Obviously the NFL knows what its doing, but Ill admit now that Im currently living away from Jax, and never get the Jags on TV, I dont watch much NFL.  Maybe when Im at home and we're making dinner Ill throw NFL redzone on.  But the games that are televised in my area are typically boring and unwatchable.  So I dont watch.  this upcoming weekend im getting sandiego/miami and atlanta/tb.... yuck and yuck.  ill watch not one second of either of those.

 

I remember reading that Directv is paying the NFL something like a billion dollars over the most recent 5 year deal.  so 200M a year.  which is big time money obviously.  however the networks, CBS, FOX, and ESPN are paying something like 40+B combined over the next 10 years.  Which means each would be paying more than 1B a year on average.  significantly more than what Directv is paying them.  

 

Now is there not another television network out there willing to pay that kind of money?  and by expanding the number of games being shown nationally, would that not increase total viewership?  Maybe not for CBS or FOX who would have to compete with another channel but in total it would.  In my case it definitely would because I dont watch at all now but I would if more Jags games were on tv... or heck i would if more interesting national games were on.  but as it is now, I dont watch much of any.

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