re: Netflix expected to close on deal to host NFL Christmas Day games

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Spreading games across multiple streaming sites just makes it harder and more expensive for the consumer.

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The NFL’s mantra for decades was to make their product as widely available as possible for free. They were even iffy on their ESPN deal up until a couple of years ago. That’s one reason for the growth of the league.

They made ESPN way overpay for a crappy Monday night game and a couple of Wild Card games for years.

Now they are creating random mid-week late December games so they can sell them to streaming services.