Bad Democrat

I can not believe that the Department of Justice is investigating whether the NFL makes Americans pay too much to watch football. What I’m wondering is…there are generally 3 games on Sunday on cable–playing on FOX, CBS, and NBC. Then there’s a Monday night game on ESPN. Those are all free. But there’s a Thursday night game on Amazon’s service, Prime. The only thing you have to pay for is Prime…the exception being if you want to watch out-of-market games, in which case you pay for Sunday Ticket on YouTube TV. I have that, and love it. So that’s two streaming services. I already use YouTube TV for cable, and I love Sunday Ticket. I love seeing snowy games, weather games, or what have you in other markets. Edit: there’s one more streaming service you could need. Netflix hosts a double-header on Christmas Day. So people who want to watch the Christmas Day games have to have Netflix. Netflix is currently exploring a 4-game package with the NFL…I don’t know if that would take a few games off cable or show additional games that wouldn’t be airing. The other exception: when YouTube TV dropped Disney (and ESPN) for a week, I bought the ESPN App so I could watch the Monday night game. I still have it, and I want to keep it. Did anyone else do that?

Finally, I belong to the NFL App which tells me which games are playing when. I forgot my password and there’s no way to reset it. I am worried something will happen (superstition, but it’s there) if I cancel it, and I like the NFL App and belonging to the NFL. But yeah. That’s technically a lot of subscriptions. The thing about the NFL App is that you can stream any game, or play any game that already happened, but it tells you the final score before you hit play. I know how it sounds, but I get a lot out of watching football and don’t want to sever myself from the NFL by ending my subscription to the App. Is this bad? I don’t think it is for me, but the DOJ thinks it is for some people.

I love Sunday Ticket? Is the point I wanted to drive home. And the Prime games are fun, and basketball does it too. Is the DOJ complaint about people who love their situation, but are paying a lot?