This will be the first game I miss in 27 years. Thanks NFL

[Mango]

2 minutes ago, Tenhigh said:

Lol, yeah, I am the a hole.

Nobody but you is name calling man. 

[Tenhigh]

Just now, Mango said:

Nobody but you is name calling man. 

Merry Christmas buddy!

[Mango]

Just now, Tenhigh said:

Merry Christmas buddy!

Im not your buddy, pal!

[Tenhigh]

3 minutes ago, Mango said:

Im not your buddy, pal!

 

 

[strive_for_five_guy]

I’m just hoping for a new ashtray this Christmas.

[Augie]

15 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Peacock costs me like $6 a month. If you’re not willing to pay that, I have no sympathy. You aren’t that committed. I pay over 100x that for every single home game and never complain. I CHOOSE to do that because I love the Bills. If you elect to not pay the $6 on principle, that’s your choice, but don’t come here looking for people to feel sorry for you.

 

I completely understand where you are coming from, but I have a question for you: How many MORE streaming services are you willing to subscribe to? If next year you had to add another stream, would you do that too? How about if it’s 3 more? Will you get them all? Is there a limit? 

 

Let me be clear, this is NOT about money at all for me. It’s about being told what I have to do to watch a Bills game. I got YTTV for the Ticket, I kept my satellite dish because it’s the only place I can get NFLN and it gives me NBC which is currently in a dispute with my provider. I have Prime for those games. I’ve played the game long enough. I suppose they want to push the envelop as far as possible to see what people will put up with and pay for. I am quickly approaching my limit with all things NFL. I’m watching almost nothing but the Bills games now. 

 

The London experience turned me off on the NFL. The Jags have been playing in London since 2013, yet the Bills lost a home game and were subjected to the jet lag “experiment”. I think it was Matt Hasselback recently saying how difficult it is to play in OP. THAT is a home game. This affects the integrity of the competition, IMO. Even who lands makes the playoffs, quite possibly. They also took out the good field and put us on a garbage field, the worst Von Miller had ever played on. 

 

I’m not looking for sympathy, I have no use for that. It’s my choice. I’m just venting that the NFL is pissing me off with their greed. I had a buddy who stopped watching the NFL after a strike in the 80’s. He just got sick of it and changed his ways, kind of like how I have become with the NBA. I LOVED the Braves back in the day, but my interest has gradually faded to where I don’t even watch the NBA Finals now, and I don’t miss it one bit. There are a lot of other entertainment options out there. 

 

I don’t know what I’ll do in this situation because I actually like Dan Patrick in the mornings. I listen to him on radio now because the free Peacock has his show delayed a day. (That was not the case until a few months ago.) I may try paying for a month to see if I then get his shows live because a Friday show on a Monday morning after a weekend of games does me no good. I certainly don’t need MORE content, and I don’t like being told what I have to do. 

 

Rant over….for now. 

[QCity]

28 minutes ago, Augie said:

 

I completely understand where you are coming from, but I have a question for you: How many MORE streaming services are you willing to subscribe to? If next year you had to add another stream, would you do that too? How about if it’s 3 more? Will you get them all? Is there a limit? 

 

Let me be clear, this is NOT about money at all for me.

 

Yeah, the "it's only $6" club is missing the overarching point. If this venture becomes a rousing success for Peacock other streaming services will be lining up to buy NFL playoff games to bolster their subscription numbers. Paramount Plus, Max, Fubo, etc will all be watching closely as there seems to be no limit to the NFL's greed. If your dog craps on your floor and you give it a treat guess what happens?

[uticaclub]

If you own the bar isnt the game available on the DirecTV business account like the Thursday Night Amazon games?

[BADOLBILZ]

8 minutes ago, QCity said:

 

Yeah, the "it's only $6" club is missing the overarching point. If this venture becomes a rousing success for Peacock other streaming services will be lining up to buy NFL playoff games to bolster their subscription numbers. Paramount Plus, Max, Fubo, etc will all be watching closely as there seems to be no limit to the NFL's greed. If your dog craps on your floor and you give it a treat guess what happens?

 

 

I guess it's a good thing that you weren't alive when non-sellouts by Thursday of that week were blacked out in Buffalo/Rochester both.........or when the only way to get out of market games was to pay DirecTV hundreds of dollars per year.    You and the rest of the "can't believe we gotta' pay to watch a game what's next?!" crowd would have really been tripping then. 😉

[EasternOHBillsFan]

On 12/19/2023 at 7:43 AM, Heavy Kevi said:

I have watched every game for decades. Literally.

 

Even gotten free trials of fubo, downloaded apps, got up at absurd times to see London games, etc.

 

But this game isn't on LOCAL ROCHESTER MARKET because piddly little peacock is trying a money grab. 

 

All the other "exclusives" had free trials, were simulcast on a real network, or even in the case of prime- everyone already has it. But peacock, tiny little bullschitt peacock with nothing worthwhile to offer? The NFL not only isn't afraid, they actively don't like us.

 

So I can't. I just can't. Sure, I could afford the subscription; but I can't positively reinforce negative behavior by the NFL trying yet another way into fans' pockets. 

 

They will take our tax money to build the brand new stadium for a billionaire, but we can't even watch the effing game. Pathetic.

 

If you can't afford to pay for one game on Peacock then you really have no leg to stand on with the tax dollars/billionaire argument. So much crying over this... try being a Pirates fan if you REALLY want to see what a POS rich guy owner looks like and how fans get screwed. Please... you have it MADE- stable franchise, salary competitive, great team.

[BuffaloNuts]

I get the principle... but peacock is $5 a month. It's also easy to cancel or pause the subscription. No way I'm letting 5 bucks get in the way of watching the game. 

[strive_for_five_guy]

54 minutes ago, QCity said:

 

Yeah, the "it's only $6" club is missing the overarching point. If this venture becomes a rousing success for Peacock other streaming services will be lining up to buy NFL playoff games to bolster their subscription numbers. Paramount Plus, Max, Fubo, etc will all be watching closely as there seems to be no limit to the NFL's greed. If your dog craps on your floor and you give it a treat guess what happens?

The point of the thread is someone complaining about people figuring out how to make more money off the NFL, when they have two Bills Backer bars themselves.

[WotAGuy]

All the railing against the NFL’s greed is hilarious. You think these billionaires got to be billionaires by being generous to their customers?  
 

Expecting billionaires to not want to get a huge return on their huge investments, when it really doesn’t hurt anyone in the process, is laughable. They are just gladly taking the money the public is ready to pay. 
 

You all should be pissed at Wegmans - those bastards stop selling every frigging thing I like. And they move their inventory all over the store so I have to hunt for what I want, causing me to buy a bunch of stuff I don’t need. Pure evil. 

[Over 29 years of fanhood]

On 12/19/2023 at 7:43 AM, Heavy Kevi said:

I have watched every game for decades. Literally.

 

Even gotten free trials of fubo, downloaded apps, got up at absurd times to see London games, etc.

 

But this game isn't on LOCAL ROCHESTER MARKET because piddly little peacock is trying a money grab. 

 

All the other "exclusives" had free trials, were simulcast on a real network, or even in the case of prime- everyone already has it. But peacock, tiny little bullschitt peacock with nothing worthwhile to offer? The NFL not only isn't afraid, they actively don't like us.

 

So I can't. I just can't. Sure, I could afford the subscription; but I can't positively reinforce negative behavior by the NFL trying yet another way into fans' pockets. 

 

They will take our tax money to build the brand new stadium for a billionaire, but we can't even watch the effing game. Pathetic.

Is it irritating- yes…. Is it only $6 ….. also yes. I’m going to grudgingly pay and then cancel 

3 hours ago, Kirby Jackson said:

Peacock costs me like $6 a month. If you’re not willing to pay that, I have no sympathy. You aren’t that committed. I pay over 100x that for every single home game and never complain. I CHOOSE to do that because I love the Bills. If you elect to not pay the $6 on principle, that’s your choice, but don’t come here looking for people to feel sorry for you.

I understand the objection…

 

you need Sunday ticket for the out of market games, then Amazon prime for some Thursday games, then nfl network for some Sunday games and ESPN for the Monday games then Hulu cable or YouTube for the locally televised games and now peacock too? 
 

Just centralize it already

Edited December 20, 2023 by Over 29 years of fanhood

[C.Biscuit97]

Love that you had an entire season to figure this out and the week of the game, you just give up!  That’s the spirit!

 

and the only game I missed in forever is when my ex girlfriend said we could watch the game on her non cable tv in Corning. She was wrong (and she didn’t care because she hated football) and by the time we figured out we had to go out for the game, Peterman had 4  ints against the Chargers no less!

Edited December 20, 2023 by C.Biscuit97

[WotAGuy]

17 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

Love that you had an entire season to figure this out and the week of the game, you just give up!  That’s the spirit!

 

and the only game I missed in forever is when my ex girlfriend said we could watch the game on her non cable tv in Corning. She was wrong (and she didn’t care because she hated football) and by the time we figured out we had to go out for the game, Peterman had 4  ints against the Chargers no less!

Glad you got to see #5, it was a thing of beauty. 

[Mike in Horseheads]

28 minutes ago, C.Biscuit97 said:

Love that you had an entire season to figure this out and the week of the game, you just give up!  That’s the spirit!

 

and the only game I missed in forever is when my ex girlfriend said we could watch the game on her non cable tv in Corning. She was wrong (and she didn’t care because she hated football) and by the time we figured out we had to go out for the game, Peterman had 4  ints against the Chargers no less!

LOL on the non CATV in Corning, I'm 15 minutes from there and in this area with the hills your not getting anything without cable or a dish

[Mr. WEO]

did the OP get that $7 yet?

[Kirby Jackson]

4 hours ago, Augie said:

 

I completely understand where you are coming from, but I have a question for you: How many MORE streaming services are you willing to subscribe to? If next year you had to add another stream, would you do that too? How about if it’s 3 more? Will you get them all? Is there a limit? 

 

Let me be clear, this is NOT about money at all for me. It’s about being told what I have to do to watch a Bills game. I got YTTV for the Ticket, I kept my satellite dish because it’s the only place I can get NFLN and it gives me NBC which is currently in a dispute with my provider. I have Prime for those games. I’ve played the game long enough. I suppose they want to push the envelop as far as possible to see what people will put up with and pay for. I am quickly approaching my limit with all things NFL. I’m watching almost nothing but the Bills games now. 

 

The London experience turned me off on the NFL. The Jags have been playing in London since 2013, yet the Bills lost a home game and were subjected to the jet lag “experiment”. I think it was Matt Hasselback recently saying how difficult it is to play in OP. THAT is a home game. This affects the integrity of the competition, IMO. Even who lands makes the playoffs, quite possibly. They also took out the good field and put us on a garbage field, the worst Von Miller had ever played on. 

 

I’m not looking for sympathy, I have no use for that. It’s my choice. I’m just venting that the NFL is pissing me off with their greed. I had a buddy who stopped watching the NFL after a strike in the 80’s. He just got sick of it and changed his ways, kind of like how I have become with the NBA. I LOVED the Braves back in the day, but my interest has gradually faded to where I don’t even watch the NBA Finals now, and I don’t miss it one bit. There are a lot of other entertainment options out there. 

 

I don’t know what I’ll do in this situation because I actually like Dan Patrick in the mornings. I listen to him on radio now because the free Peacock has his show delayed a day. (That was not the case until a few months ago.) I may try paying for a month to see if I then get his shows live because a Friday show on a Monday morning after a weekend of games does me no good. I certainly don’t need MORE content, and I don’t like being told what I have to do. 

 

Rant over….for now. 

If he Bills were playing, and that was my only option, I’d subscribe to all of them. If it was 10, and it was $600, so be it. Do I want that? Of course not, but the Bills come first. At $6, I question the “love” of those unwilling.

 

Also, I have YTTV and have NFL Network. 

1 hour ago, Over 29 years of fanhood said:

Is it irritating- yes…. Is it only $6 ….. also yes. I’m going to grudgingly pay and then cancel 

I understand the objection…

 

you need Sunday ticket for the out of market games, then Amazon prime for some Thursday games, then nfl network for some Sunday games and ESPN for the Monday games then Hulu cable or YouTube for the locally televised games and now peacock too? 
 

Just centralize it already

It is $6!!!! If it were a lot, I’d understand potentially. It is $.20 a day. If that’s a hill people want to die on, I question their commitment.

[Augie]

2 minutes ago, Kirby Jackson said:

If he Bills were playing, and that was my only option, I’d subscribe to all of them. If it was 10, and it was $600, so be it. Do I want that? Of course not, but the Bills come first. At $6, I question the “love” of those unwilling.

 

Also, I have YTTV and have NFL Network. 

 

It’s really not the money as much as the hassle and the feeling of a “this is what you will have to do” attitude, again. It just rubs me wrong for some reason. 

 

But somehow I’ll see the Bills game, and that’s obviously the easiest and cheapest way. I certainly can’t deny that!