Holy Crap! Play-off games might be blacked out!

[Ns1]

Holy crap. -30 wind chill for Sunday at Green Bay.

https://twitter.com/Mark_Baden/status/418836268282155008

It should be an OSHA violation to force people to play/work in that!

 

[Pocatello]

Holy crap. -30 wind chill for Sunday at Green Bay.

https://twitter.com/Mark_Baden/status/418836268282155008

It's going to be the re-enactment of the battle for Stalingrad, a brutal game.

 

[Jadow]

It's going to be the re-enactment of the battle for Stalingrad, a brutal game.

it's going to be awesome I can't wait to watch it FROM MY LIVING ROOM BY MY FIREPLACE WITH MY INEXPENSIVE FOOD AND HDTV.

 

[tmc]

so, what is the best way for the people in blackout to watch it legally other than going to stadium?

drive outside of 75 miles, rent a room in a motel, then watch comfortably? should definitely come to <$100 total.

 

[PokerGuy]

-30 .... jeebus, that's crazy. I'm sure some drunk idiot will not be wearing a shirt / coat

I love games played in the elements (cold/rain/snow), but -30 is at the point where it detracts from the game IMO. There's no way the QB and WR's can even feel their hands, let alone make great catches.

 

[MrSquished]

Holy crap. -30 wind chill for Sunday at Green Bay.

https://twitter.com/Mark_Baden/status/418836268282155008

i'm a giants fan and i remember how we went into green bay the year we won the superbowl with a 9-7 record. it was freezing. tom coughlins face looked redder than rudolph's nose. epic game too.

 

[Mursilis]

Y

I'm an engineer by trade an I'm fairly well paid, but when I look at putting money away for retirement, setting aside money for my kids education, and living day-to-day, paying $500 for an NFL game is insane. MLB still has it right: I can pay $15 a ticket and go have fun with my kids.

Yeah, but you're still watching baseball. ZZZZZZZ.....

 

[RPD]

Wrong thread, moving to correct football topic thread.

 

[Jadow]

when it's this cold it won't be wet it will be dry and hard

 

[TheSandman21]

This is the result of greed by the NFL. League policy forces STHs that want to buy playoff tickets to buy tickets to TWO playoff games. Non-refundable. If that 2nd game isn't played, then it gets credited towards the next season season ticket package.

Factor in gouging on parking (unless you are smart and hit Parkwhiz a week in advance, $5 to park downtown in Indianapolis this Saturday FTW!) and its absolutely disgusting.

 

[Ns1]

This is the result of greed by the NFL. League policy forces STHs that want to buy playoff tickets to buy tickets to TWO playoff games. Non-refundable. If that 2nd game isn't played, then it gets credited towards the next season season ticket package.

Factor in gouging on parking (unless you are smart and hit Parkwhiz a week in advance, $5 to park downtown in Indianapolis this Saturday FTW!) and its absolutely disgusting.

Not bad.

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[Imported]

This is the result of greed by the NFL. League policy forces STHs that want to buy playoff tickets to buy tickets to TWO playoff games. Non-refundable. If that 2nd game isn't played, then it gets credited towards the next season season ticket package.

Factor in gouging on parking (unless you are smart and hit Parkwhiz a week in advance, $5 to park downtown in Indianapolis this Saturday FTW!) and its absolutely disgusting.

I think each team can pick and choose what to do. IIRC, GB only started the refunds go to next year's tickets this year. I've had the option of doing a pay as you go for the 49ers. Apparently Seattle was even better and didn't charge until a home game was confirmed. Parking passes were $30 for me as they have been all year. I'd sell them for $50-$100 on Craigslist if I didn't go to the game though.. :whiste:

 

[TheSandman21]

Not bad.

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I think each team can pick and choose what to do. IIRC, GB only started the refunds go to next year's tickets this year. I've had the option of doing a pay as you go for the 49ers. Apparently Seattle was even better and didn't charge until a home game was confirmed. Parking passes were $30 for me as they have been all year. I'd sell them for $50-$100 on Craigslist if I didn't go to the game though.. :whiste:

As its been explained to me, this is a new league policy, but thats all via hearsay, so I'm willing to admit I could be off. I honestly think that the NFL should have scheduled the Colts for Sunday, The Indy market was already heavily saturated by basketball that day between the Hoosiers and Pacers playing that night.

Is that $30 per game or for the whole year? As someone who is spoiled by being able to park a block from the arena for $5, I'm slightly spoiled.:biggrin:

 

[Imported]

As its been explained to me, this is a new league policy, but thats all via hearsay, so I'm willing to admit I could be off. I honestly think that the NFL should have scheduled the Colts for Sunday, The Indy market was already heavily saturated by basketball that day between the Hoosiers and Pacers playing that night.

Is that $30 per game or for the whole year? As someone who is spoiled by being able to park a block from the arena for $5, I'm slightly spoiled.:biggrin:

Per game to park in the parking lot at Candlestick. $5 is awesome though.

 

[zinfamous]

-30 .... jeebus, that's crazy. I'm sure some drunk idiot will not be wearing a shirt / coat

I love games played in the elements (cold/rain/snow), but -30 is at the point where it detracts from the game IMO. There's no way the QB and WR's can even feel their hands, let alone make great catches.

should make for an epic ground game, though, as both teams excel there--well, SF more than GB overall, probably, but Lacey has been awesome this year.

Even though it's home, that kind of weather is probably going to affect Rogers more than anyone--I assume he can't be 100% after that broken collarbone.

 

[rudeguy]

should make for an epic ground game, though, as both teams excel there--well, SF more than GB overall, probably, but Lacey has been awesome this year.

Even though it's home, that kind of weather is probably going to affect Rogers more than anyone--I assume he can't be 100% after that broken collarbone.

Like I said in the playoffs thread...I think GB Niners is going to be the best game of the week. I see GB winning but I don't see it being easy.

 

[thegimp03]

Oh, and there's also other factors for the GB game not selling out yet. Payments for playoff tickets to season ticket holders were due last month, when no one thought they could get in. Add in to the fact you have to buy both wildcard/division & championship games at the same time and having the payment of any games not played being credited to next year's tickets.. well not many season ticket holders bought them.

This coming from my fiance's family who are GB season ticket holders.

Wow, the fees just get credited to next years' tickets? Is this standard across all NFL teams?

 

[Ns1]

good news...

CBS and NBC are making it easy for football fans to follow along this postseason by streaming their NFL playoff coverage online for free. Following the precedent it started in 2013, NBC will be offering both of its wild card match-ups this Saturday, while for the first time CBS will be streaming its four playoff games &#8212; including the AFC championship game &#8212; as well. All told, the entire AFC side of the NFL playoff bracket will be free online for customers &#8212; so whether you're a Broncos or a Patriots fans, your bases are covered.

Of course, the rights to various games are divvied up amongst different networks, and Variety reports that Fox will be hiding its online streams behind the TV Everywhere initiative. Comcast, Cablevision, and AT&T U-verse subscribers will be able to watch online coverage with the appropriate login credentials, but otherwise Seahawks or 49ers fans will have to resort to more traditional means of watching the game. Fox isn't being stingy when it goes to the biggest game of them all, however; it will be streaming Super Bowl XLVIII for free.

http://www.theverge.com/2014/1/2/5267754/cbs-and-nbc-to-stream-nfl-playoff-coverage-for-free

 

[The_Dude8]

-30 .... jeebus, that's crazy. I'm sure some drunk idiot will not be wearing a shirt / coat

I love games played in the elements (cold/rain/snow), but -30 is at the point where it detracts from the game IMO. There's no way the QB and WR's can even feel their hands, let alone make great catches.

they got UA gloves and Nike cold gear, they will be fine. lol

 

[Imported]

Wow, the fees just get credited to next years' tickets? Is this standard across all NFL teams?

Not sure if it is standard, but the past two seasons the same rule applied for 49er post-season tickets. Believe the only reason this years isn't is due to the new stadium. Different teams have different payment options too.. I had the option of either buying both games or pay for one then the other later. Still sucks cause they charge a transaction fee for refunds though!

 

[rudeguy]

they got UA gloves and Nike cold gear, they will be fine. lol

Yea..those girls will be fine. Running warms you up.

Now the men in the trenches are going to be hurting. I was on the line when I played and cold games just sucked. My forearms would be black and blue by the end of the game and my shins felt like they were in knots. I can't even imagine how bad the big boys in the NFL hurt after games like that.

 

[leeland]

it's going to be awesome I can't wait to watch it FROM MY LIVING ROOM BY MY FIREPLACE WITH MY INEXPENSIVE FOOD AND HDTV.

Ditto here on the above...

This video comes to mind thinking about the people who will brave that game

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPMbPlj75X0

They should be happy they aren't playing Monday...it is going to be a high of - 12 with 20 mph winds (#CANTWAIT)

 

[rockyct]

It looks like the FCC is moving towards banning the NFL blackouts (and other sports TV blackouts):

http://sports.yahoo.com/blogs/nfl-s...sports-blackout-rules-nfl-211321820--nfl.html

If they do that, it essentially means the Chargers will eventually move out of San Diego, which I'm actually fine with at this point. Blackouts threats are very real in San Diego. The game against Cincinnati was blacked out this season and four games were blacked out last year. Unless the Chargers do better next year or ticket prices are lowered, I can only imagine ticket sales falling slightly which will only make it more likely that they move. The city is still extremely bitter from when we got screwed by the Chargers 15 years ago for the Qualcomm expansion and there really isn't much support for a new, taxpayer financed stadium especially where they want to build it (downtown).

 

[BUTCH1]

-30 degrees?, at those temps you have to have every part of your body covered, twice. Even worse just sitting and not moving around will make it feel even colder, no way I would go..

 

[Slew Foot]

If they do that, it essentially means the Chargers will eventually move out of San Diego, which I'm actually fine with at this point. Blackouts threats are very real in San Diego. The game against Cincinnati was blacked out this season and four games were blacked out last year. Unless the Chargers do better next year or ticket prices are lowered, I can only imagine ticket sales falling slightly which will only make it more likely that they move. The city is still extremely bitter from when we got screwed by the Chargers 15 years ago for the Qualcomm expansion and there really isn't much support for a new, taxpayer financed stadium especially where they want to build it (downtown).

Plus its San Diego, where the weather is continuously awesome and theres shit ton of other more awesome things to do than spend a ton of money watching fat men in tights bang into each other.