Watching each Skins games...?

[tribeofjudah]

Unlike many of you, I'm not in the "Skins" market (I'm west coast) and I miss alot of games. I do listen to each game on ESPN radio (Larry Michael, ey, Doc).....so I get my fix each Sunday.

I took advantage of the Game Pass (7 days free) on NFL.com

It is pretty cool, but it is essentially a Re-Play of the game as it is done and over with. It's $84 per year (I think).....

It was NICE to see the actual footage of the Game vs. Saints (a blowout at the end) and it was great to see the team click on ALL cylinders.

But alas...................I don't think I will keep it. I will likely cancel before the 7 days are up.

Does anyone else have this service? Thoughts? Nothing like watching a live game (tv or in person) either way.

[Hooligan]

We got NFL Sunday Ticket this season and good lord, it is amazing! In NJ, I don't see the Skins unless they play divisional games, but now I get everything.

The best part of the package, to me, is the condensed replays they do during the week of every NFL game. They remove all the commercials and footage except for a second before and after each play, so you watch an entire game of football in 30 minutes.

You pay dearly, and I don't know if I'd pay for it myself, but they do deliver the goods.

[tribeofjudah]

Another way is to "eat out" at a Sports Club/Bar...............and watch all the games on their big screens. You pay dearly as well, with high prices on food and drinks.

I had Directv years ago, but it was costly.

[oj]

I missed the Skins when I went fishing in Michigan, you get updates on the message bars and its something. I live in the Shenandoah Valley and too hardheaded to get cable - they only thing I watch on TV is the Skins' games, I work late go home stick a movie and go to bed when its done. I rely on an antenna and channel 5 is spotty, when reception is bad I'll turn the sound down and listen to it on the radio. I miss the old days with Sonny & Sam back when they were in sync with the TV, before that stupid broadcast delay. Watching the show on TV and listening to them was special.

[markshark84]

I've had sunday ticket for 3 years now. There are different levels on the ticket which have different prices. Since I don't follow other teams or play fantasy football, I just get the package that allows you to watch all the games only and doesn't include redzone or any of the "extras". The first year I had Directv it was free; for the subsequent years you can always negotiate. Last year 8 of the first 9 games were televised locally so I got the "half season" ticket for $75 (which only gave me weeks 9-17). This year I paid $158.99 for the entire year. The way I see it, that's $10 a game and cheaper than "eating out", which will cost you around $30 with tip per game.

Directv advertises sunday ticket at like $280 or something, but that's retail. If you can negotiate, you'll easily get them down to $200 and if you're persistent you'll get them to $160 or lower. I love the service. I watch the skins game and then go to mix view (which shows all games on the same screen at once) at commercials and flip back after the commercials are over.

[Burgundy&Wha?]

I saw that the Gameday Pass (or some other name for it) allows you to get the coaches film of each game. That sounds intriguing.

[NYFINESTSKINSFAN]

When living outside the market I found Directv to be the best. Ironically, we moved down to Winchester for my wife's employment, but being I have to spend half my time in NY for the next couple years till I retire, I still need Sunday ticket (super max) to stream the games when I'm not down in Va. on Sunday's. Super max has been a decent option, but the entire package is not cheap. Might be cheaper to go to a bar, but no longer care for the bar scene. So Directv super max it is.

[welch]

Another way is to "eat out" at a Sports Club/Bar...............and watch all the games on their big screens. You pay dearly as well, with high prices on food and drinks.

I had Directv years ago, but it was costly.

That's what I have been doing. Way back, used to take my son to the first (?) sports bar in NYC. Then a mediocre sports bar in West Orange, NJ, then he would take me to a sports bar in Totowa, NJ...one that had enough TV's for fans of each team. That is, Redskin fans watched Redskins /Eagles in one corner, Eagles fans across the room, down a step, and far away. Then an all-Redskins bar where once I cheered with TRO and Mrs. TRO, wonderful people who were visiting NYC.

Last I remember, some Redskin fans in New York gather at The Buddha Bar in Washington Height, NYC...which, maybe, indicates the way housing / rents have ballooned: getting harder and harder for people who work in Manhattan (or just work for a living) to live in Manhattan. New luxury towers being built (example: 5 bedrooms, five baths, $55 million) that sit empty but belong to Russian and Saudi Oil oligarchs.

[tribeofjudah]

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