Packers/Cowboys 'NFL Network' Thursday Night Disaster

There are few people happy with the dispute between the NFL and major cable companies in regards to the new 'NFL Network' cable channel. Last year, several big games could not be seen by millions of viewers because the NFL and major cable companies like 'Time Warner' and 'Comcast' could not agree on where to put this network and how much money is paid to the NFL by each cable subscriber. This week, the 'moment of truth' is at hand as millions of Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers fans will be unable to see these two great teams play next Thursday night because of this ongoing dispute. Both the Dallas Cowboys and Green Bay Packers will be going into Thursday nights game with an unbelievable 10-1 win/loss record and every NFL fan wants to witness this game on live television. However, most of the United States will not see this football game and the greed of both the NFL and major cable companies are equally to blame.

The fight over money has grow each year that the NFL has increase in popularity, but when that fight for more money forgets the average fan that has made the NFL so popular, then something has to give and I think it will give early next week. Neither the NFL or 'Time Warner' or 'Comcast' cable desires to look like the 'bad guy' in this dispute. However, when next Thursday night rolls around and most NFL fans are unable to watch the Packers/Cowboys game then something will get done. However, my guess is that an agreement will be reached early next week that will put this important game on most of the cable systems in the United States before game time.

I live in Texas where just a few miles north of my home, the Dallas Cowboys are building a multi billion dollar football stadium which will more closely resemble the 'Taj Mahal' than a professional football arena. There is so much money being made in the NFL these days that for the NFL to cause most of its fans to miss the game of the season, over a financial contract, would be a huge mistake. The NFL is betting that fans will blame the cable companies, but in the end it will be the NFL that will really suffer the most loss of support from fans if the league does not bend. Last year when the 'NFL Network' first got started there was not a make or break game that was played after Thanksgiving. However, games don't get much bigger than the Dallas Cowboys' Green Bay Packers' match up next Thursday, so look for the NFL to find a way to, at least, compromise with 'Time Warner' and 'Comcast' so this game is not missed by 80% of NFL fans.

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