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I don’t get it. People really pay for this?
Sure. $2500/yr is a lot, but it's not a completely bonkers amount if it's a a significant hobby for you. There's far more expensive hobbies out there.
I spend about 10k/yr for skiing. Its so expensive but I cant seem to give it up. I don't spend money on anything else and live frugal to justify that.
This is a bad article. The highest cost is network television/cable which is free if you buy an hd antenna
Fifteen minutes after every game a condensed version of the games is posted on the NFL's YouTube channel. Most sports do this now. Don't pay a premium for a McDonalds French fry.
Just check what rank your team got at the end of the championship. Saves you time.
This is a bad article. The highest cost is network television/cable which is free if you buy an hd antenna
Even if you have an HD antenna, there are black out rules so that if not enough tickets are sold for the game, the game will not be broadcast in the local area. I'm guessing that's pretty rare now, but it was part of my childhood for the extended family to go the family's lake cabin to see the game on TV. Never did anyone actually go to the game contributing to the feedback loop
Or you can vote with your wallet and boycott the games. They will eventually offer a solution when nobody is watching the games.
NFL games are consistently among the most watched shows on TV/streaming in the US. People are already voting with their wallets and they are voting that the content is worth it to them.
> The total cost for a football fan who doesn’t have cable to stream all 343 NFL games this season is about $1,700.
The average NFL game is about 3 hours. That's 1,029 hours of content across all games. 1700/1029 = $1.65/hr for the content. That's a lot less than renting a movie. Yes, I know there are ads happening, too.
Seems fine.
FTA: > The total cost for a football fan who doesn’t have cable to stream all 343 NFL games this season is about $1,700. The average NFL game is about 3 hours. That's 1,029 hours of content across all games. 1700/1029 = $1.65/hr for the content. That's a lot less than renting a movie. Yes, I know there are ads happening, too. Seems fine.
Fifteen minutes after every game a condensed version of the games is posted on the NFL's YouTube channel. Most sports do this now. Don't pay a premium for a McDonalds French fry.
Why watch the condensed version of the match at this point? Just check what rank your team got at the end of the championship. Saves you time.