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Originally Posted by burn_baby_burn
The NFL wants to reap the benefits of broadcasting their own games on their own network, or eventually networks. Instead of giving the rights to the highest bidders who then make profits off of Ad revenue. They want to make the profits from advertising themselves. How else do you explain the NFL putting marquee match ups exclusively on their own network? They want to force the cable companies and dish networks to offer the NFL Network in its basic packages so the Network reaches the majority of viewers.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=3155133
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Your right, that's the plan, but not working out well. In fact so far NFL network is a major bust because nobody wants to pick it up in the US.