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  • @inspecta said:

    I would gizz on myself if I could watch games on my blackberry. Holy crap that's cool

    ya no shit. That is something i would want as soon as it came out!

  • wait so does this new law say that on the thursday night game, a game we used to be able to watch on cable, will no longer be available for that audience? i have to get nfl netowrk or go to a bar to watch it? if this is the case then this is absolutely absurd and i will never give a dime to the nfl network. ever.

  • wait so does this new law say that on the thursday night game, a game we used to be able to watch on cable, will no longer be available for that audience? i have to get nfl netowrk or go to a bar to watch it? if this is the case then this is absolutely absurd and i will never give a dime to the nfl network. ever.

    @clevelandfanforlife said:

    wait so does this new law say that on the thursday night game, a game we used to be able to watch on cable, will no longer be available for that audience? i have to get nfl netowrk or go to a bar to watch it? if this is the case then this is absolutely absurd and i will never give a dime to the nfl network. ever.

    NFLN is still on most cable systems as part of the basic package, which is what the NFL wants Comcast to offer it as. Comcast wants to put the NFLN in a sports tier that would cost customers extra. So unless you're stuck with Comcast you should be able to still see the Thurs nite games.

  • @clevelandfanforlife said:

    wait so does this new law say that on the thursday night game, a game we used to be able to watch on cable, will no longer be available for that audience? i have to get nfl netowrk or go to a bar to watch it? if this is the case then this is absolutely absurd and i will never give a dime to the nfl network. ever.

    NFLN is still on most cable systems as part of the basic package, which is what the NFL wants Comcast to offer it as. Comcast wants to put the NFLN in a sports tier that would cost customers extra. So unless you're stuck with Comcast you should be able to still see the Thurs nite games.

    @nebbrownsfan said:

    NFLN is still on most cable systems as part of the basic package, which is what the NFL wants Comcast to offer it as. Comcast wants to put the NFLN in a sports tier that would cost customers extra. So unless you're stuck with Comcast you should be able to still see the Thurs nite games.

    Thank you. I'm tired of uniformed people (and not necessarily anyone on here) bashing on the NFL for not enough people getting NFL Network.

    It's exactly the opposite.

    NFL Network doesn't want any cable provider to put their channel in an "extra" package (translation: they want MORE people to get it.) The cable companies (mainly Comcast) that they're battling with want to charge you extra to get it (along with a boatload of crappy regional sports channels you don't care about....and some soccer, tennis, and a golf channel that doesn't show any actual golf.) They're trying to use it to sell their sports package that nobody wants. NFL says to Comcast "if you're going to do that then F off."

    Comcast is the problem, not the NFL.

  • @clevelandfanforlife said:

    wait so does this new law say that on the thursday night game, a game we used to be able to watch on cable, will no longer be available for that audience? i have to get nfl netowrk or go to a bar to watch it? if this is the case then this is absolutely absurd and i will never give a dime to the nfl network. ever.

    NFLN is still on most cable systems as part of the basic package, which is what the NFL wants Comcast to offer it as. Comcast wants to put the NFLN in a sports tier that would cost customers extra. So unless you're stuck with Comcast you should be able to still see the Thurs nite games.

    @nebbrownsfan said:

    NFLN is still on most cable systems as part of the basic package, which is what the NFL wants Comcast to offer it as. Comcast wants to put the NFLN in a sports tier that would cost customers extra. So unless you're stuck with Comcast you should be able to still see the Thurs nite games.

    The NFL also requires that the primary media market has to carry every game on broadcast. Last year the ESPN games were on WJW, and the NFLN game was on WUAB. So if you are from Canton, or anywhere that gets reception for the Cleveland market (or the basic cable carries cleveland locals) you still catch every Browns game.

  • The biggest and most greedy cable provider has yet to add the NFL network. Time-Warner.

    At least I can't get it in my area through Time-Warner.

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    @nebbrownsfan said:

    NFLN is still on most cable systems as part of the basic package, which is what the NFL wants Comcast to offer it as. Comcast wants to put the NFLN in a sports tier that would cost customers extra. So unless you're stuck with Comcast you should be able to still see the Thurs nite games.

    The NFL also requires that the primary media market has to carry every game on broadcast. Last year the ESPN games were on WJW, and the NFLN game was on WUAB. So if you are from Canton, or anywhere that gets reception for the Cleveland market (or the basic cable carries cleveland locals) you still catch every Browns game.

    @pbj said:

    The NFL also requires that the primary media market has to carry every game on broadcast. Last year the ESPN games were on WJW, and the NFLN game was on WUAB. So if you are from Canton, or anywhere that gets reception for the Cleveland market (or the basic cable carries cleveland locals) you still catch every Browns game.

    Thanks....That is good to know!

  • The biggest and most greedy cable provider has yet to add the NFL network. Time-Warner.

    At least I can't get it in my area through Time-Warner.

    @oldcrow1945 said:

    The biggest and most greedy cable provider has yet to add the NFL network. Time-Warner.

    At least I can't get it in my area through Time-Warner.

    Time Warner is my cable provider, and they really blow. 😠 No NFL Network here either, f*ing Time Warner, I hate you.

  • @inspecta said:

    I would gizz on myself if I could watch games on my blackberry. Holy crap that's cool

    Except for the 2.5 inch screen. 😕

  • @inspecta said:

    I would gizz on myself if I could watch games on my blackberry. Holy crap that's cool

    Except for the 2.5 inch screen. 😕

    @ballpeen said:

    Except for the 2.5 inch screen. 😕

    FYI

    If you have a newer HD tv there is a very good chance you could connect your device via the usb port and watch it on the big screen. My 13 yo daughter hooks her ipod to the tv and watches youtube?? I am not much of a tech person but maybe someone else on here is and could provide the facts