NFL to actually DROP the price of Sunday Ticket

[SDogo]

Yup, it's true!

Posted by Mike Florio on April 20, 2012, 1:40 PM EDT
At a time everything relating to the NFL seems to be getting more and more expensive, one fairly significant aspect of the fan experience is getting cheaper.

According to Bloomberg.com, via SportsBusiness Daily, DirecTV will cut the price of its Sunday Ticket feature by more than 40 percent, to $199.95.


http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2012/04/20/directv-drops-price-of-sunday-ticket-under-200/

 

[SDogo]

Had to check the website to make sure and by George it's true!

$199.95 in 1 payment or $39.99 for 5 months.

 

[JonJon]

Does Sunday Ticket have a "Pay-per-view" option? For example, if they game wasn't on any networks, could I buy that game only for that week?

 

[SDogo]

Does Sunday Ticket have a "Pay-per-view" option? For example, if they game wasn't on any networks, could I buy that game only for that week?

I wish, several years ago they discussed going that direction and dropped it for some reason. I know it's still an idea they pass around. I would much rather pay $19.99 or something for a game because it's not nationally televised then be forced to pay for the whole season.

I figure at most I would only need to purchase 3-5 games.

 

[WoodysGirl]

I might actually consider this now.. Simply because I got addicted to Red Zone, but because I have DTV, I can't get it without Sunday Ticket.

And with the Texans being a good team, they might get more late games to compete with the Cowboys.

 

[Bluestang]

Had to check the website to make sure and by George it's true!

$199.95 in 1 payment or $39.99 for 5 months.

Yes but they are cutting certain services too.

Red Zone Channel, Sunday Ticket on the Go, or the Sunday Ticket Replay you do not get.

If you do the Sunday Ticket Max you get it all but it is $299.95. This was cheaper than I got it for last year because I got it at $69.99 for 5 months even with lowballing them some.

 

[WoodysGirl]

Yes but they are cutting certain services too.

Red Zone Channel, Sunday Ticket on the Go, or the Sunday Ticket Replay you do not get.

If you do the Sunday Ticket Max you get it all but it is $299.95. This was cheaper than I got it for last year because I got it at $69.99 for 5 months even with lowballing them some.

No Red Zone? Booo... I'll pass.

 

[BigD]

Does Sunday Ticket have a "Pay-per-view" option? For example, if they game wasn't on any networks, could I buy that game only for that week?

I'd be ALL OVER that!

 

[Bluestang]

No Red Zone? Booo... I'll pass.

For me the Sunday Ticket on the Go was great because if I had a scheduling conflict with watching a game at home I could use my smart phone to watch the game.

 

[SkinsSuck09]

Im waiting for the option to just get your teams games for cheaper. I don't care about most other teams, Just want to never miss a Cowboys game!

 

[Dallas]

This is great news. Thanks for posting this sdogo.

I have carried the NFL Ticket since 2002, grumbling the whole way. This is awesome to see.

 

[jswalker1981]

For me the Sunday Ticket on the Go was great because if I had a scheduling conflict with watching a game at home I could use my smart phone to watch the game.

The solution for that is to get a slingbox. You can connect it to your tv, and then watch your normal programming on your smart phone, computer, or tablet. I recently got one for myself, and one for my Dad (mainly because I travel more for work than he does, and he gets NFL Sunday Ticket, so I'll just connect to his slingbox, it's a father's day gift, so as you can see, I'm already thinking ahead).

 

[Seven]

Is the 199.99 'deal' for HD?

 

[casmith07]

That's amazing. Incredible value now.

 

[Pabst]

Blah. I love the RZC, but its going to be hard to justify spending another 100 bucks for it, since I don't use the other stuff.

 

[VThokie7]

Guess they got tired of dealing with all the people calling in asking for a discount. Certainly a better experience to just get it up front.

 

[JD_KaPow]

Is the 199.99 'deal' for HD?

Yes, you get HD, but you don't get Red Zone. You can see it all here.

Note that the $300 package is still (a bit) cheaper than full price for the regular package (w/HD and RZC) last year.

 

[Cajuncowboy]

I never really used the Redzone channel anyway. If the Cowboys weren't on, I would go to the game mix channel and see what was happening. If I wanted to go to a game that the team was in the redzone, I would just highlight it and go to it.

The extra 100.00 isn't worth it to me. I had just because they gave me the whole service for free.

 

[JBell]

 

[JBS]

Red zone is absolutely stupid..

I watch football GAMES-not red zone possessions

Granted if I didn't have Sunday ticket and only had red zone then I'd probably watch red zone..but having Sunday ticket, I have never used the red zone channel