Biggest Turkey of 2006: The NFL - Can't See TV
You might have to look hard to find Larry Johnson on TV on Thursday night.Image source: Reed Hoffman / AP / ESPN.com
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.
John Helyar writes on ESPN.com:
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.More here.
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?
posted by Fergie @ 11/23/2006 12:01:00 PM
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