The NFL has sold the rights to a playoff game to NBC-owned streaming service Peacock.
“We are excited to partner with the NFL on this industry milestone,” said Pete Bevacqua, chairman NBC Sports, it’s like he just sent a man to Mars instead of finding a new way to fuck us.
Many people are justifiably upset that the NFL is selling the rights to the playoffs to streaming services, and you have to pay outside of all the networks to watch regular season games. But it doesn’t matter because they will still watch it.
A few got a lot of money to do a cost-benefit analysis, and they determined that the benefits NBC paid them outweighed the cost of annoying fans. They know you’re crazy, but they also know you’ll fold like a table under the weight of Bills fans who dive-bomb outside the stadium before that same playoff game.
So prove them wrong. There is another way; a place where you don’t have to pay a penny. Just don’t watch this playoff game. If you’re a die-hard fan of one of these teams, then you get a pass, but for the rest of us, there’s no excuses.
Your money is the only thing that matters to these people
Don’t buy a new subscription or take a free trial until you’ve paid for eight months and you won’t forget.Watch if you already subscribe to Peacock parks and recreation while the game is in progress. Our money is the only thing the NFL will listen to, so use it.
If no one gets new subscriptions as a result and the game’s ratings suck, then Peacock won’t want to keep paying for the rights to the game, and neither will other streaming services. Sure, they probably don’t care about my $4.99, but they definitely care about everyone’s $4.99. While we may seem like helpless passengers on a ship, tossed around in a sea of corporate greed, it’s important to recognize that we do have collective power.
People are increasingly aware that how they spend their money is a form of expressing their support or displeasure with companies.Whether it’s people boycotting clothing companies because they don’t want to pay for fast fashion because of immoral influence, or Republicans buying the godless Bud Light and then shooting it with an RPG to show they don’t buy Bud Light, people realize until they have The collective power to change corporate behavior.
Selling the playoff rights is just a natural progression after last season’s “Thursday Night Football,” which aired exclusively on Amazon Prime. Even though it’s all bad matchups, boring games, on a weeknight, and a broadcast team that no one seems to like, I guess the business model works.
Do you want a future where you need a subscription to Peacock, Hulu, Amazon Prime, Netflix, HBO Max, and Quibi to watch Wild C?hard weekend? Oh, and Quibi isn’t a thing anymore? That would be it if they got the rights to the NFL playoffs. Then we’ll have to watch the Bengals-Chiefs game on our phones, interrupted by commercials for an action drama starring Christopher Waltz, each seven-minute episode long.