pete mentioned) who simply couldn’t get it if they wanted it.
July 26th, 2010 at 10:33 am
Pete:
Before Joe bought his condo, whenever he went apartment hunting, Joe wouldn’t even look at a place unless he could get DirecTV.
Joe searched for months for a condo where he could get a signal for DirecTV.
July 26th, 2010 at 10:34 am
Joe here,
Joe’s quite certain that the law forbids apartment complexes and community associations from denying the small-dish required for DirecTV and other providers.
July 26th, 2010 at 10:52 am
Joe, if that is the case, I would be very happy, but it’s the first I’ve heard of it. Just the fact that you mention it make me want to look into it locally here in Bradenton.
As to checking the access in complexes ahead of time, when things are tight, that’s not always an option…and things are REALLY tight right now, after closing down my business.
July 26th, 2010 at 10:52 am
FCC forbids such practices, but the landlord/condo association does have a right to determine where the dish can be placed. So if one had a condo/apartment with no access to the southwestern sky, one is at the mercy of landlord/condo association.
Of course, most condo associtations have a underhanded pact with a cable company. Locally, that would be the Out House Networks syndicate. Such pacts have been deemed illegal by the FCC as it stunts competition with other providers.
As a result, most condo associations are not going to fight you in a court of law if, say, one puts up a dish outside the balcony. If the condo association went to court, a judge very likely would declare the pact with the satanic cable company null and void.
July 26th, 2010 at 10:54 am
Pete:
Here’s the FCC regulation.
July 26th, 2010 at 10:58 am
Okay, here’s the deal…they cannot prohibit DirectTV, however they CAN prohibit the placing of the equipment outside or drilling holes for the wiring.
So, technically, they are not prohibiting the service, just the equipment…which amounts to the same thing.
July 26th, 2010 at 11:00 am
Hey Joe(and DirectTV customers)- After having the Fanatics package for several years, I decided to cancel service. When I reviewed my bill it showed NFL Sunday ticket for 6 payments of 49.99 and NFL To Go for 5 payments of 9.99. While talking to customer service I was told that is how they are breaking the Fanatic package. The NFL Sunday ticket is all the games, red zone etc. and the NFL TO Go is if you want games on your smart phone and computer. Anyway, when I tried to cancel NFL Sunday Ticket, she offered me 6 payments of 39.99. When I still said no, she asked if I wanted her to seek approval for 29.99, which I said OK. She put me on hold for a minute, then came back on and said it had been approved! So now I will get the NFL Sunday Package for 180.00 instead of 300.00. Give it a try!
July 26th, 2010 at 11:04 am
Pete:
Click on the link. It’s pretty detailed on what can/cannot be done. Can’t comment on the drilling part.
If you have a balcony where you can get access to a signal (southwestern horizon) the apartment complex can’t tell you spit.
The interior of your balcony is your space, hence if you can get a signal there, the apartment complex cannot say no. If you have a ground floor apartment and you can get a signal from the patio, the apartment complex cannot say no.
July 26th, 2010 at 11:41 am
Thanks Jerry!
July 26th, 2010 at 11:56 am
Wow Joe,
Wife got laid off a year ago, got another job at a restauraunt that burned down 3 months ago, and finally just now found a new job, though it is part time. Since the first layoff we had to give up some luxuries till times get better. So for some of us. Low rent cable was not an option. 🙁
July 26th, 2010 at 12:14 pm
As much as Joe(s) defend NFL.com and REALLY, REALLY, REALLY push Direct TV it’s funny…..
…..I thought I would’ve seen some ads for those establishments here!
July 26th, 2010 at 12:15 pm
Now I know why/how Joe can afford to watch NFL.com – look at that picture of his TV set!!!! 😉
July 26th, 2010 at 12:23 pm
Truthfully, I don’t know how anyone can put up with Direct TV in Florida.
EVERYONE I know who has it says it goes out when it storms. And this is Florida…so that’s once/day for the entire summer.
Maybe it’s just worse in Pinellas?
July 26th, 2010 at 1:01 pm
Joe,
We went over this already. How can you rag on people who don’t have NFLN when its out of their control? I luckily have NFLN through comcast b/c I live in MD. I tried getting DirectTV but the dish had to put on the outside railing of my balcony and the Condo Nazi’s weren’t having any of that.
And you are still on standard def. TV!
Just saying that when you don’t even have an HD television, you can’t throw stones.
July 26th, 2010 at 1:02 pm
Matt:
Seriously, Joe may have a problem once a week. Maybe. Hell, Joe got reception once during a tropical storm.
Convinced the people that have constant problems have bad install issues.
July 26th, 2010 at 1:05 pm
Gary:
1) It very much is in people’s control. The last four residences Joe had, he confirmed he could get DirecTV before he moved in. It’s called research.
2) Not sure what HD has to do with this?
July 26th, 2010 at 1:07 pm
Demonstrates Joe’s objective passion for DirecTV, doesn’t it? 🙂
July 26th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Joe,
I get what you mean. And now that I have been denied my sunday ticket, I will damn sure check that I can get it before I move into another place. But this only came through experience. I just always assumed that once I bought a place, sunday ticket would follow. Now I know to bring my compass during the visit to check the SW line of sight.
HD wasn’t related, but just making the point that if someone isn’t a man if he doesn’t have NFLN, then watching football in standard def. is almost as bad.
July 26th, 2010 at 3:11 pm
I cancelled Sunday ticket today and the guy’s only offer to stay was $5 off a month for 3 months. He started to say $120 dollar discount but quickly cut him self off and then offered the $5.
I save the price of a happy meal, great. Surfice to say I won’t be having NFL sunday ticket.
July 26th, 2010 at 3:19 pm
@Joe I don’t know about you, but if I’m having problems once a week…I’m not a happy customer.
ESPECIALLY if that once a week happens during a certain three hour time slot on Sunday.
July 26th, 2010 at 3:41 pm
Matt:
Seriously, Joe rarely has problems with his reception unless it’s a major storm. Just after 9/11 there was a tropical storm. It was so bad Joe tried to go to work that day (it was a Friday) and could only get maybe five blocks down the street. It was too dangerous to drive. Joe lost a signal that day for maybe 10 seconds. Seriously.
July 26th, 2010 at 4:16 pm
@Joe
“Just after 9/11 there was a tropical storm. It was so bad Joe tried to go to work that day (it was a Friday)”
I remember. That was Tropical Storm Gabrielle right??