I just don't understand why the league doesn't see that it's exclusive deal with DirectTV is limiting its potential revenue generation. Sure it's probably making a nice penny from DirectTV, but your audience pool is so much smaller than it can be if they open it up for everyone instead of just DirectTV customers.
1. Opt out of the exclusive Sunday Ticket deal or at least not renew it and open it up to cable companies and Dish Network.
2. Make it available for paid online live stream viewing, like MLB and NHL.
The whole reason that they made the draft into a 3 day event is to maximize TV viewing audience, even though it hurts businesses in terms of draft parties since round 1 is on a weekday, more people watch it at home thus more individual TV sets are turned on. Now why wouldn't you apply the same principle to the weekly games, allow more people to get it at home (cable, Dish Network, online stream) instead of having to go to bars with Sunday Ticket package? Honestly, the games alone are not and have not been enough to dramatically drive up DirectTV sales, so why not change course now?
If I could buy the package with my current cable provide, I sure as hell would do it in a heartbeat. Why I don't want DirectTV instead you ask? Because I don't like satellite TV in general, but others may not be able to get it at all due to their locations, and others may be loyal to their provider. Who cares.
1. Opt out of the exclusive Sunday Ticket deal or at least not renew it and open it up to cable companies and Dish Network.
2. Make it available for paid online live stream viewing, like MLB and NHL.
The whole reason that they made the draft into a 3 day event is to maximize TV viewing audience, even though it hurts businesses in terms of draft parties since round 1 is on a weekday, more people watch it at home thus more individual TV sets are turned on. Now why wouldn't you apply the same principle to the weekly games, allow more people to get it at home (cable, Dish Network, online stream) instead of having to go to bars with Sunday Ticket package? Honestly, the games alone are not and have not been enough to dramatically drive up DirectTV sales, so why not change course now?
If I could buy the package with my current cable provide, I sure as hell would do it in a heartbeat. Why I don't want DirectTV instead you ask? Because I don't like satellite TV in general, but others may not be able to get it at all due to their locations, and others may be loyal to their provider. Who cares.
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