SAN JOSE, CALIFORNIA – FEBRUARY 02: NFL commissioner Roger Goodell speaks throughout Tremendous Bowl LX Opening Evening at San Jose McEnery Conference Middle on February 02, 2026 in San Jose, California. (Picture by Chris Graythen/Getty Photographs) | Getty Photographs
With the years of questionable strikes by the NFL, I requested the next query final week:
What’s your tackle all the modifications that the NFL has, will, or needs to make to its product? Do you consider it is going to all work itself out, because it’s nonetheless simply the most well-liked sport within the US, or do you consider the NFL is slowly killing the golden goose? Both approach, which of the modifications do you need to see really occur, which modifications would you make for those who had a say, and which of the modifications do you need to see go away or by no means occur?
Under are a few of your ideas and answers-
UpInPensacola has a strong plan to avoid the NFL’s gouging of followers.
I’m buying NFL+ Premium this yr so I can see them beneath the brand new regime. They received’t be reside, however not less than I can name up the rerun.
I run antenna and a few streaming in any other case. Love watching sports activities on antenna. Good high quality image 100% of the time, no delays.
Luvs2drnk factors out why broadcasters/streamers pony up for what appears to be overpriced recreation packages.
The broadcasters would possibly lose cash on the video games themselves, however they recoup any losses by way of complete community worth and secondary income streams:Retransmission Charges: Broadcast networks cost cable, satellite tv for pc, and streaming suppliers charges to hold their native community channels. The large viewers the NFL attracts offers networks immense leverage to barter greater per-subscriber charges.
Loss Chief Impact: NFL video games act as essentially the most highly effective promotional platform obtainable. Networks use industrial breaks throughout video games to promote their very own upcoming leisure reveals and information packages, driving up viewership and advert income for the remainder of their day by day lineup.
Advert Gross sales: Whereas the multi-billion greenback rights charges eat many of the promoting income generated immediately from the video games, a top-tier broadcast—similar to NBC’s Sunday Evening Soccer—can routinely cost over $1 million for a single 30-second industrial, holding in-game income extremely profitable.
That is what’s driving the market and inflicting the value of the TV offers to change into so bloated. Eeverybody is getting paid, not simply the NFL. Which is precisely what the NFL will do within the subsequent CBA to make sure they get their 18 video games. They’re more likely to improve the income sharing from the present 48% to one thing nearer to 50%. I’d additionally count on to see roster numbers elevated from 53 to nearer to 60, and extra tweaks to the IR/harm designations. Backside line is the NFL is a enterprise and for those who’re not making an attempt to enhance the enterprise to earn more money, your corporation is doomed to fail.
Dave21 is aware of that it’s a enterprise and that ultimately, cash talks; it’s what it’s.
It’s a enterprise firstly. I perceive that. When you could have a product that everybody needs, you’ll be able to cost what you need . I don’t prefer it , however it’s what it’s. Keep in mind again with a sure any person began the kneeling factor? How many individuals stated I’m don’t with the NFL, I’m solely watching School, guess what…. They’re watching once more. I agree it sucks, it is best to be capable of watch what you need since most of us pay for cable or one thing related. However you’ll be able to’t. Hell I reside outdoors the Palm Seaside space and we simply misplaced NBC and we are able to’t get it as a result of they’re in a bidding battle with the native supplier and Comcast Xfinity. Right here is the catch… I used to work for Comcast Xfinity and so they personal NBC and may’t present it. I’ve Xfinity and may’t watch the channel they personal on their community. Craziness I let you know. Fortunate for me, TV and films are a few of my favourite issues to take action I’ve about each streaming bundle so I’ve to leap round to observe stuff on NBC and different channels this screws with. 2 payments in my home will virtually at all times be greater than different folks’s , Cable and Electrical, I prefer it chilly in the home and I like to observe motion pictures and reveals .yeah it sucks however it’s what it’s.
Miami7 longs for the way in which issues have been.
I ‘semi-sarcastically’made this remark in a separate thread final week….
In a very ‘previous man rant’ I’d truthfully & sincerely suggest that the league of at this time’s idiotic misappropriation of guidelines destroying it’s recreation undertake FLAGS to be worn by QBs, because the horribly biased & unfair guidelines have rendered Defenses extraordinarily deprived with regard to QBs. I feel QBs ARE nonetheless thought-about soccer gamers – on a soccer TEAM? However they’re now differentiated by bubble boy protections with close to online game controller ease as a result of “the fans” don’t wanna NOT see their propped up hero on the market since they’re a lot extra essential than every other participant on that apart group they name ‘a staff’.
Sorry………..not sorry. At this time’s NFL is a humiliation, a joke to the normal recreation. I watch each Dolphins recreation however little or no, if any, of the remainder video games till the SB.
Possibly if they’ll get 3-4 groups in Iran, Iraq, the North Pole & the Moon my curiosity can be re-invigorated? Or they may simply make RBs untouchable too (wouldn’t THAT be enjoyable & result in extra scoring)?
GREED at all times ultimately kills the golden goose.
Ludicrous guidelines modifications dilute the product.
Future generations of followers adversely affected by combo of price/late begin instances/viewing availability & on & on
Dropping life-long followers of the normal recreation
…………The checklist might be a mile lengthy
PA phinphan factors out that attending video games in individual is now unaffordable for a lot of American households.
I hate how costly it’s to go to a recreation. The typical ticket worth is $156. That’s $624 for a household of 4. Throw in parking, meals, and drinks and it’s round $800. That’s RIDICULOUS!
Staying at dwelling to observe a recreation prices much less general. Nevertheless it nonetheless isn’t cheap. Most probably this yr I can’t get to observe a single Dolphins recreation. I refuse to pay for the Sunday ticket (I don’t need to put any more cash in Roger’s pocket) and the Dolphins have zero prime time video games.
Yarganaught has previously been suckered in by one of many NFL’s overpriced merchandise.
Years in the past, I made the error of paying for some NFL bundle… AppleTV or one thing I feel. Like $200 for a “year”. Nevertheless it wouldn’t permit you to watch the sport till after 7pm. I realized shortly that this meant if the Fins performed midday, I couldn’t watch every other video games on TV, I couldn’t go on Fb, or just about every other media or else I used to be positive to catch a “Fins 17/Bills 10” scroll throughout the display. And the actual kicker, was that “1 year” was primarily based on the calendar yr… NOT soccer season. So Jan 1st it stopped working.
I was an enormous F1 fan again within the early 2000s. Huge events at my home each weekend to observe qualifying and the race the subsequent day. Then, they modified the foundations. No extra re-fueling on pit stops, no extra huge engines, DRS and passing zones… Each race has been a snooze-fest since. no room for race technique and Pole place at all times wins.
Relating to the present NFL, I stream each recreation except it’s on CBS (in SC) or I occur to go to a sports activities bar with some native Fin fan mates (possibly one per yr). I don’t hassle watching the internation video games or any Thursday evening video games in any respect. I often must work then anyhow, however in any other case I wouldn’t hassle to look ahead to them. I don’t even watch MNF as a result of the video games are so late. Extra of that nonsense simply means extra video games I skip.
StanleyDoyle1 factors out that conventional broadcast networks might quickly be priced out of NFL offers, ultimately killing a few of what they constructed.
The house owners’ greed will flip the NFL into the NBA. Keep in mind the NBA? The league with so many video games that folks solely care throughout the playoffs – which just about each staff makes? The league so obsessive about offense (evaluate “traveling” at this time to what it was 30 years in the past) that scoring means much less and fewer. The league so obsessive about milking income in a too-long season that the gamers run out of cartilage? Claiming that the growth to 18 video games has something to do with something aside from squeezing out extra income is laughable – besides when you consider the way it decimates the gamers and dilutes efficiency.
However right here’s the punch-line. The 4 public networks will quickly now not be capable of afford the NFL’s exorbitant broadcast costs. So they’ll ween off the NFL, and the Amazon’s, twitches, and YouTubes will purchase extra entry, and even fewer folks will care.
gertdoggy is aware of, with out studying the article, that the NFL has already gone too far.
The reply is sure, and I didn’t even must learn the article to provide you with it.
TheRoo1 has some workarounds to observe the video games they need, even when a few of them are costly.
In some methods, I suppose I’m fortunate, my home is in a distant space, so we use Amazon Prime for lots of our buying. Once we have been travelling within the RV we streamed most every little thing, I stored 2 telephones with excessive streaming choices one on verizon and the opposite on ATT in most areas, one would work.
Throughout soccer season, I’ve bit the bullet and brought youtube and sunday ticket for sep – Jan and the remainder of the yr we rotate by way of a month of netflix, then a month of hulu and so forth. It did get somewhat cheaper this previous season since we have been capable of get single days of ESPN for the Monday video games we needed. Native information we get by casting from our telephones to the Roku television.
The remark about youthful of us not having the ability to afford all of this, could also be intentional, making an attempt to maintain them going out to the sports activities bars for video games, and the brand new bar restaurant offers for video games can run into the 1000’s, so the league is joyful to push them into that extra venue.
The fee for going to video games is what has gotten me the final 10 years, journey price, after which $200+ for first rate seats, to not point out $16-20 for heat unhealthy beer was a ticket to the sofa for me.
Lefty5150 mentions the NFL’s greed and the way it’s ruined the which means of the single-season report.
The Goose is within the pot marinated with a grasping broth of I don’t give a rattling. Extra video games equals extra accidents. Lets see how unhealthy the house owners need to go to 18 if the NFLPA calls for a 60 man roster. What completely makes me need to puke is when the media tries to hype a single season report of any form. OJ was at 2003 speeding yards in 14 video games. Ditkas report for TE’s was in 14 video games. Briefly speaking heads…..There isn’t a such factor as a single season report anymore. There are solely 14, 16 and 17 recreation data.
MiamiItaliano factors out that we must always all simply get used to worldwide video games.
Ultimately the NFL will attempt to push for one worldwide recreation each week. They should restrict it to a most of 4
Molly Polly II has an inventory of reforms for the NFL.
NFL is a particularly grasping group and sadly there are simply too many individuals on this world who can pay to observe soccer. As painful it might be, I’d bail on the NFL in a heartbeat if everybody was in, however that received’t occur and NFL riches fortunately understand it. Goodell laughs on the cash he’s making and as for security, NFFL coming quickly….thats ceremony, Natl Flag Soccer League.
NFL needed modifications: 1) kickoff…change that crap again! 2) QBs are a part of the sport, if they’ve the ball the identical tackling guidelines apply (severely penalize the Josh Allen pretend slide transfer)!! 3) WR catches/ management the ball, 2 ft on the bottom & loses the ball it’s a fumble (do away with this soccer transfer bs)!!! 4) Final however not least, NFL apologizes to ALL NFL followers and lowers (nothing in need of 50%) the price of tickets and television/streaming!!!!
Phoenix6 is disgusted.
I’m disgusted with what the NFL has change into (and shortly can be).
JKBMia factors to issues that possibly imply it was all certain to occur.
The NFL traffics in hope. Yearly, groups have new gamers, new coaches, and a brand new alternative to put in writing a brand new narrative.
Due to that, they principally have a by no means ending pool of an viewers to choose from. Lots of you on right here have stated it already. Lots of you in all probability stopped paying consideration final yr, however now there’s a brand new sheriff on the town, and we’re all again on the hope wagon.
Regardless that they make it so troublesome to seek out the video games spreading them throughout quite a few totally different streaming companies, the NFL is by nation miles essentially the most watched reside programming each single yr.
Identical to every little thing else in a capitalistic society, you go from one thing pure, but mediocre, earlier than you get one thing that’s tainted, but a lot improved.
Then, it begins to cannibalize itself.
Healthcare, authorities, schooling, leisure.
It’s all the identical.
CluelessNFLfan says it’s simply greed.
It’s all within the title of greed. And Goodell is it’s poster baby
These are our random feedback for this night. I think this is without doubt one of the few topics on which the overwhelming majority of Dolphins and/or NFL followers agree. The NFL has made selections which have harm its product and/or its followers. As at all times, thanks to every of you who took the time to learn and reply our Phinsider Query Of The Day.
