Share Your Ideas with Verizon

[#1]

It would be so cool if we can choose which game we would like to watch when there is an NFL game on TV.  Everyone knows there are multiple games on at the same time on the same channel, but because of where we live, the games broadcasted on our tvs are predetermined.  We should be given a list and be able to select which game we would like to view at the given game times.  For example:

1PM games on CBS:  NYJ vs BUF, TEN vs DEN, BAL vs. PITT.  What if I wanted to watch the BAL vs PITT game??  I can't because i live in NY and the Jets game is broadcasted on every TV in NY on CBS.

My point, simply put, is we should be able to view any of the 3 games above at 1PM.  We shouldn't be subjected to area games.  I know none of the other TV service providers offer this type of customer satisfaction, so what a HUGE PLUS this would be for verizon, because we all know that the NFL draws the most viewers each and every sunday, whether it be on CBS or FOX.

A simple multiple Choice selection type screen would be great to choose which games we would like to watch, would truely make Verizon the best TV provider ever!!!

[#2]

This is a great idea but I suspect it has more to do with NFL restrictions than channel line-up, like the blackout game rules.

[#3]

The NFL would get a lot more viewers if we had the freedom of choosing games to watch.  I am pretty sure that the viewing audience would sky rocket if we didnt have to watch Colts vs Raiders, and could watch Ravens vs. Steelers instead on CBS during the same time slot.  Verizon would also get a boost in customers signing up because this would be a ground breaking accomplishment for Verizon!

[#4]

It'll never happen. The NFL makes too much money selling DirecTV the exclusive right to offer that capability.

[#5]

DirecTV has the exclusive rights to offer what are called "out of market" games through their Sunday Ticket package. No one else is permitted to do what you are describing while DTV has those rights.

[#6]

Doesn't Verizon have some sort of deal with DirecTV?  I see ads for DirecTV DSL service at  Verizon stores.  If so, can't something be worked out?

[#7]

How is it that with six NFL games being played at 1:00 on Sunday, all of them being broadcast somewhere, we get a choice of exactly one? I understand there are exclusivity arrangements around this, but with millions of people willing to pay more to see the games, this can't be economically rational for all involved.

[#8]

That's the NFL's fault. They make the rules on what we can see and who we can see them through.

[#9]

They want you to pay extra for the NFL Redzone or NFL Sunday Ticket packages.  Greed.