Sunday ticket lawsuit

YEAH! About time. It's become so overpriced we actually cancelled it the other year, it was up to 360 I believe(not sure, they split it 6 ways and start billing in april or something) and I guess many others did also, because they came back with noffer of 200 bucks to get us back. Reminds me, need to see what they are charging this year. I was wondering when there would be some kndof litigation over this, it seems pretty unfair that my only choice to watch the Steelers is if I have directtv and purchase there package.

NFL's $12 Billion Deal With DirecTV Faces Major Antitrust Lawsuit


https://www.yahoo.com/tv/nfls-12-billion-deal-with-directv-faces-major-124085915775.html

"..Hausfeld, whom ESPN once called “one of the most powerful people in sports,” seeks to represent a class of “commercial subscribers” to DirecTV’s Sunday Ticket, a package of all out-of-market football games. The plaintiffs would be bars and restaurants throughout the nation, led by a San Francisco pub known as The Mucky Duck, seeking to end what they see as a conspiracy.

If bars and restaurants want to show these games, they must go through DirecTV, which has an exclusive $12 billion deal with the NFL. But it can be expensive. According to the lawsuit, a bar with occupancy up to 100 patrons will pay $2,314 for Sunday Ticket in 2015 while larger establishments like Las Vegas hotels are charged more than $120,000 per year.

“But for the NFL teams’ agreement in which DirecTV has joined, teams would compete against each other in the market for NFL football programming, which would likely induce more competitive pricing,” states the complaint.

Last month, lawyers representing football fans filed their own class-action lawsuit over Sunday Ticket, seeking an end to a system of blackouts and all-or-nothing out-of-market TV game packages. The NFL and DirecTV were hit with this lawsuit after fans experienced some pretrial success in similar litigation against other sports leagues. The National Hockey League even came to a proposed settlement with fans that would result in an option to purchase their favorite teams’ out-of-market games at a discounted price..."

WOW, That's all I want, to be able to watch my team, I do flip around to other games but I definitely don't need to have access to 'em. One lawsuit I think I can be onboard with.

I used to get Sunday ticket...and then realized for the same price i can go to the sportsbar each week and get lunch with a couple beers in addition to the game.

DonDiego concurs, although, . . . being thrifty, . . . he doesn't go to a sports bar each week. teechur and DonDiego will go occasionally when there's a reason to really want to see a Cardinals or Eagles game which isn't being shown on the local Appalachian TV channels.

And, besides, during NFL-Season the NFL Redzone Channel is included in the cable-channel package available right at home. NFL Redzone broadcasts ongoing live updates on all the games and switches to one game after another when teams are in scoring range. It's cool for keeping up with one's fantasy teams' progress all afternoon.

Football Season really is the best time of the year. On Sunday December 20th, the Cardinals challenge the Eagles in The City of Brotherly Love. (Perhaps "challenge" is way too strong a word.) teechur and DonDiego will see that game in a sports bar or a stadium !

I still have Sunday Ticket. I don't know if it has changed, but you used to have to go through a DirecTV rep to get rid of it. You just couldn't log on to your account and cancel it. I admittedly watch the Red Zone Channel 95% of the time on Sundays. Other cable carriers are allowed to have their own Red Zone Channels. They work the same way as the one for DirecTV but with a different host. I've heard this has become a huge threat to DirecTV.

I used to kinda be in that camp but I rationalized getting sunday tick because it was cheaper for me than going to the local bar(plus always a DUI threat,2 beers and you're done). A friend and I would easily run up 50+ dollar tabs on sundays, usuallyon the higher side. I used to drink a LOT back then.
It would be nice if they at least knock it down so I only have to pay for the game I want.

I heard that you can call them and negotiate a price. I'm going to try it this year as $40 a month is unacceptable.

We go to bar mostly. Anyone know a good Browns bar in Vegas...no need to say that the Browns suck....preferably on the east side...the only one I know is completely west. Or any good recommends anyway for specials and game watching on east/henderson/strip area. Or an Ohio State bar.

Our games are east coast, so I have learned to love football and eggs.

Review-Journal's 2014 directory of NFL team bars in the Las Vegas area

Thanks, it had a new one listed for Browns that I haven't seen before. I have checked out those bar listings before, but not found any near me.

I just got off the phone with DTV re: Sunday ticket, told them they were pricing me out and to go ahead and cancel it. I suppose it does pay to be a long term subscriber('98) in excellent standing. Guy bent over backwards to keep me going, knocked it down under 200, which I can easily live with.