You think it sucks now? Wait until Ben retires, Bell leaves, and Brown loses a step.
At this point fantasy football is what makes the NFL great to watch for me. As the refs and a mediocre head coach have no influence on my fantasy football team.
So after about 15 years, I've canceled NFL Ticket.
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At this point fantasy football is what makes the NFL great to watch for me. As the refs and a mediocre head coach have no influence on my fantasy football team.
I too had it from the beginning but cancelled it about 5 or 6 years ago. It had just gotten too expensive and most of the games were on national tv anyways. I used to like watching the other games when the Stillers were not playing but the game went downhill in my opinion so it got to the point that I was paying big bucks and made no sense to buy the package if I could get it over the air for free. A couple years ago I cut the cable all together. Attic antenna and high speed internet access only now.
Remember back in the early days of the ticket and occasionally when the network broke to commercial we just saw live video of the field. No commercials. I think they fixed that pretty quick.
Yeesh! Enjoy the last hurrah of the Steelers!
The B&G will suffer along with the rest of the league
Today Ben is the better QB. But Rudolph is the smarter qb. Just watch.
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Wait until the flags fly this year for helmet hits going full speed while lowering the shoulder.
That's what I'm hoping. Keep those links coming every Sunday morning!!
I've had the Sunday Ticket for 20 years. Seems they were always willing to negotiate the price; a couple of years I got it at no cost.
But not anymore. Tried to negotiate - they'd have none of it. I figured this would end up happening once AT&T took it over.
So in a few weeks I'm dropping DirecTV and will replace it with one or two streaming services. Any tips or referrals are much appreciated. Anyone have Roku? YouTube?
Toodles DirecTV.
BTW: Someone noted sportsarefree.xyz It's history. But I"m sure some other domains carrying games will materialize.
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I have Playstation Vue ( you do NOT need a Playstation to have ) for about a year now and I LOVE it. Five simultaneous streams at no additional cost. On all platforms except XBox. I run on my Roku TV, my Apple 4K TV, my PS4, my iPhones/iPads. No issues. You can travel with it. Most like cable/satellite. 4 packages to choose from ranging from 45 - 75 dollars/month. Locals included with all packages. Unlimited cloud DVR. No contract. No complaints.
But compare and contrast with the others. Everyone’s devices/interests are different. But just ditching satellite/cable is the way to go.
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Same here. I think we all did and that's why they don't do it anymore. I'm way out of market so I'm getting it, just can't miss a Steelers game.
I have no idea what you guys pay for direct tv. I am always amazed at how many games I get with the black and gold featured just on my regular channels in Vancouver,Canada. It helps that I have the eastern feeds,and if not I find the games streaming somehow. The odd occasion I can't find them on tv,I actually quite enjoy listening to the play by play on the radio with my headphones. It allows me to piddle about on the house.
As I have gotten older it seems my stress level has gone down during steelers games,but my kids sure as **** don't think so
As I have gotten older it seems my stress level has gone down during steelers games,but my kids sure as **** don't think so
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I gave up the NFL a couple years ago (just for the year) when Goodell didn't suspend Ray Rice for an entire season immediately...and then the league office lied about not being able to get the tape or whatever. That was complete bullshit. They floated the 4-games and then when the public went all ape-**** THEN they came down on him. A dude knocks a woman out cold in an elevator and you give him 4 games? really? I was done at that point.
The NFL just isn't as exciting as it used to be. There's way too much offense, the game is terribly imbalanced, hitting has been reduced to physics equations, and the TV viewing rules are dumb as hell. I still watch most of the Steelers' games, but I rarely watch anybody else. You couldn't pay me to watch the Jags and Titans...ugh.
I'm all in on College football though, I'll watch some random Mountain West game late on a Saturday Night. I'll watch Mississippi State vs. Auburn, Michigan State and Iowa... Hell yeah.
But the NFL? Nah, too much bullshit around the game now
The NFL just isn't as exciting as it used to be. There's way too much offense, the game is terribly imbalanced, hitting has been reduced to physics equations, and the TV viewing rules are dumb as hell. I still watch most of the Steelers' games, but I rarely watch anybody else. You couldn't pay me to watch the Jags and Titans...ugh.
I'm all in on College football though, I'll watch some random Mountain West game late on a Saturday Night. I'll watch Mississippi State vs. Auburn, Michigan State and Iowa... Hell yeah.
But the NFL? Nah, too much bullshit around the game now
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I watch the Steelers when they are televised here, and listen to them when they aren't. Lost interest in fantasy football a few years ago but still put the Red Zone on when I am listening to the Steelers. NFL used to be an all day/night thing on Sunday, no more. I'll even miss a game occasionally, which I never used to do. Well, in the 80s..
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I can't do those choppy free streams like sportsarefree.xyz . Some have said they've had good experiences, but I just get constant buffering, low quality picture, the stream dropping mid-play, having to reload the page, etc. If there are ever RELIABLE free streams in clear HD I'd probably drop the ticket, but for now I'll just take the peace of mind of knowing all I have to do is turn on the TV and find the Steelers and it's crystal clear
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Listening to all this it is obvious that the fantasy league is what is keeping the NFL popular. I stopped going to games when the fans around would be more interested in the scoreboard highlights from other teams, looking for stats of the players on their teams. NFL does not get it, of course they get all their money from TV rights and sponsors so they will never listen to fan base. If you could pay for the one game you wanted to watch as the Steelers, maybe some would come back the NFL feeds.
One thing I have gotten tired of is slow motion replay. Yeah it looks cool to watch the Bus plow over some chump db or Lambert pile drive some bean pole of a WR into the ground but they have replays of every mundane play...Showing a new age WR scamper out of bounds to avoid a hit in slow motion doesn't make it any better. Get on with the next play..
Understood totally..
If it wasn't for some lingering interest in my home town football club and NFL wagering....
My interest would be basically null and void..
Go Irish!
Sept 1st - Michigan vs Notre Dame.in The Big House!
Love me some college football...
Cant give you enough karma !!
Right on brother...
Saturday late night Pac 10 or Mountain West games are awesome...
Well, bye.
Fire Tomlin.
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I only want the steeler games. I'd prefer the feed out of Pittsburgh for them. I could give two ***** about any other team. I think all my other bitching has been covered in above posts other than that national anthem nonsense they pulled all year. I hope that crap is done.
For me, its the protests.
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