Comments on: DIRECTV-NFL Extend Sunday Ticket

By: MRoper

MRoper — Wed, 10 Aug 2011 01:56:13 +0000

HAA, who do you think is going to foot that $1 billion bill!!!. Direct tv is awful. I can head down to the sports pub 5 min from my house and watch all the football i want, and save $$$$. Suckers!!

By: CWolfe

CWolfe — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:30:23 +0000

I will continue to boycott Directv and stick with Dish Network until this contract ends and hopefully in the end other providers will be able to offer NFL Sunday Ticket. I think it is absolutely disgusting that Dish and other cable providers do not have the ability to offer this. Directv wants to run the others out of business, well, I will stick with Dish and support them through this extremely unfair set up.
Sure, I would like NFL Ticket, but not under these circumstances.

By: David

David — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:38:17 +0000

This is crap , you have to deal with a company like directv to watch an out of market game?Well I delt with them for 7+ years until I was tired of their sorry company practices.If all cable companies and satellite companies would be able to have NFL Sunday ticket the NFL would make double the revenue.But Directv promises they’ll pump the NFL down other countries throats so they continue to award it to Directv.NFL Europe didn’t make it shouldnt that tell them something?guess not.So it’s deal with directv’s scams and unethical business practices or don’t watch your team , what if you’re in a building that doesn’t allow satellite?Ohwell then you’re better off cause you dont have to put up with directv!

By: slacker068

slacker068 — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 04:55:58 +0000

NFL is exempt from anti-trust laws. They are allowed to exist as a monopoly. That is why they can engage in this type of behavior.

I wish someone in congress would step in and fix this, but they are just a bunch of corrupt pussies.

By: ron mexico

ron mexico — Sat, 28 Nov 2009 05:57:51 +0000

Aren’t the games broadcast in high def from the source?
After the switch from analog to digital over the air broadcasts, every local market can watch their local team on CBS or FOX in high def for free. What is directv doing? Taking the original broadcasts and compressing them into standard definition and then charging extra to decompress them?
Sounds like a scam to me.

By: JOSE-RAFAEL

JOSE-RAFAEL — Fri, 30 Oct 2009 13:06:48 +0000

It is unbelievable that antitrust laws don.t apply here! All I would want is to watch my NY Giants, but I am OK paying for the NFL ticket. What outrages me is that I am to pay extra for the Mix games and the Red Zone. I pay $190.00 a month.

By: tommie

tommie — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 12:57:06 +0000

long time new england season ticket holder. moved to puerto rico,(nfl not a priority here for most)hooked up direct tv right away…what a joke,not worth the price ,quality hinging on pathetic. just switched over to dish then the drop the nfl ticket. i guess i’ll have to settle for the occasional bone they thow me on a local channel.(no pun intended) and the live internet streaming i paid $30 for ….another joke….. boy do i miss football/ i guess sundays are for surfing now. this is turning into just another big buisness.goodell and the rest can go to somewhere EXTREMELY HOT.
tommie, a very nfl home team starved member of the human race.

By: Kevin

Kevin — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 18:02:58 +0000

Gregg is right. You only get to watch the HD games if you pay even more money for the superfan(bendover and take it like a man) package.I was thinking that Directv had screwed up their system once again but they really overdid this rip off. Cancelling NFL ticket since SD is a joke to pay 270 bucks for. As for the Double play and the apps that are “free” features. Those still don’t work. Apps worked for a day but only on one receiver. Router is setup correctly and the red button is worn out on my two month old HR23-700. Rain faid is rediculous in florida even with the large oval dish and totally clear path to the sky. Actually thinking about going back to Brighthouse as they added more high def channels. They need to get HDNET back though before I make the switch. I hope someone reads this before making the switch in hopes of the most HD like I did. Service is terrible along with software. The HD receiver on Directv does look and sound much better than the two different scientific atlanta receivers that I had through cable.

By: Eric

Eric — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 02:22:27 +0000

I only stick it out w/ Direct TV because of the NFL Ticket. They are idiots when it comes to installations and problems. MY HD went out like 10 times in 2 months and it was due to them not doing something right w/ the installation of my dish. I have to pay a $6/mth just for a service program since i know they will be at my house a few times a year then they offer the public 5 months free if they sign up for Direct TV/NFL Ticket. BS!!! I have been w/ them for 7 years and never got even 1 month free. I called them and they gave me $10 off my bill for 6 months. Fios better outbid them in 2014.

By: CEE

CEE — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 21:32:47 +0000

This news is disappointing, it basically sends a message about having free enterprise and the ability to compete.. So its ok to elimate the your competition as long as you have the money?? Its not surprising though, I mean this is what they encouraged by eliminating the competition when it came to the NFL license football video games like Madden….Why is this franchise (ea SPORTS) only allowed to produce an NFL licensed football game on either on of the video game platforms……..What kind of message are they (the NFL) sending to our kids, by encouraging them to condone monopolization, as a form of competition? The service provider does not have to try anymore, once they elimate their competition by purchasing the rights to sell a product!! I’m a current customer of direct tv, and it’s discouraging to hear this news. They’re are arrogant, and overly priced just because of they have the excluve rights to the NFL sunday ticket…I just can’t stand Idly buy supporting this nonsense anymore…..What happen to the freedom to compete for customers?