Prime Will Be Streaming Thursday Night NFL Games.

GtrsRGr8 · 04-06-2017, 08:44 PM

According to an article today on TechConnect, the technology information website of IDG.

It seems like that there are not many MobileReaders who are also football fans, but who knows? So, I'm going ahead and posting this.

Oddly, the article says that "Thursday night NFL games now stream on Amazon Prime (emphasis mine, G)." However, even NFL preseason games don't start until August or so, I think. Exactly what kind of NFL games are being streamed now? That's why put "will be" in the title of this thread.

Anyway, the article goes on to say that "Thursday Night Football games are dumping Twitter for Amazon Prime."

If Prime will be streaming NFL games in real time, then this is a great new benefit to Prime members. Not good enough to get me to re-join, but more tempting . . . .

The full article is here.

bbqncigars · 04-06-2017, 09:04 PM

A year ago, and I would have rejoiced in this news. I no longer follow the NFL due to their emphasis on political statements rather than focus on the game. The hours previously wasted on the NFL are now spent reading.

cromag · 04-07-2017, 12:41 AM

To my father's great disappointment, I have never been interested in sports. This is just one more way for me not to watch them.

GtrsRGr8 · 04-07-2017, 02:17 AM

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Originally Posted by bbqncigars

A year ago, and I would have rejoiced in this news. I no longer follow the NFL due to their emphasis on political statements rather than focus on the game. The hours previously wasted on the NFL are now spent reading.

Didn't realize the NFL had become so politicized. I don't get to watch the games much. I don't even get to watch my Gators (Go Gators!) college teams play. I would assume the the NFL has espoused liberal, rather than conservative positions.

I do remember Bob Costas on some sports show about 3 years ago spending our time (about 2 or 3 minutes of it) telling us what the government ought to do about a certain political issue. And, no, it had nothing to do with sports (except in a very, very remote way that Costas probably didn't even have in mind).

What I did notice (who could miss it) is the making of political statements by winners on various awards shows. That's the biggest reason that I don't watch those shows anymore. Question: just because someone can do a good job pretending to be someone else (i.e., acting), or belting out some songs, what makes them an expert on politics?

End of my comments on this thread about that.

frahse · 04-18-2017, 07:22 PM

I only watch a few football games a year. The Superbowl is one, and others only if something interesting is happening with my College team which I normally consider unlikely. However after this past year with our basketball teams, who knows?

So that has no effect on my Prime membership, which I value much more than any football viewing.

DiapDealer · 04-19-2017, 08:08 AM

The NFL is only as "political" as you allow it to be. I watch every game my favorite team plays and I've never had to deal with any unwanted political/social commentary. Perhaps that's because I choose to only watch football games, rather than football news, or sports opinion shows.

Watch only the games instead of NFL Countdown, ESPN Gameday, or Joe (I'm-An-Expert-On-All-Things-Sports) Blow's Sports O' Rama and Fantasy Football Guide Show, and you won't get (hardly) any political/social commentary.

The downside of 24-hour sports TV/radio is that time needs to be filled. The good news is that fans aren't obligated to watch (or listen to) the non-sports sports driveling/sniveling.

I think Thursday Night Football is an abomination to begin with, so I don't really care who gets the TV/streaming contract.

prp3theauthor · 04-22-2017, 11:41 PM

They need to worry about shortening the games. I don't watch any 8:30 games because they run til almost midnight and I have work in the morning.

HarryT · 04-24-2017, 10:12 AM

This has no connection with MR's areas of interest, so moved to the Lounge.

jswinden · 04-24-2017, 12:02 PM

Well I gave up on NFL a long time ago. It was different game in the 1960s when I first started watching. But I get tired of multi-millionaire players whining like babies, greedy owners who only care about the profit, cities stupid enough to pay for billionaire owners' new multi-billion dollar stadiums, so many rules that you have to consult a room full of lawyers to determine if it was indeed a penalty, challenges to every other play that turn a 60 minute game into a 4+ hour sleep fest, and moron fans who are too stupid to care about any of the above.... Meh, the NFL sucks now. I will watch a few games each year just to socialize with friends, but I rarely watch one when I'm home alone. I already have Prime, but I doubt I will watch any Thursday night NFL.

04-06-2017, 08:44 PM	#1
GtrsRGr8 Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,334 Karma: 27815322 Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: Southeastern U.S., ya'll Device: Kindle; Kindle (10.1.1) for PC; Kindle Cloud Reader	Prime Will Be Streaming Thursday Night NFL Games. According to an article today on TechConnect, the technology information website of IDG. It seems like that there are not many MobileReaders who are also football fans, but who knows? So, I'm going ahead and posting this. Oddly, the article says that "Thursday night NFL games now stream on Amazon Prime (emphasis mine, G)." However, even NFL preseason games don't start until August or so, I think. Exactly what kind of NFL games are being streamed now? That's why put "will be" in the title of this thread. Anyway, the article goes on to say that "Thursday Night Football games are dumping Twitter for Amazon Prime." If Prime will be streaming NFL games in real time, then this is a great new benefit to Prime members. Not good enough to get me to re-join, but more tempting . . . . The full article is here.

04-24-2017, 12:02 PM	#9
jswinden Nameless Being	Well I gave up on NFL a long time ago. It was different game in the 1960s when I first started watching. But I get tired of multi-millionaire players whining like babies, greedy owners who only care about the profit, cities stupid enough to pay for billionaire owners' new multi-billion dollar stadiums, so many rules that you have to consult a room full of lawyers to determine if it was indeed a penalty, challenges to every other play that turn a 60 minute game into a 4+ hour sleep fest, and moron fans who are too stupid to care about any of the above.... Meh, the NFL sucks now. I will watch a few games each year just to socialize with friends, but I rarely watch one when I'm home alone. I already have Prime, but I doubt I will watch any Thursday night NFL. Last edited by jswinden; 04-24-2017 at 12:04 PM.

04-06-2017, 09:04 PM	#2
bbqncigars PDA dino Posts: 80 Karma: 1527072 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Iowa, USA Device: Palm IIIx, Rooted NC, Voyages(2)	A year ago, and I would have rejoiced in this news. I no longer follow the NFL due to their emphasis on political statements rather than focus on the game. The hours previously wasted on the NFL are now spent reading.

04-07-2017, 12:41 AM	#3
cromag Surfin the alpha waves ~~ Posts: 25,985 Karma: 459735575 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: New Jersey Device: Jetbook Lite & Mini, Nook STR, Kobo, Hanvon N516, Kindle 2, Androids	To my father's great disappointment, I have never been interested in sports. This is just one more way for me not to watch them.

04-18-2017, 07:22 PM	#5
frahse occasional author Posts: 2,315 Karma: 2064403292 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Wandering God's glorious hills, valleys and plains. Device: A Franklin BI (before Internet) was the first. I still have it.	I only watch a few football games a year. The Superbowl is one, and others only if something interesting is happening with my College team which I normally consider unlikely. However after this past year with our basketball teams, who knows? So that has no effect on my Prime membership, which I value much more than any football viewing.

04-19-2017, 08:08 AM	#6
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,339 Karma: 203719142 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	The NFL is only as "political" as you allow it to be. I watch every game my favorite team plays and I've never had to deal with any unwanted political/social commentary. Perhaps that's because I choose to only watch football games, rather than football news, or sports opinion shows. Watch only the games instead of NFL Countdown, ESPN Gameday, or Joe (I'm-An-Expert-On-All-Things-Sports) Blow's Sports O' Rama and Fantasy Football Guide Show, and you won't get (hardly) any political/social commentary. The downside of 24-hour sports TV/radio is that time needs to be filled. The good news is that fans aren't obligated to watch (or listen to) the non-sports sports driveling/sniveling. I think Thursday Night Football is an abomination to begin with, so I don't really care who gets the TV/streaming contract.

04-22-2017, 11:41 PM	#7
prp3theauthor PRP3 The Author Posts: 10 Karma: 1000000 Join Date: Mar 2016 Location: Swansboro, NC Device: Kindle	They need to worry about shortening the games. I don't watch any 8:30 games because they run til almost midnight and I have work in the morning.

04-24-2017, 10:12 AM	#8
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	This has no connection with MR's areas of interest, so moved to the Lounge.

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