GamePass? No, that’s just not acceptable.
What is your beef against GamePass?
You cannot watch live would be my main bitch.
– Too expensive.
– Not enough value for what’s offered.
– Games aren’t live (which is f’n nuts)
– Games can still be blacked out.
– No single game purchase option.
– No free content. MLB.com At Bat app has tons of content that is AUGMENTED by the MLB.tv premium service.
Note, I’m not asking the NFL to really GIVE anything away, but rather to look at pricing a full suite of innovative digital offerings that include fans that can’t afford to go to games. It’s one thing to charge a premium for NFL licensed gear, tickets to games, etc. But if fans just cannot watch the teams they want to watch in a legitimate fashion, then they’ll foster “fan foci” and when those teams aren’t winning, the fair weather fans who only watched those teams because the barrier to watch was so low will leave. They won’t necessarily look for the next team, but rather they may look for the next “thing”.
And when the NFL and big media negotiate huge contracts over growth in single digits, they have to be cognizant of the potential to so quickly lose fans if they aren’t vigilant.
Sports is the crucible of human virtue. The distillate remains are human vice.
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