Pro Football Package, Why not?

[BillH]

Why does dish not offer some sort of pro football package?

I can't believe they do not have something.

 

[BFG]

Because the pro football package is an exclusive deal between the NFL and DirecTV. for which they paid a lot of money to have that exclusive.

 

[chaddux]

It is a $2 billion deal.

 

[TuxCoder]

That brings up a gripe of mine. The two companies involved in a exclusivity deal such as this one are the sole benefactors as far as I can tell. It's a very anticompetitive measure. What possible benefits could customers have from this type of thing?

 

[boba]

Why does dish not offer some sort of pro football package?

I can't believe they do not have something.

If you wanted NFL Sunday Ticket you should have bought Directv they have had the exclusive right to it since it's inception!
Who are you going to blame for your not doing your HOMEWORK?

 

[charper1]

"That brings up a gripe of mine. The two companies involved in a exclusivity deal such as this one are the sole benefactors as far as I can tell. It's a very anticompetitive measure. What possible benefits could customers have from this type of thing?"

that might be true IF they didnt offer anything on network tv for free, and the NFL is also a privately held company

 

[TuxCoder]

I was really just talking about exclusivity deals in general. But the free network TV broadcast is nothing compared to being able to see all the games offered on NFL Sunday Ticket. The two 'offerings' are really totally different 'products'.

 

[rocatman]

If you do decide to look at DirecTV for the NFL Sunday Ticket NFL package, make sure you understand the blackout rules. Many folks with DirecTV were upset about changes in the way DirecTV enforced the blackout rules this season.