This is misleading. They are using the yearly cost for each streaming service but the NFL season is only about 5 months long including the playoffs. So you don't need to be subscribed for the whole year
And some of those streaming services are only getting one or two games. For instance, Netflix is only getting the Christmas games. They have Netflix listed as costing $84. If you only cared about the NFL games then you would only subscribe to Netflix for the month of December for $6.99. Peacock gets the Brazil game (which is tonight) and one playoff game in January so you'd only need two months of that. ESPN+ gets a game in week 7 so you'd only need one month of that.
Is it annoying to subscribe and cancel streaming services? Yes. But it wouldn't cost $2500 if you spend a few minutes cancelling each service.
>But it wouldn't cost $2500 if you spend a few minutes cancelling each service.
Sure, not quite that much, you're right.
But it's more than a few minutes to figure out which games are on which services in which months and then schedule all of your sign-ups and cancellations.
More important than the dollar amount, at least in my opinion, is that it's absolutely stupid to have to do any of that.
Living abroad, I used to pay about $150/year for NFL Gamepass, and it was really good. Every game from every season, with the commercials cut out so you could watch a game in about 2 hours. Visiting the US and watching a game on TV was suddenly really painful, with its extra hour (literally) of commercials interspersed.
Then, last season, the NFL sold their Gamepass service to DAZN, who immediately ruined it.
The replay games suddenly had commercials again. Not real commercials either, just 2 minutes of DAZN House Ads every few plays, when the US version would be showing truck commercials. Even a week later after they should have had time to edit them down.
And you couldn't find your team's game to watch anyway, because they killed the team pages. Now all you get is a Netflix-style horizontal scroll of DAZN's "Football" category, showing six games at a time and a little right arrow to page by one game at a time.
It was amazing how fast I went from a loyal customer on autopay for years to demanding a refund and just not watching football anymore.
This reminds me of someone showing how expensive apps actually are these days. What used to cost 40 bucks, one time, for the computer version now costs hundreds of dollars to buy all the 'packs' on the mobile version.
you would only need ESPN+ for october. there is only one ESPN+ exclusive game. all other ESPN games you get on youtube tv. that would bring you total under $500
But NFL doesn't have all of the other games. It has the season for the league, and that's it. So there's no need to find your team's games in the international tournaments. Or the various providers for any of the national tourneys either. Also, there's only 16 games in the normal season, plus maybe a couple more for play offs. So you're paying a much higher rate for each individual game when you divide the cost per game for the subscription. The NFL is nothing but $$$ grab
I use a similar setup with my brother who lives in Europe, but instead of a
MacBook Air, I’m using a Raspberry Pi.
The Pi runs Tailscale as an exit node, and whenever I want to catch a game or a
show, I simply connect to that exit node from my computer and launch the DAZN
web app. It’s not something I use all the time, but it’s a great option when I
need access to a game that isn’t available on my local streaming services.
While this setup works, it’s far from ideal. Having to go through the entire
process is a bit cumbersome. It would be much more convenient if there were a
way to directly access the video feed stream—maybe with a dedicated cable box
that you can control remotely.
I’ve also come across some dubious streaming sites that broadcast virtually
every channel from multiple providers—literally thousands of channels. I’ve
always been curious how they manage to pull that off.
flippant tone aside, this is a thing that actually happened!
not just after they release, but they would definitely show "abridged" versions of movies on daytime TV, with a little bit trimmed off to open up some space for commercials etc
This is simply not true. You don't need Amazon Prime at all, those games are streamed on Twitch for free. You also only need some of these services for a month or two. Finally, you can get the network games for free with a TV antenna.
No, just need to be in the US. Unless they changed it? But I thought the whole reason they did it was because they were required to broadcast it for free in the teams that are playing's markets, and this was the easiest way for them to do that.
> 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.
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.
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And some of those streaming services are only getting one or two games. For instance, Netflix is only getting the Christmas games. They have Netflix listed as costing $84. If you only cared about the NFL games then you would only subscribe to Netflix for the month of December for $6.99. Peacock gets the Brazil game (which is tonight) and one playoff game in January so you'd only need two months of that. ESPN+ gets a game in week 7 so you'd only need one month of that.
Is it annoying to subscribe and cancel streaming services? Yes. But it wouldn't cost $2500 if you spend a few minutes cancelling each service.
Sure, not quite that much, you're right.
But it's more than a few minutes to figure out which games are on which services in which months and then schedule all of your sign-ups and cancellations.
More important than the dollar amount, at least in my opinion, is that it's absolutely stupid to have to do any of that.
Then, last season, the NFL sold their Gamepass service to DAZN, who immediately ruined it.
The replay games suddenly had commercials again. Not real commercials either, just 2 minutes of DAZN House Ads every few plays, when the US version would be showing truck commercials. Even a week later after they should have had time to edit them down.
And you couldn't find your team's game to watch anyway, because they killed the team pages. Now all you get is a Netflix-style horizontal scroll of DAZN's "Football" category, showing six games at a time and a little right arrow to page by one game at a time.
It was amazing how fast I went from a loyal customer on autopay for years to demanding a refund and just not watching football anymore.
FOX, CBS, NBC, ABC are all free over the air.
RedZone doesn’t count because it is not “a game.” You wouldn’t watch every single game and then watch RedZone because you are duplicating content.
I have no idea why they’re saying Netflix costs $84 when you’re only subscribing for one month to get the Christmas games.
Same deal with Peacock, Amazon Prime Video, ESPN+ you only need to subscribe during the season.
Not sure if you can count preseason as “season,” or maybe they should change the article title.
NFL season is 5 months. This is my math:
YouTubeTV/Sunday Ticket $419
Amazon Prime Video: $45
Peacock: $8
ESPN+: $55
Netflix: $7
Total: $534 plus tax, add $50 if you give a shit about the preseason (nobody does)
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She has fiber, I have fiber, would work like a charm.
Don't pay a premium for a McDonalds French fry.
not just after they release, but they would definitely show "abridged" versions of movies on daytime TV, with a little bit trimmed off to open up some space for commercials etc
just another thing that netflix ruined
Example from last night: https://youtu.be/IENArFXpQD8?si=YuhqkVZdmJMKPzvR&t=566
Just check what rank your team got at the end of the championship. Saves you time.
> 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.
There should be a pay what you want to watch model that doesn't price higher then traditional plans.
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If they cut the commercials you’d still have just as much time with nothing happening. An improvement, sure, but not great.
Isn't that the vast majority of the content? Or is it different for streaming?