With no real assurance who is going to be good, the last thing you want on your prime time game is a 0-4 team facing a 1-3 team.
If a team starts out terrible (lets pick the Giants in this case since they were 0-6 to start), may as well yank them off TV in exchange for something else.
I love having the good games available for me to watch on national telecasts instead of being buried on regional broadcasts that I don't have access to.
It's now become a mandated response to say oh that terrible Goodell. He ruins everything.
No he didn't make this decision with the fans attending the game in mind. But why should he? Are the stadiums going to suddenly be empty because a 1:00 game in week 6 was moved to 8:30? It actually is more important to the overall well being of the league for the TV audience to have something worthwhile to watch. Isn't the most recent contract something like $28 billion over the next decade for TV rights?
it was 4 hours of Gruden saying how awful the product on the field was? it really was horrible and i remember thinking that the NFL would change this to get better games in primetime. didnt expect it so soon, but i dont see the problem here.
That's a simple fact. Yes, the NFL is in fact more concerned about the millions in the audience at home than the thousands of fans in the stadium.
That is correct. The TV crowd just put $28 to $30 billion in the NFL's pocket with their new contracts. They will put a bunch more when they can figure out a way to make money off of it through the internet in a better fashion than they do now.
The fans in the stadium have already been taken as a given. You have already paid the money to the team for the season. Whether one decides to show up or not is on them.
Now, one can say that they will choose not to go and start to cancel their tickets. Ok. But if you are in one of those cities where the waiting list is 10 and 15 years long (and is not a brand new stadium where some are priced out), you are replaceable with someone else ready to break out the credit card the second they are asked to purchase.
for people who travel and need to go home after the game. But, I find it hard to argue with in general. Also, isn't a team only allowed to be flexed into a night game 1 or 2 times?
I live 300 mile from giant stadium and I work for a living.
As it is, I never plan to go to games that can be flexed. The value of my tickets takes a hit.
This IS good news to most viewers, and I watch most the games on TV. Likely more.
This makes it almost impossible to fly to away games. How can someone on one coast attend a game far away if it may start 1pm 4pm or 9pm. Hotel rooms and flights?
There is a benefit to being able to watch better games. But I do feel like constantly playing night games might be a slight disadvantage for those good teams.
I live 300 mile from giant stadium and I work for a living.
As it is, I never plan to go to games that can be flexed. The value of my tickets takes a hit.
This IS good news to most viewers, and I watch most the games on TV. Likely more.
This makes it almost impossible to fly to away games. How can someone on one coast attend a game far away if it may start 1pm 4pm or 9pm. Hotel rooms and flights?
yeah it will require that person to book another night of hotel after the game.
With no real assurance who is going to be good, the last thing you want on your prime time game is a 0-4 team facing a 1-3 team.
If a team starts out terrible (lets pick the Giants in this case since they were 0-6 to start), may as well yank them off TV in exchange for something else.
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No he didn't make this decision with the fans attending the game in mind. But why should he? Are the stadiums going to suddenly be empty because a 1:00 game in week 6 was moved to 8:30? It actually is more important to the overall well being of the league for the TV audience to have something worthwhile to watch. Isn't the most recent contract something like $28 billion over the next decade for TV rights?
Whatever.
Tiered pricing
F- the fans.
Tiered pricing
F- the fans.
Not at small. It's f- a small minority of fans. For most of us, this should work out just fine.
That is correct. The TV crowd just put $28 to $30 billion in the NFL's pocket with their new contracts. They will put a bunch more when they can figure out a way to make money off of it through the internet in a better fashion than they do now.
The fans in the stadium have already been taken as a given. You have already paid the money to the team for the season. Whether one decides to show up or not is on them.
Now, one can say that they will choose not to go and start to cancel their tickets. Ok. But if you are in one of those cities where the waiting list is 10 and 15 years long (and is not a brand new stadium where some are priced out), you are replaceable with someone else ready to break out the credit card the second they are asked to purchase.
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Flex all season
Tiered pricing
F- the fans.
Not at small. It's f- a small minority of fans. For most of us, this should work out just fine.
I wasn't speaking on your behalf.
As it is, I never plan to go to games that can be flexed. The value of my tickets takes a hit.
This IS good news to most viewers, and I watch most the games on TV. Likely more.
This makes it almost impossible to fly to away games. How can someone on one coast attend a game far away if it may start 1pm 4pm or 9pm. Hotel rooms and flights?
As it is, I never plan to go to games that can be flexed. The value of my tickets takes a hit.
This IS good news to most viewers, and I watch most the games on TV. Likely more.
This makes it almost impossible to fly to away games. How can someone on one coast attend a game far away if it may start 1pm 4pm or 9pm. Hotel rooms and flights?
yeah it will require that person to book another night of hotel after the game.