Have You Ever Tought How Much Cheaper The Nfl Package Would Be, If It Was Not A D Exclusive,if Dish And Cable Had It,i Think It Would Be Cheaper If The Cost Was Spread Over More People,that Is Why In The Long Run W Pay For The D Exclusive.the Cost Of The Nfl Package Is Getting Out Of Hand. What Do You Think
We Pay For D To Have Exclusive Nfl Package
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I doubt that other providers would offer all the other "extras" that DirecTV offers--Red Zone Channel, etc. Surely Comcrap wouldn't! 
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I was thinking the same thing. What is it w/ people capitalizing every word? Besides, isn't it time-consuming?dcowboy7 said:
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The cost is what the market will bear. I personally think it's gotten too high, but DirecTV will price it at a level that attracts enough subscribers to recoup their (major) costs for the package plus a profit.jb1 said:
Other providers had the opportunity to bid on the package. DirecTV won. The NFL does not want it to be available to all providers, as that would cause additional friction with the networks and their affiliates.
I also think you should work on your Message Formatting.
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Prices are not low on the packages that others do offer like the NBA or the NHL or MLB. It would seem that the price would be lower but why would it? Would there be a signficantly higher number of subscribers if the NFL were available on other systems or would it just mean fewer subscribers for DirecTV?
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I do believe, however, that D* isn't pricing their Sunday Ticket package correctly. I know many football fans (myself included) that won't pay $300 to watch non-locally televised games. Many of those that I talk to about it, would definitely consider $200 (myself included again).bwaldron said:
I think that if D* dropped the price to $200 they could almost double their subscriptions (and hence, make more money).
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When the Jets move to their new stadium, my ticket prices (per seat) will go from $115 to $500. This is in addition to a new Personal Seat License of $15,000 per seat. I split six seats with my sister. I will NOT my season tickets at those prices.
NFLST is a bargain to me.
NFLST is a bargain to me.
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Add Charter to that listLord Vader said:I doubt that other providers would offer all the other "extras" that DirecTV offers--Red Zone Channel, etc. Surely Comcrap wouldn't!
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I think you are right. If you compare D*'s MLB package w/HD to that of Comacst's it amazing how much more you get with D*. Now I'm not sure how much more D* charges for their MLB w/superfan, but I'm sure they charge more than Comcast. D* really stepped up their game with the MLB package this year though.Lord Vader said:I doubt that other providers would offer all the other "extras" that DirecTV offers--Red Zone Channel, etc. Surely Comcrap wouldn't!
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bwaldron said:The cost is what the market will bear. I personally think it's gotten too high, but DirecTV will price it at a level that attracts enough subscribers to recoup their (major) costs for the package plus a profit.
Other providers had the opportunity to bid on the package. DirecTV won. The NFL does not want it to be available to all providers, as that would cause additional friction with the networks and their affiliates.
+1 If Directv lost exclusivity with the Sunday Ticket package, the NFL would have the package priced close to what Directv charges as do the other sports packages. There would be some migration back to cable but I don't think that much. We will see when the package is back up for renewal
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I don't think it would ever be less expensive than it was the previous year regardless of what combination of carriers offered it. For better or worse, the bar has already been set.jb1 said:
Like everyone, sure I go 'ughh' each year when it goes up, but for me its worth it. I think 20 bucks a week to see my team is still fair.
Besides, it also helps make the NHL,MLB and NHL packages look like a sweet deal!
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Actually, I think prices would go UP if everyone offered it... Here is why... The deals that they cut with all the Networks would not be as good for the networks because they would no longer be exclusive... One of the reason you only find ST on Directv is to help protect that exclusivity... No exclusivity means less money from networks, and the means they would need to make it up somewhere else.. and guess who someone else would be in this case... subs to ST....
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