I think any provider would be stupid not to pay the fee, since the fee is subscriber based anyway, and it would draw in more potential customers. And the NFL is stupid to not offer a tiered package offering (by team, division, conference, etc.) ...they would probably more than triple their subscriber base.
NFL Sunday Ticket Restrictions Legal?
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Go back and read the filing in its entirety.
The NFL was given an ANTI-TRUST WAIVER to make certain no one stepped on the fledgling, and then powerless, group of teams who initially formed the NFL, which gave them the loophole to negotiate the Sunday Night exclusive to games.
The legal people at IU are not claiming that the NFL is in violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, only stating they want the WAIVER removed.
Once the waiver is removed, they automatically loose the exclusivity for the Sunday night games and the field becomes level again.
While there may, or may not, be anything to do with violation of the Sherman Anti-Trust Act, there WAS a VALID WAVER granted to the NFL to protect them when they were a small entity. They are no longer small and, therefore, do not require the protection of a waiver.
No waiver, no exclusions based on the waiver and the walls come tumbling down.
AND THERE IS STILL OTHER OPTIONS! Anti-Trust has to with saying that they are monopolizing a service. The NFL has provided alternatives. I'm not speaking of that particular law. The question is to whether it is legal. My answer is yes it is legal, and this is why!
Quite frankly look at all the issues in America, we're focused on legally trying to force the NFL to put Sunday Ticket on cable and Dish Network.
onther than st and hotpass arnt all other sports packs aviable on other providers. I know dish doesn't have extra innings but is possible to if they can reach a deal.
this is also being discussed in the D* area....I love this part
Furthermore, DirecTV is not a high-quality product. Besides
DirecTV’s well-known inability to transmit signals during bad weather,
the company has also recently received a “D+” grade from the Better
Business Bureau. A large portion of DirecTV users subscribe merely
because they are the only provider of Sunday Ticket; this disincentivizes
DirecTV from making any adjustments to its quality since it knows it will
always have a guaranteed subscriber base. By making Sunday Ticket
available to all carriers, each carrier would have to raise its quality of
product and service since each Sunday Ticket consumer would have a
greater choice, as opposed to being forced to cope with DirecTV’s
deficiencies.
moron has no clue how DBS works
Furthermore, DirecTV is not a high-quality product. Besides
DirecTV’s well-known inability to transmit signals during bad weather,
the company has also recently received a “D+” grade from the Better
Business Bureau. A large portion of DirecTV users subscribe merely
because they are the only provider of Sunday Ticket; this disincentivizes
DirecTV from making any adjustments to its quality since it knows it will
always have a guaranteed subscriber base. By making Sunday Ticket
available to all carriers, each carrier would have to raise its quality of
product and service since each Sunday Ticket consumer would have a
greater choice, as opposed to being forced to cope with DirecTV’s
deficiencies.
moron has no clue how DBS works
this is also being discussed in the D* area....I love this part
Furthermore, DirecTV is not a high-quality product. Besides
DirecTV’s well-known inability to transmit signals during bad weather,
the company has also recently received a “D+” grade from the Better
Business Bureau. A large portion of DirecTV users subscribe merely
because they are the only provider of Sunday Ticket; this disincentivizes
DirecTV from making any adjustments to its quality since it knows it will
always have a guaranteed subscriber base. By making Sunday Ticket
available to all carriers, each carrier would have to raise its quality of
product and service since each Sunday Ticket consumer would have a
greater choice, as opposed to being forced to cope with DirecTV’s
deficiencies.
moron has no clue how DBS works
Lmao. Better than most any Cable company, hands down.
The fact that the most watched sports in America is generally still available on free TV (local team) is everything I need to know. NFL wants to put all their eggs in one basket for a paid package, I have no quarrel. MLB for the most part requires you to have Sat or Cable. Ditto Basketball, and the NHL. Let the NFL run the NFL, because the Government certainly can't.
dare2be said:
The author got several facts wrong, including the availability of the NFL Network. He also didn't refer to other leagues' out-of-market packages. DirecTV used to have a monopoly on several of them and competition didnt't lower the price.
this is also being discussed in the D* area....I love this part
Furthermore, DirecTV is not a high-quality product. Besides
DirecTV’s well-known inability to transmit signals during bad weather,
the company has also recently received a “D+” grade from the Better
Business Bureau. A large portion of DirecTV users subscribe merely
because they are the only provider of Sunday Ticket; this disincentivizes
DirecTV from making any adjustments to its quality since it knows it will
always have a guaranteed subscriber base. By making Sunday Ticket
available to all carriers, each carrier would have to raise its quality of
product and service since each Sunday Ticket consumer would have a
greater choice, as opposed to being forced to cope with DirecTV’s
deficiencies.
moron has no clue how DBS works
Wow. Think this guy is capable of shame or embarrassment?
dare2be said:Honestly, of all the issues in America, this one seems to be solvable.
Lol. That's a good point, sad reality, but good point.
Iceberg said:this is also being discussed in the D* area....I love this part
Furthermore, DirecTV is not a high-quality product. Besides
DirecTV’s well-known inability to transmit signals during bad weather,
the company has also recently received a “D+” grade from the Better
Business Bureau. A large portion of DirecTV users subscribe merely
because they are the only provider of Sunday Ticket; this disincentivizes
DirecTV from making any adjustments to its quality since it knows it will
always have a guaranteed subscriber base. By making Sunday Ticket
available to all carriers, each carrier would have to raise its quality of
product and service since each Sunday Ticket consumer would have a
greater choice, as opposed to being forced to cope with DirecTV’s
deficiencies.
moron has no clue how DBS works
Hey ice, I think this guy got all his sources from the cable commercials that attack satellite.
