You Don't Have The NFL Network?! OMG!

Did the sun come up today? Are we still a democracy? Can you still get a cup of coffee at 7-11?

I mean, I was sorta worried that “LIFE AS WE KNOW IT!” might end because big bad cable companies weren’t willing to let the NFL take them anyway they want in orifices not meant for the activity. Ahem.

Packers v. Cowboys is in the book. (Results, too late for print. Sorry). Somebody has the inside edge at home field. And guess what, there’s a whole slate of games again on Sunday.

Dogs bark, but the caravan moves on.

I was told that I should call my cable company and complain that either..

a) The NFL Network needs to be added to my cable menu
b) The NFL Network needs to be pushed up to “basic” level for free.

Not happening. I’m calling my cable company to urge them to STAND FIRM against Goodell and his goons. I mean really, who does the NFL think they are? Pushing a second rate TV production (basic graphics, poor use of replays, and a HORRIBLE bush league announcer in Bryant “No Really, I’m NOT White” Gumball) and asking cable companies for an outrageous .80 per subscriber.

Get outta here.

I love the NFL, and I like what the NFL Network does (although I don’t really “get” the whole “Jamie Dukes screaming at me” show) but it’s a 6 month cable channel. With a little flurry of stuff around the NFL Draft, which frankly can be had over at ESPN only better thanks to Mel Kiper Jr. – draft God!

I think cable companies putting NFL Net on a “sports tier” where you pay an extra $6 a month is totally fair.

Plus, take this dose of hard hitting fact from David Cohen, executive VP of Comcast.

"While the NFL claims that it wants its games to be seen by the widest possible audiences, it's actually their rules that limit which games fans can watch. It's the NFL that designates which cities can have over-the-air broadcasts of specific games. It is also the NFL that decided to take these eight games off of free broadcast television and to try to enrich themselves at the expense of their fans by creating a multi-billion dollar asset called the NFL Network."
Amen.

Suddenly the NFL is worried about my wallet. Oh, that’s rich.

This is a league that cuts away from overtime games in the 1 p.m. hour if it creeps into the precious 4:15 window, even when your local team is playing ON THE OTHER NETWORK!

This is a league that despite ESPN’s outrageous overpayment for the MNF rights, killed the BEST highlight show ever invented – NFL Primetime – in order to hand deliver a few more viewers to NBC and their amateur hour of Costas, Olbermann, and 9 ex-players who aren’t nearly as interesting as they think they are.

This is a league that killed a fictional TV show, because they had nothing better to do.

Ray Frager of the Baltimore Sun put it best when he wrote this week: “It's hard to know whom to cheer for. The league that seems to always get its way and exudes a certain arrogance while doing so? Or the corporations that have had a monopoly on running television into your home and raising your rates after you're hooked? You know, it's kind of like when two New York teams play each other. Can both of them lose?”

I say root for Cable, because at least they must still compete for your dollars in fending off satellite and FiOS.

Once the NFL has your cash, they won’t give a rats ass about you after that. They’ll just go about finding a new way to fleece you.

You want something hilariously stupid. Go to the NFL’s website set up to help you WRITE YOUR CONGRESSMAN about getting the NFL Network.

I guess they forgot the weblinks for…

CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE SMALL ARMS AND START A MILITIA
CLICK HERE TO BEGIN HUNGER STRIKE
CLICK HERE TO START RIOT
CLICK HERE TO FILE CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.

How about “Click Here To Show Your Ass To Roger Goodell and the 32 Owners.” Now there’s a link I’d like to click.

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