RE: Biggest Turkey of 2006: The NFL - Can't See TV

["William Lefkovics" <william () emailonastick com>]

Traditionally, there has only been 2 NFL games on Thanksgiving day.  This
year there are 3.  Adding a pay-per-view one is totally reasonable to me.

I don't pay for the NFL network, nor would I. 

Biggest turkey of 2006: People who consider sports that important.
 

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Do they make it commercial free?  Cuz I'd pay double for that.
 

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Somewhat off-topic, but one that is near & dear to my heart.

This really pisses me off.

In my family, throughout my lifetime, NFL football has been a tradition on
Thanksgiving Day. While there are a couple of games broadcast as is the
usual tradition, one of the prime-time showcase games tonight is basically
blocked by the NFL in a pay-per-view money grab on the NFL Channel --
something that, to me, flies in the face of traditional Thanksgiving Day
fare.

So I will not be watching the Kansas City-Denver game tonight, and if you're
as upset about it as I am, I urge you to boycott it, too.

Don't pay for it. Send a message to the NFL.

Via ESPN.com.

[snip]

Want a third helping of turkey on Thursday? If your stomach can handle it,
you got it. Want a third helping of NFL on Thursday? Not so likely.

The NFL Network's first broadcast of a regular-season game -- the Denver
Broncos vs. the Kansas City Chiefs, at 8 p.m. ET -- will be available to
only about 40 million of the nation's 95 million homes with cable TV or
satellite dishes. The network is at loggerheads with major cable operators,
who've balked at its demands for a big fee hike and a spot on basic cable.

At Comcast, the nation's biggest cable operator (24 million subscribers),
the network is available only to customers who pay for premium digital
service. No. 2 operator Time Warner Cable (13.5 million subscribers) doesn't
carry the NFL Network at all. Among the other top-five cable systems,
Charter Communications and Cablevision don't carry the network, either, and
Cox Communications relegates it to a premium "sports and information"
digital tier.

What gives?

[snip]

More:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2672291

Happy Thanksgiving anyways. :-)

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