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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

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.

ossobuco 2y ago
No matter what abomination of greed we witness on this website, there's always some sucker who's going to justify it.
- pkulak 2y ago
  Someone is always around to point out that entertainment is not food or health care and you are free to choose which, and how much to consume. And that consuming all of it, all the time, however you like, for pennies, is not a human right.
  - ziddoap 2y ago
    People are frustrated that streaming promised to get us away from the absurdity of cable subscription packages, and now they are just as bad. It's not a human right to watch NFL, you're right (even though no one is claiming that it is). But people are allowed to be frustrated.
  - ossobuco 2y ago
    That "someone" doesn't get that people are frustrated with the progressive "enshittification" of everything. It's not about a single source of entertainment, it's that we're witnessing every nice thing become shittier and shittier each year, all for the purpose of increasing profits which are already immense and concentrated in the hands of a few.
NotACop182 2y ago
No person is going to watch every game as some games play at the same time. There should be a pay what you want to watch model that doesn't price higher then traditional plans.
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shlant 2y ago
> Yes, I know there are ads happening, too. Isn't that the vast majority of the content? Or is it different for streaming?
dangus 2y ago
I think it would make a little more sense if the games didn’t already have frequent commercial breaks and in-broadcast advertising.
- vundercind 2y ago
  They’d have to re-arrange how the sport works, I think. It’s a whole activity built for broadcast TV with commercial breaks. If they cut the commercials you’d still have just as much time with nothing happening. An improvement, sure, but not great.
  - dangus 2y ago
    True but not 100% true. If you’re at a game in person you’d see all the times when gameplay stops for no reason purely for an added TV break and the players stand around on the field. Not a team timeout, just literally a TV timeout that neither team asked for. Go to a high school game then go to an NFL game and you’ll see a massive difference.
    - CapcomGo 2y ago
      Sure but the players need and appreciate those breaks.
      - dangus 2y ago
        Weird then how they don’t need them when the game isn’t televised.
downut 2y ago
"content". 1/3 of that is ads. You know what I'm not going to do? Pay for ads.

ossobuco 2y ago

No matter what abomination of greed we witness on this website, there's always some sucker who's going to justify it.

pkulak 2y ago
Someone is always around to point out that entertainment is not food or health care and you are free to choose which, and how much to consume. And that consuming all of it, all the time, however you like, for pennies, is not a human right.
- ziddoap 2y ago
  People are frustrated that streaming promised to get us away from the absurdity of cable subscription packages, and now they are just as bad. It's not a human right to watch NFL, you're right (even though no one is claiming that it is). But people are allowed to be frustrated.
- ossobuco 2y ago
  That "someone" doesn't get that people are frustrated with the progressive "enshittification" of everything. It's not about a single source of entertainment, it's that we're witnessing every nice thing become shittier and shittier each year, all for the purpose of increasing profits which are already immense and concentrated in the hands of a few.

NotACop182 2y ago

No person is going to watch every game as some games play at the same time. There should be a pay what you want to watch model that doesn't price higher then traditional plans.

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shlant 2y ago

> Yes, I know there are ads happening, too. Isn't that the vast majority of the content? Or is it different for streaming?

dangus 2y ago

I think it would make a little more sense if the games didn’t already have frequent commercial breaks and in-broadcast advertising.

vundercind 2y ago
They’d have to re-arrange how the sport works, I think. It’s a whole activity built for broadcast TV with commercial breaks. If they cut the commercials you’d still have just as much time with nothing happening. An improvement, sure, but not great.
- dangus 2y ago
  True but not 100% true. If you’re at a game in person you’d see all the times when gameplay stops for no reason purely for an added TV break and the players stand around on the field. Not a team timeout, just literally a TV timeout that neither team asked for. Go to a high school game then go to an NFL game and you’ll see a massive difference.
  - CapcomGo 2y ago
    Sure but the players need and appreciate those breaks.
    - dangus 2y ago
      Weird then how they don’t need them when the game isn’t televised.

downut 2y ago

"content". 1/3 of that is ads. You know what I'm not going to do? Pay for ads.