Who's to blame? NFLN or the cable companies?

[RashanGary]

The cable companies are starting to run into problems because it costs a lot of money to maintain the infrastructure that goes with running wire to every single house in America and at the same time, they have to keep their base prices down.

NFLN is a good way for them to jack NFL fans out of a couple more dollars and they know they'll pay it. The NFL doesn't want cable to benefit from the popularity of the NFL. They want to benefit from the NFLN's popularity through advertising dollars.

I think we should all be rooting for the NFLN because it gives us what we want for cheaper. Both sides have a case, but the NFL's interest is closer to mine, so I'm siding with them.

[MJZiggy]

You need a box for "I have DirecTV. I don't give a crap."

[Jimx29]

Or, I have Chibardun DSL and don't care.


They both have some valid, and asinine points. Both are nothing more than money grubbing pigs.

[HarveyWallbangers]

Both are to blame, but the cable companies have years of shitty deeds to make me vote for them.

[CaliforniaCheez]

How many home jewelry shopping channels do you have??

I've got at least a half dozen Spanish Language channels and 2 Oriental channels where the language varies.

A sports tier group of channels means having to buy a bunch of sports channels that combined do not have the popularity of the NFL. How does the golf channel escape being in the tier?

I would like a la carte channel selection. I only watch 12 regularly and up to 20 on occaision. Why should I have to pay for Lifetime, Food Network, and BET????

I blame cable for forcing "packages" on people. With today's computing capacities they can handle a la carte channel selection.

[Jimx29]

I've been saying for years that the first supplier that comes out with some sort of "a la carte" system would pull thousands of viewers from the competition.

Of course i've been saying this for so many years, and yet no one comes out with it.

[Bretsky]

Great Poll Idea

I say Cable w/o a doubt

[MJZiggy]

I've been saying for years that the first supplier that comes out with some sort of "a la carte" system would pull thousands of viewers from the competition.

Of course i've been saying this for so many years, and yet no one comes out with it.

Cyberski Cable (somehow Numbnuts Cable sounds all wrong...)

[Jimx29]

I've been saying for years that the first supplier that comes out with some sort of "a la carte" system would pull thousands of viewers from the competition.

Of course i've been saying this for so many years, and yet no one comes out with it.

Cyberski Cable (somehow Numbnuts Cable sounds all wrong...)

That's cause it's numbnutz :P

[Partial]

NFL. But really both.

[FritzDontBlitz]

NFL. Because even if you get their network on cable they won't allow you to see the games unless you're local market, even though that's why you're paying extra to get the damn network in the first place.

I hope they lose their anti-trust exemption soon, before they start charging us for every marquee matchup we used to get for free.

[hurleyfan]

Cable....

Here in NY, I usually have to watch either the Giants or Jets (one team usually scheduled for 1:00 game, the other @4:00). If G-men are at 1:00 on Fox, the CBS feed gets blocked then at 4:00, the Jets come on CBS, and even if Fox has the double header, that gets blocked in my area.

And now for this Saturday's NFLN game, practically every f'cking channel on t.v. gets the game

[The Leaper]

NFL. Because even if you get their network on cable they won't allow you to see the games unless you're local market, even though that's why you're paying extra to get the damn network in the first place.

Huh?

The NFL Network games are nationwide viewing. The LOCAL market is actually the only place you might NOT see the game, due to blackout restrictions. Clearly, that would not be an issue in Wisconsin.

[Zool]

It doesnt even matter what we're blaming them for. Charter cable is the worst company I've ever had to deal with.

[Cheesehead Craig]

F 'em all