DeROK wrote:Basically the some higher ups in the U.S. government threatened to take back the NFL's anti-trust exemption or something to that effect if they didn't broadcast the game. I don't really understand it all, but my guess is that the NFL basically holds some sort of monopoly and the government isn't calling them on it, but they were viewing this as an abuse of that power. Like I said, I don't get it.
I'm sure CBS and NBC are giving the league something for the game.
I do think all DirecTV customers get NFL network, it's just the big cable companies like Comcast and Time Warner that either want to charge viewers extra or get it at a lower cost from the NFL. The NFL doesn't want people to pay extra and they want to charge the higher price. So they were in a standstill, and 60% of the country or something like that gets their TV from those companies.
Gotcha, thanks dude.
Your analysis is pretty consistent with all the stuff I've read. I don't really understand it too well since I haven't done too much research... and honestly, I don't care all that much.
Thanks though. At least the whole nation will now be able to watch the Pats go 16-0 this weekend.
