[PARAM]

I would definitely go for a Rams only ticket. Watch the other Sunday games on Network, TNF on Amazon, SNF on NBC and MNF on ESPN. It's all good. Except the Rams will be on Prime Time 1/3 of the 2022 season!

[St. Loser Fan]

[maxxx power]

I cannot wait for this. The only reason I over pay every flippin month to DIRECTV is for the Sunday ticket. The second this is on streaming, DIRECTV can kiss my ass.

[St. Loser Fan]

I cannot wait for this. The only reason I over pay every flippin month to DIRECTV is for the Sunday ticket. The second this is on streaming, DIRECTV can kiss my ass.

Never understood the DirecTV hatred. I know they're not great, but at least they're not the black hole of suckage that is Spectrum.

[St. Loser Fan]

https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/J ... edule.aspx

2022 NFL Schedule Wish List

Every year before the Super Bowl, broadcast executives share their wish lists with NFL executives. Usually these meetings sound a lot alike — this year, all the TV network executives will try to convince the NFL that they need more Cowboys, Chiefs and Packers games (but only if Aaron Rodgers is still leading the offense in Green Bay).

Most years, the NFL agrees to adjust the schedule slightly to accommodate one or more of the league’s TV partners. Here are some schedule changes NFL fans should expect this season.

1. NFL on Christmas Day
Even though Christmas Day falls on a Sunday this year, the NFL plans to move all of its Sunday afternoon games to Christmas Eve, a Saturday. NBC will still have “Sunday Night Football” in prime time on Christmas night.

Judging from the success of Christmas Day’s Browns-Packers game on Fox and NFL Network last season, both CBS and Fox have asked the NFL to allow them to carry one Christmas Day game this year in the late afternoon window. Considering that Browns-Packers was the ninth most-watched program in all of television in 2021, it’s likely that one of them will get that window.

This is an important story to watch, since Christmas Day has long been associated with the NBA, and the NFL took a big chunk out of that league’s audience in 2021. It will be hard for the NFL to ignore those huge audiences.

2. ESPN/ABC doubleheader
When ESPN’s new NFL deal kicks in for the 2023 season, ABC will carry three “Monday Night Football” games each year. This year, during what the league and network are calling a “bridge season” that will sync up the contracts, ABC will carry one as sort of a quasi-doubleheader.

Here’s how it will work: One of the networks, either ABC or ESPN, will start its game early, probably around 7 p.m. ET. The other network will start its game later, after 8 p.m. ET. That means that the games will run side-by-side for at least a couple of hours. The NFL hasn’t yet decided when to schedule these games, but ESPN expects them to be within the first four weeks of the season.

Expect ESPN to use its Megacast strategy for its Week 1 “Monday Night Football” game.

3. International on ESPN+
As part of its bridge deal, ESPN’s streaming service ESPN+ will carry one international game exclusively. The NFL has five international games scheduled in 2022, including three in Britain, one in Germany and one in Mexico. The likelihood is that ESPN+ will wind up with one of the games from London.

4. Week 1 doubleheaders
The NFL loved starting the 2021 season with Fox and CBS each carrying two games in Week 1. Fox didn’t like that situation so much, especially since its Green Bay-New Orleans game was a blowout and did not rate well.

It took Fox weeks to get out of that hole, so it asked the NFL to move that double doubleheader schedule to later in the season. The NFL was cold to the idea. It was happy with the combined ratings points and seems unlikely to change that strategy for 2022.

5. Amazon Black Friday
Amazon has made a little bit of noise about scheduling a game on Black Friday. A Black Friday game would complement Amazon’s e-commerce business, and it would be similar to its Premier League strategy in Britain, where it carries all of the league’s Boxing Day games. But this store may be closed; the NFL has been lukewarm to this idea.

I don't like the Black Friday idea. A number of people get that day off: but some don't. And even if they're off it's sometimes a busy day.

The NHL did some daytime Black Friday games this last year and I was not a fan of it.

[maxxx power]

My hatred stems from the fact that their minimum subscription requirement requires an incredibly high dollar amount just so I can have DIRECTV to have Sunday Ticket. I literally use DIRECTV for nothing but Sunday ticket and A’s games (which are local and could get via other means if needed)

[rams74]

DirecTV is priced too high, but I like the service the way it's structured. I can DVR the games and start the replay anytime I want, usually with an hour delay off the start time, which allows me to visually skip through commercials and halftime. If it's a game I only marginally care about, I can visually watch a game at fast forward speeds and get through them in an hour or less, all while watching the action I want to see.

I can't do any of that with any of the streaming services that I have. I realize that there are virtual DVR services available for streaming, but I don't have them and I'm not sure how well they work. I guess I'll eventually find out.

[St. Loser Fan]

My hatred stems from the fact that their minimum subscription requirement requires an incredibly high dollar amount just so I can have DIRECTV to have Sunday Ticket. I literally use DIRECTV for nothing but Sunday ticket and A’s games (which are local and could get via other means if needed)

Just be a Spectrum subscriber for a bit and you’ll kiss DirecTV’s feet then grovel for them to come back.

That being said I guess I understand your outrage. But how much of that is a function of having to make enough money to pay/satisfy the NFL?

My worry is that a streaming Sunday Ticket will
1) be god-awful expensive
2) require some sort of bundling
3) other price gouging tactics

One of the rumors here is that a baseball streaming subscription would require a year-round commitment.

[Hacksaw]

I cannot wait for this. The only reason I over pay every flippin month to DIRECTV is for the Sunday ticket. The second this is on streaming, DIRECTV can kiss my ass.

I showed them the door 2 months ago. Cut my viewing bills in half.
I only started with DTV to get StL Rams games anyway. DVR recordings were the only loss.

[maxxx power]

Alas, I’m not in the LA TV market or I’d have done it years ago