Biggest Turkey of 2006: The NFL - Can't See TV

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

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Somewhat off-topic, but one that is near & dear to my heart.

This really pisses me off.

In my family, throughout my lifetime, NFL football has been a
tradition on Thanksgiving Day. While there are a couple of games
broadcast as is the usual tradition, one of the prime-time showcase
games tonight is basically blocked by the NFL in a pay-per-view
money grab on the NFL Channel -- something that, to me, flies in the
face of traditional Thanksgiving Day fare.

So I will not be watching the Kansas City-Denver game tonight, and
if you're as upset about it as I am, I urge you to boycott it, too.

Don't pay for it. Send a message to the NFL.

Via ESPN.com.

[snip]

Want a third helping of turkey on Thursday? If your stomach can handle it,
you got it. Want a third helping of NFL on Thursday? Not so likely.

The NFL Network's first broadcast of a regular-season game -- the Denver
Broncos vs. the Kansas City Chiefs, at 8 p.m. ET -- will be available to
only about 40 million of the nation's 95 million homes with cable TV or
satellite dishes. The network is at loggerheads with major cable operators,
who've balked at its demands for a big fee hike and a spot on basic cable.

At Comcast, the nation's biggest cable operator (24 million subscribers),
the network is available only to customers who pay for premium digital
service. No. 2 operator Time Warner Cable (13.5 million subscribers)
doesn't carry the NFL Network at all. Among the other top-five cable
systems, Charter Communications and Cablevision don't carry the network,
either, and Cox Communications relegates it to a premium "sports and
information" digital tier.

What gives?

[snip]

More:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=2672291

Happy Thanksgiving anyways. :-)

- - ferg

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