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NFL Week 18 -- Flipper's time?

Discussion in 'Sports and News' started by Cosmo, Jan 3, 2024.

  1. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    None of this is wrong but the writing on the wall for "games that really matter being on paid streaming" could not have been more obvious in recent years. Of course the NFL was going to take NBC's money. They also weren't going to make Peacock try to recoup its investment off Browns-Texans.

    Bad PR for the league? Maybe but the league survives everything.
     
  2. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    I must have blotted out anything except "stick your finger in my ass, massage therapist" Watson. I don't even remember him playing in 2019 in the playoffs.
     
  3. BTExpress

    BTExpress Well-Known Member

  4. Junkie

    Junkie Well-Known Member

    No. I literally have not looked at them. Not ever. My posts on here are not research projects, like is apparently required here. Who the fuck has time for that, besides, apparently, you. They are responses to other posts. I also don't know everything, like you apparently do. I said it was a guess. Probably wrong, like most guesses. Packers-Cowboys doesn't sound particularly interesting to me. Maybe it is to everyone else.
     
  5. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    The NFL isn't the one in possible jeopardy here, it's Comcast. It paid the NFL a substantial premium to be able to shift one of its playoff games to Peacock, in the hopes of goosing subscriptions to its otherwise utterly missable streaming service. There is the danger that despite getting an attractive matchup, fans who've been drowning in games since mid-December will say, "I can miss this one, thanks." And even if Peacock does get a bump, the history of streaming to date indicates people will have no hesitation to cancel a service after the glamor attraction is viewed. If numbers disappoint, the NFL will undoubtedly return to Comcast and say, "you want to do this again, it's gonna cost more."
     
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  6. HappyCurmudgeon

    HappyCurmudgeon Well-Known Member

    And it seemed like his teammates appreciated his work ethic and professionalism despite his reduced role. We could also assume that many of them hate Dennis Allen, but that's an assumption (but probably correct).
     
  7. exmediahack

    exmediahack Well-Known Member

    The NFL is the last place where people gather, on a regular basis, to watch anything live and it knows the power it wields. Some college football also qualifies and I’m not including annual awards shows in this.

    All of the other content can be viewed whenever the user wants. But not the NFL. The Peacock move is exactly that. The league showing its feathers. And its ratings cock.
     
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  8. Michael_ Gee

    Michael_ Gee Well-Known Member

    It's a simple equation for me. "Do I care enough about the Chiefs and Dolphins to make both the money commitment (signing up for Peacock) and the time commitment (if I pay, I'm sure not going to bed at halftime) demanded by Comcast and the NFL. The answer is a quick "fuck no."
     
  9. playthrough

    playthrough Moderator Staff Member

    I feel like I have to say this in hushed tones but if you don't have cable or another base streaming service (Hulu, etc), Peacock isn't bad.
     
  10. Oggiedoggie

    Oggiedoggie Well-Known Member

    Notwithstanding the complications and expense of signing up for Peacock, I’m boycotting this game because I don’t it will be able to earn the dolphin-safe label.
     
  11. dixiehack

    dixiehack Well-Known Member

    Hey, get on the bandwagon today and you can check out that Purdue-Nebraska basketball epic midweek.
     
  12. poindexter

    poindexter Well-Known Member

    Okay.
     
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