[CBFF] MLB-TV versus NFL Field Pass

[Robert Mingee]

> DirecTV is for the megafans, the crazy, weird people who will pay whatever 
> it takes to see the games they want to see and care so much they will talk 
> about it on e-mail in the offseason, so they get bled like any other addict. 

> The regular "users" have to be fed NFL games for free to develop their 
> habits.

Hey, I resemble that remark!  :-)
 
Seriously, you need look no further than DirecTV's handling of HD games for proof of Jim's assertion.  The first couple of years you could get the HD games included with Sunday Ticket for no additional cost, so they could get addicts like me hooked.  Then, they decided to roll it into the "SuperFan" pack, including a bunch of features I don't use (though the 30-minute snap-to-snap games are a cool idea, I just don't have the time to watch other games than the Bears most weeks), so they can fleece folks out of another $100.
 
-- robert (crazy, weird addict, and proud)