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Why is this absurd? It's expecting you to pay for their product.
by aanm1988 10y ago
Why is this absurd? It's expecting you to pay for their product.
- sushid 10y agoYou do realize that he's paying, right? They force you to go to the game physically to watch it (unless the game is sold out), which IMO is pretty unreasonable.
- aanm1988 10y agoReally? How much did the person watching at home pay? It's not absurd. I don't like it, but it's not absurd.
- sushid 10y agoNot sure if you're familiar with blackout rules. [0] It's complex but basically, even if you have paid for cable or for NFL GamePass (online), you can still be blacked out for local games. It's absurd because you paid for the games and you should be entitled to the same content whether you're in Michigan or California. Even if you haven't paid, it's absurd because it reduces exposure to the local football team, which can only hurt them in the long run. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_television_blackout_policies https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Football_League_telev...
- brianbreslin 10y agowatching it over a regular broadcast is paying for it. you're watching ads.
- dexterdog 10y agoYou're also watching ads on any paid steam.
- russdpale 10y agoNo the point is to entice ticket sales. If the game is sold out its broadcast..
- bjorn2404 10y agoDon't forget that many of the stadiums are at least partially funded by taxes.
- cozzyd 10y agoI think the Patriots might be the one exception to that.
- jonathankoren 10y agoNope. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette_Stadium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette_Stadium
- Godel_unicode 10y agoDid you miss the below quote from the linked article? "...After the Hartford proposal fell through, Robert Kraft paid for 100% of the construction costs, a rare instance of an NFL owner privately financing the construction of a stadium."
- Retric 10y agoConcurrently announced was a new road to access the stadium from U.S. Route 1, and an additional 3,000 parking spaces to accommodate the increased number of fans.. In other words the stadium is only part of the total construction costs. But, politically indirect costs where an easy sell.
- jessaustin 10y agoI'm going out on a limb to speculate that a stadium costs more to build than a parking lot...
- gregshap 10y agoThe patriots stadium construction was owner funded. "After the Hartford proposal fell through, Robert Kraft paid for 100% of the construction costs, a rare instance of an NFL owner privately financing the construction of a stadium." [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette_Stadium https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gillette_Stadium]
- nommm-nommm 10y agoSports blackout rules are pretty much the definition of absurd.