Around the NFL Week 3

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Originally Posted by MTK

I think the failure of the league to adapt to online viewing is a big issue. The deal with DirecTV is seriously dated and way too exclusive. I recently had to dump my dish and I never realized how easy it is to just stream games somewhere online. God only knows how many potential legal viewers the league is missing out on from that. I'm guessing it's significant.

I'd be more than happy to pay for a streaming package but it's just not an option.

I think a big issue in the future for sports in general is that younger people want to watch things when they want not when the NFL, MLB, etc. says the game is on. It not that young people aren't or wont watch, they will, but they might watch their team's 1pm game at 5pm that night or on Tuesday evening. The leagues are going to have to find a way to measure that viewership.