Petition To The National Football League
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Over the course of the last few months, we have met many key players within the NFL, including Mr.Rolapp and Mr. Fizgerald. If this petition reaches 10,000 signatories, then on December 13, 2007, we will be sending this petition to these NFL decision-makers. It is our primary goal to represent the fans who are left out in the dark due to the NFL's on-going squabble with faceless cable conglomerates. With your help, us fans can get what we want -- simply, to watch a football game. |
To: Mr. Brian Rolapp, Vice President, Media Strategy, NFL; and
Mr. Brian Fizgerald, Director of Marketing, Digital Media, NFL
Over the course of the past two weeks, we, your customers and fans without the NFL Network have missed two games -- a competitive Colts/Falcons game, and the Dallas/Green Bay prelude to the NFC championship game. The NFL and cable providers such as Time Warner Cable, Comcast, and Cablevision cannot come to a deal that will let me, and hundreds of thousands of others, watch the games on the NFL Network.
In a few weeks, the ridiculous may happen. The New England Patriots may be 15-0, with one game to play, at the New York Giants. Those of us without the NFL Network will be unable to watch this historic game.
Instead of serving its customer base, the NFL has taken to buying ads, asking their fans to petition Congress and/or the cable companies, even putting up a website called "IWantMyNFLNetwork.com". It purports to tell us why the cable companies are so evil, and what we're missing on the NFL Network. But we, the customers, are not fools. We know that this dispute involves two sides. Each side involves a mega-corporation, with high-paid lawyers, lobbyists, and businessmen. Each side insults their would-be customer by telling us that, no, the mega-corporation knows best, and we're better off with (or without) the NFL Network.
These words are hollow. Action is required. With the Patriots/Giants game approaching, the NFL has the opportunity to tilt the tables: Stream the game -- one game -- live, online.
It is the ultimate solution for the NFL. Give the customers a taste of what we're missing. Propagandize all you want during the 30-second commercial breaks. Sell highly targeted ads to DirecTV, Dish Network, Sprint, and other strategic partners. Show us why "IWantMyNFLNetwork." Do it for the League. Do it for the Network. Do it for your customers.
We, the fans, want our NFL Network.
We, the undersigned, demand that the NFL stream the Patriots/Giants game on NFL.com.
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