NFL Sunday Ticket 2019

[ATL96Steeler]

Direct TV has been hemorrhaging some serious subscribers. It's real possible they can't swing the 1.5 Billion they will owe the NFL for this season.

There is only 2 players out there that want it and can afford it. Google & Amazon.

....and there is you know who at the SB in the commish's box.

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Maybe one of them will be smart enough to realize PPV on a game by game basis is the new direction...just not enough subscribers for the full package to support the price tag.

 

[SoCalWizFan]

Maybe one of them will be smart enough to realize PPV on a game by game basis is the new direction...just not enough subscribers for the full package to support the price tag.

When Sunday Ticket first came out there was an option where you could buy just the games for your favorite team for considerably less, but they got rid of it after a few years. That was nice.

In this era Sunday Ticket is a tough sell especially given the steep price tag. Lots of folks only care about fantasy or they are casual fans so they are fine just watching Red Zone. Other people are fans of popular and/or successful teams (Pats, Steelers, Cowboys, etc) & many/most of those games are on national TV so why bother. Of course you also have the local folks who can watch on their local channels.

AT&T/DirecTV just got too greedy & so they may move on. What do they care - they will still make tons of money.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

When Sunday Ticket first came out there was an option where you could buy just the games for your favorite team for considerably less, but they got rid of it after a few years. That was nice.

In this era Sunday Ticket is a tough sell especially given the steep price tag. Lots of folks only care about fantasy or they are casual fans so they are fine just watching Red Zone. Other people are fans of popular and/or successful teams (Pats, Steelers, Cowboys, etc) & many/most of those games are on national TV so why bother. Of course you also have the local folks who can watch on their local channels.

AT&T/DirecTV just got too greedy & so they may move on. What do they care - they will still make tons of money.

I don't remember that option you spoke of, but when I 1st got the Tkt, I wasn't in that mindset...it was new, so Sunday was practically an event in my basement during the NFL season...me and a couple of my neighbors gathered at my house around noon, and we would go through the early games and into the 4p games. Had the big screen and 2 TVs down there, food, beer and a bathroom...we were set. It got to the point the pizza delivery guy came straight to the basement door...lol. That ran for about 8 yrs then we sold the house.

Took the Tkt to the new house, but it became just me watching and once Thurs/Sun Night games kicked in it was just more football than I was really watching...by then the Falcons were decent and we got all 16 games, and I was getting 8-10 Steelers game on regular TV, yet I went from paying like $139 for the season to near $249 for the season...it just stopped making sense for me.

PPV...I would do that to pick up the remaining 6 to 8 Steelers games, but I dropped the Tkt about 5 yrs ago, and haven't really missed it.

 

[skinsdad62]

i went red zone because when i watched sunday ticket (other then skins games ) i flipped from game to game looking for potential scores

 

[countryroads316]

Supposedly the NFL has to make a decision before the opening game of the season if they will opt out of the deal with Directv and go in a different direction I really hope they do give the fans more options




The NFL has until the beginning of September to decide if it will opt out of its Sunday Ticket deal with DirecTV, according to several sources. If the league has not exercised that opt-out clause by the opening night game between the Bears and Packers on Sept. 5, DirecTV will keep carrying Sunday Ticket exclusively through the end of its contract in 2022.

 

[skinsdad62]

Supposedly the NFL has to make a decision before the opening game of the season if they will opt out of the deal with Directv and go in a different direction I really hope they do give the fans more options




The NFL has until the beginning of September to decide if it will opt out of its Sunday Ticket deal with DirecTV, according to several sources. If the league has not exercised that opt-out clause by the opening night game between the Bears and Packers on Sept. 5, DirecTV will keep carrying Sunday Ticket exclusively through the end of its contract in 2022.

The rub is it’s so late to even get another provider involved

 

[countryroads316]

The rub is it’s so late to even get another provider involved

they already are in talks with ESPN +, Amazon, Google and a couple others

 

[SoCalWizFan]

Supposedly the NFL has to make a decision before the opening game of the season if they will opt out of the deal with Directv and go in a different direction I really hope they do give the fans more options


The NFL has until the beginning of September to decide if it will opt out of its Sunday Ticket deal with DirecTV, according to several sources. If the league has not exercised that opt-out clause by the opening night game between the Bears and Packers on Sept. 5, DirecTV will keep carrying Sunday Ticket exclusively through the end of its contract in 2022.

Please provide a related link. I have not seen this story posted anywhere. Something of this magnitude would surely be something that would be discussed online, on TV, etc.

As I stated previously I contacted AT&T directly & they stated that they still offer Sunday Ticket & were not aware of any current plans to get rid of it (certainly not for upcoming season). Not sure where you are getting your info. Again - please post a specific link (& not simply someone spreading a rumor). Thanks.

 

[BigKen]

The rub is it’s so late to even get another provider involved

They already have the NFL Network and it has access to every game. They could easily switch it to NFLN and charge a fee for it weekly or yearly. $100 for the season would net them hundreds of millions and the cost would be minimal because they could just attach to NBC, CBS, Fox and ABC/ESPN. DirecTV isn't available to the entire country and a larger audience has access to NFLN.

 

[skinsdad62]

They already have the NFL Network and it has access to every game. They could easily switch it to NFLN and charge a fee for it weekly or yearly. $100 for the season would net them hundreds of millions and the cost would be minimal because they could just attach to NBC, CBS, Fox and ABC/ESPN. DirecTV isn't available to the entire country and a larger audience has access to NFLN.

good point ! thanks

 

[SoCalWizFan]

They already have the NFL Network and it has access to every game. They could easily switch it to NFLN and charge a fee for it weekly or yearly. $100 for the season would net them hundreds of millions and the cost would be minimal because they could just attach to NBC, CBS, Fox and ABC/ESPN. DirecTV isn't available to the entire country and a larger audience has access to NFLN.

DirecTV pays NFL $1.5B per season. The NFL is going to have get a lot more than several hundred million from another source. Every article I see states that DirecTV is good for the upcoming season & likely a few more after that time. There are also some other outlets for obtaining this service. No way in hell that you are going to obtain this service for $100, They used to offer a single team broadcast for $100, but that was over 20 years ago. We will see how this pans out.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

They already have the NFL Network and it has access to every game. They could easily switch it to NFLN and charge a fee for it weekly or yearly. $100 for the season would net them hundreds of millions and the cost would be minimal because they could just attach to NBC, CBS, Fox and ABC/ESPN. DirecTV isn't available to the entire country and a larger audience has access to NFLN.

I'm not sure if NFLN has a larger audience than DTV, because it's a 2nd tier channel on many cable networks, (I had it, but paid for the extra tier when I had Comcast and I don't see it offered on YouTubeTV streaming.

As far as live games, I'm not sure NFLN can attached a network partner's game within 24 hrs of it airing live.

Ideally, the NFL would probably like to find another partner to pay them a billion dollars a season and let them figure out how to make money off the TV rights.

 

[countryroads316]

Please provide a related link. I have not seen this story posted anywhere. Something of this magnitude would surely be something that would be discussed online, on TV, etc.

As I stated previously I contacted AT&T directly & they stated that they still offer Sunday Ticket & were not aware of any current plans to get rid of it (certainly not for upcoming season). Not sure where you are getting your info. Again - please post a specific link (& not simply someone spreading a rumor). Thanks.

bunch of sites talking about it all you have to do is go to google type in NFL Sunday Ticket and look for yourself

 

[SoCalWizFan]

bunch of sites talking about it all you have to do is go to google type in NFL Sunday Ticket and look for yourself

Already did that several times & zip. Again - I talked directly to an AT&T rep & they stated that DirecTV was offering it for the upcoming season so you are wrong about that. "Bunch of sites talking about it" does not equate to a real story. Provide a link or else your claim is just bogus.

 

[countryroads316]

Already did that several times & zip. Again - I talked directly to an AT&T rep & they stated that DirecTV was offering it for the upcoming season so you are wrong about that. "Bunch of sites talking about it" does not equate to a real story. Provide a link or else your claim is just bogus.

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[BigKen]

I'm not sure if NFLN has a larger audience than DTV, because it's a 2nd tier channel on many cable networks, (I had it, but paid for the extra tier when I had Comcast and I don't see it offered on YouTubeTV streaming.

As far as live games, I'm not sure NFLN can attached a network partner's game within 24 hrs of it airing live.

Ideally, the NFL would probably like to find another partner to pay them a billion dollars a season and let them figure out how to make money off the TV rights.

Most cable companiuescharge for sports and entertaimment. DirecTV charges about $350 for for NFL Sunday Ticket beyond the monthly charge. I had them for 10 years and I threatened to cancel every year unless they gave it to me. About three years ago they said no and I dropped them for Xfinity. I was paying $100 a month for my internet and I got internet, TV and phone for $149. DirecTV has offer free stuff forever since I left plus discount cell service with AT+T.

I really don't need every game, every week. I have all of the networks including NFL. I could care less about Tampa and Jacksonville in week 3.

The NFL can pretty much do what it wants in regards to broadcasting games. The biggest worry that the networks have is that the NFL decides to have games on PPV every week. Think what they could get for the playoffs and Super Bowl and the damage it would cause the big four on Sunday. People might be pissed but they'd pay $1000 a year for their home team games and playoffs or they'd never see a game.

 

[ATL96Steeler]

Most cable companiuescharge for sports and entertaimment. DirecTV charges about $350 for for NFL Sunday Ticket beyond the monthly charge. I had them for 10 years and I threatened to cancel every year unless they gave it to me. About three years ago they said no and I dropped them for Xfinity. I was paying $100 a month for my internet and I got internet, TV and phone for $149. DirecTV has offer free stuff forever since I left plus discount cell service with AT+T.

I really don't need every game, every week. I have all of the networks including NFL. I could care less about Tampa and Jacksonville in week 3.

The NFL can pretty much do what it wants in regards to broadcasting games. The biggest worry that the networks have is that the NFL decides to have games on PPV every week. Think what they could get for the playoffs and Super Bowl and the damage it would cause the big four on Sunday. People might be pissed but they'd pay $1000 a year for their home team games and playoffs or they'd never see a game.

LOL...Yeah, that seemed to be their MO early on...if you threatened to leave they either gave it to you or didn't go up on you, I had a couple pf freebies myself, but eventually they said go pound sand and I paid it for about 8 more yrs until the tkt was at $280 with 4 installments.

I dropped the tkt because the Steelers were on 8 to 9 games locally here, and there was no way for me to just buy the handful of Steeler games we were not getting. When I 1st got the tkt, that was pre SNF, TNF...the NFL landscape had changed a lot...DTV is losing a lot of subscribers just like us and even more are dropping the tkt...they need to catch up to the times and offer out of market games via PPV and recover some of that lost revenue.

Right now, the NFL is still better off collecting the billions from the networks, but if they were smart, they would either take the TKT back and market it themselves PPV (just reg. season) or allow the new owners to do it.

 

[Sportster 72]

Not the same but last year with the Skins stinking and wanting to watch the Vikes and Steelers I was going to a local bar that had the ticket and showed every game. Having a couple of beers with a pretty girl … it was a win, win.

 

[SoCalWizFan]

Not the same but last year with the Skins stinking and wanting to watch the Vikes and Steelers I was going to a local bar that had the ticket and showed every game. Having a couple of beers with a pretty girl … it was a win, win.

Hey - sounds like fun. Going to a sports bar with fans of various teams can be a lot of fun. Sure it can be a little pricey if you do it a lot you need to watch your alcohol consumption or take Uber. I really like mixing it up & conversing with fans from other teams.

 

[SoCalWizFan]

We'll know about the future of NFL Sunday Ticket shortly

Clock ticks on NFL’s Sunday Ticket decision

A non-exclusive NFL Sunday Ticket package may be a win for everyone

NFL rumors: Is DirecTV’s NFL Sunday Ticket heading to streaming service? Amazon, ESPN, DAZN in the mix?

https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2019/06/20/nfl-takes-a-long-view-on-sunday-ticket.html

What NFL Sunday Ticket would look like if Amazon took over streaming from DirecTV

Is It The Final Countdown For NFL Sunday Ticket and DirecTV? - BUCS LIFE NEWS

Disney explores NFL Sunday Ticket streaming rights option

I truly appreciate these links. However they all basically state what I already posted. Sunday Ticket is available via DirecTV in 2019 regardless. In all likelihood it will continue in that manner for a few more years while they sort this out. Your initial posts made it sound like you can't get Sunday Ticket this season via DirecTV & that is flat out not correct.