Touche Comcast

Comcast is firing back at the NFL. Point to Comcast for noting that the NFL Network is available to its subscribers, on a tiered package, though not on the basic plan which the NFL is adamant on. And the cable company goes on to note the irony of the NFL’s position, “While the NFL claims that it wants its games to be seen by the widest possible audiences, it's actually their rules that limit which games fans can watch," said Comcast VP David Cohen. "It's the NFL that designates which cities can have over-the-air broadcasts of specific games. It is also the NFL that decided to take these eight games off of free broadcast television and to try to enrich themselves at the expense of their fans by creating a multibillion-dollar asset called the NFL Network."

 

Indeed, Comcast seems to be in the stronger position. No local viewer will miss their team’s games regardless of whether it is on the NFL Network in other parts of the country (unless, of course, the game’s not a sellout.) And is there really a tremendous demand for the Colts-Falcons game. I, and Comcast, think not.