nfl sunday ticket

Gregg Easterbrook writes a column for ESPN.com called "Tuesday Morning Quarterback" (TMQ) which I usually read because it offers a very cerebral analysis of the NFL, as well as general musings on other random topics. However, I'm no longer an Easterbrook fan since he decided that the New England Patriots were the Antichrist, and that the cheating scandal would lead to the decline of the NFL. He also compared Tom Brady to Dick Cheney - that was the last straw. Even in the wake of Micheal Vick's abhorrent dog fighting activity, I've never seen so much righteous indignation directed at a sports team before.

Well anyway, I'm not posting to bash Gregg Easterbrook (although he might be an anti-Semite), I'm writing to link to his interesting article that explains why you can't get NFL Sunday Ticket unless you're a DirectTV customer. So if you're like me, and you're obviously never going to get satellite TV because it sucks, but you've actually debated it because Sunday Ticket would be so sweet, read Easterbrook's column.

Or, I can save you the trouble and tell you that the NFL renewed its exclusive contract with DirectTV through 2010. Ouch.