How might I be able to watch the NFL network for free?
It is a big mess right now! But you can’t get it for free as part of a basic cable package. Here is a real simplified version of what is going on: The NFL comes to Comcast and other cable companies and says, “look, we want to be on your basic cable lineup, but we want to charge you a fee for EVERY ONE OF YOUR SUBSCRIBERS in the same way ESPN does!” Quite naturally, Comcast says, “Uhhhh…no. The only thing our customers are going to watch in large numbers are the football games you air. You wind up airing like 8 games a year and you want fees from all of our subscribers every month? NO. F-NO! That’s dumb and we’re not going to pass those charges on to our subscribers every month when even the ones who will watch will only watch EIGHT TIMES A YEAR over a two month period. NO!” And so the NFL Network is banished to the digital tier. It’s available for everyone with digital cable, but it costs extra. Since we’re mostly cheap, that means almost nobody gets it. There are some markets where th
