Streaming every NFL game this season requires 7 different services, costs $2,500
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And some of those streaming services are only getting one or two games. For instance, Netflix is only getting the Christmas games. They have Netflix listed as costing $84. If you only cared about the NFL games then you would only subscribe to Netflix for the month of December for $6.99. Peacock gets the Brazil game (which is tonight) and one playoff game in January so you'd only need two months of that. ESPN+ gets a game in week 7 so you'd only need one month of that.
Is it annoying to subscribe and cancel streaming services? Yes. But it wouldn't cost $2500 if you spend a few minutes cancelling each service.
Sure, not quite that much, you're right.
But it's more than a few minutes to figure out which games are on which services in which months and then schedule all of your sign-ups and cancellations.
More important than the dollar amount, at least in my opinion, is that it's absolutely stupid to have to do any of that.
Then, last season, the NFL sold their Gamepass service to DAZN, who immediately ruined it.
The replay games suddenly had commercials again. Not real commercials either, just 2 minutes of DAZN House Ads every few plays, when the US version would be showing truck commercials. Even a week later after they should have had time to edit them down.
And you couldn't find your team's game to watch anyway, because they killed the team pages. Now all you get is a Netflix-style horizontal scroll of DAZN's "Football" category, showing six games at a time and a little right arrow to page by one game at a time.
It was amazing how fast I went from a loyal customer on autopay for years to demanding a refund and just not watching football anymore.
FOX, CBS, NBC, ABC are all free over the air.
RedZone doesn’t count because it is not “a game.” You wouldn’t watch every single game and then watch RedZone because you are duplicating content.
I have no idea why they’re saying Netflix costs $84 when you’re only subscribing for one month to get the Christmas games.
Same deal with Peacock, Amazon Prime Video, ESPN+ you only need to subscribe during the season.
Not sure if you can count preseason as “season,” or maybe they should change the article title.
NFL season is 5 months. This is my math:
YouTubeTV/Sunday Ticket $419
Amazon Prime Video: $45
Peacock: $8
ESPN+: $55
Netflix: $7
Total: $534 plus tax, add $50 if you give a shit about the preseason (nobody does)
> Conversely, in 1363, King Edward III of England issued a proclamation banning "...handball, football, or hockey; coursing and cock-fighting, or other such idle games",[7] suggesting that "football" may have been differentiated from games that involved other parts of the body.
She has fiber, I have fiber, would work like a charm.
I use a similar setup with my brother who lives in Europe, but instead of a
MacBook Air, I’m using a Raspberry Pi.
The Pi runs Tailscale as an exit node, and whenever I want to catch a game or a
show, I simply connect to that exit node from my computer and launch the DAZN
web app. It’s not something I use all the time, but it’s a great option when I
need access to a game that isn’t available on my local streaming services.
While this setup works, it’s far from ideal. Having to go through the entire
process is a bit cumbersome. It would be much more convenient if there were a
way to directly access the video feed stream—maybe with a dedicated cable box
that you can control remotely.
I’ve also come across some dubious streaming sites that broadcast virtually
every channel from multiple providers—literally thousands of channels. I’ve
always been curious how they manage to pull that off.Don't pay a premium for a McDonalds French fry.
Example from last night: https://youtu.be/IENArFXpQD8?si=YuhqkVZdmJMKPzvR&t=566
Just check what rank your team got at the end of the championship. Saves you time.
not just after they release, but they would definitely show "abridged" versions of movies on daytime TV, with a little bit trimmed off to open up some space for commercials etc
just another thing that netflix ruined
https://www.twobillsdrive.com/community/topic/249370-reminde...
https://thedesk.net/2022/09/twitch-thursday-night-football-a...
> The total cost for a football fan who doesn’t have cable to stream all 343 NFL games this season is about $1,700.
The average NFL game is about 3 hours. That's 1,029 hours of content across all games. 1700/1029 = $1.65/hr for the content. That's a lot less than renting a movie. Yes, I know there are ads happening, too.
Seems fine.
It's not a human right to watch NFL, you're right (even though no one is claiming that it is). But people are allowed to be frustrated.
It's not about a single source of entertainment, it's that we're witnessing every nice thing become shittier and shittier each year, all for the purpose of increasing profits which are already immense and concentrated in the hands of a few.
If they cut the commercials you’d still have just as much time with nothing happening. An improvement, sure, but not great.
Go to a high school game then go to an NFL game and you’ll see a massive difference.
There should be a pay what you want to watch model that doesn't price higher then traditional plans.
Isn't that the vast majority of the content? Or is it different for streaming?
Even if you have an HD antenna, there are black out rules so that if not enough tickets are sold for the game, the game will not be broadcast in the local area. I'm guessing that's pretty rare now, but it was part of my childhood for the extended family to go the family's lake cabin to see the game on TV. Never did anyone actually go to the game contributing to the feedback loop
The NFL stopped doing this in 2015.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NFL_television_blackout_polici....
(Yes for 1 person, whereas TV can be watched by a group; but still it's crazy expensive.)
Are there any good out of the box or open source self-hosted Aereo-like services, that let me access OTA broadcasts in another market?
I know that things like Tablo exist, but they seem very optimized for same-network use cases rather than remote streaming.
Jellyfin with an HDHomerun is a pretty nice combo for this.
More generally, it appears that the article didn't consider how long each subscription would be needed to stream every NFL game. It instead looks at the price if one purchased each streaming subscription for the whole football season.
This is really useful if you follow multiple teams. You don't have to choose which one to watch when they play on the time slot.
[1] I mean the football of Messi, Maradona, and Argentina.
Edit: For example, if you have cable and already watch games there, you may buy NFL Sunday Ticket to watch other games that you may otherwise not be able to get.
I spend about 10k/yr for skiing. Its so expensive but I cant seem to give it up. I don't spend money on anything else and live frugal to justify that.
And also, like most comparisons of streaming vs. cable costs, it lists the cost of cable as including both the internet service and TV programming. And then the streaming-only breakdown of costs pretends that you won't need to pay for any internet service at all.