NFL Network???

[-Elmo-]

Originally Posted by zacs

i guess the cable companies have been trying to charge NFLN some big payoff type fees in order to get in thier systems.

NFL is saying screw you, we will put the games on, and if you don't have them fans will go where they can get them [satelite]. Unfortunately the fan is stuck in the middle.

So, from what i understand, if fingers are to be pointed, it is at your cable provider.

The blame can be solely placed on the NFL, and the NFL Network NOT your cable company!! The reason the cable company is now charging a fee for the NFLN is so they don't have raise your monthly rates, so they are giving you the option to subscribe to the NFLN for a monthly fee instead of raising everyones rates.

The NFLN is charging the cable companies 0.71 cents PER subscriber for the channel (which if I'm correct is the highest), and since the NFL told the cable companies to basically piss off when they wanted in on the Sunday ticket or something similar, I can't blame them I am glad the cable companies are holding their ground......

[zacs]

do you work for cox or comcast?

f- that. I am paying over $100/month for cable tv alone. and they are complaining about $.71?

good for the NFLN. Finally someone has leverage to stick it to the cable guys that have been screwing us for so long and so shamelessly.

[Clammer]

no problem here>>. standard channel with verizon :;

[-Elmo-]

Originally Posted by zacs

do you work for cox or comcast?

f- that. I am paying over $100/month for cable tv alone. and they are complaining about $.71?

good for the NFLN. Finally someone has leverage to stick it to the cable guys that have been screwing us for so long and so shamelessly.

I do not work for either, but maybe I should clarify its not just $0.71, its $0.71 PER SUBSCRIBER, so just for arguments sake if your cable company has 11,000,000 subscribers they would have to pay the NFL / NFLN a whopping $7,810,000 just to broadcast the channel.

The cable companies have to pay a fee to every channel they broadcast, but the problem with the NFLN is their fee is more than double then what most other channels charge....