NFL Network Under Fire

Recently the battles have gotten worse and worse when it comes to the NFL Network and big time cable providers

such as Comcast. The NFL Network has been trying to persuade people to change providers to satellite or other cable providers that do not make you pay extra for the channel and offer it on the basic cable package. The NFL has started a website that tries to get people to switch and gives them a chance to put their zip code in and find out where they can make the switch. The problem with major providers such as Comcast make you buy a sports package in order to receive the channel. As of today Comcast has sent the NFL Network a "cease-and-desist" letter which is ordering the NFL Network to stop telling people to switch cable providers.

The Associated Press writes,

"NEW YORK (AP) -Comcast, the nation's largest cable company, has sent a cease-and-desist letter to the NFL Network demanding the channel's representatives stop encouraging fans to leave the cable provider.

Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones, the outspoken chairman of the league's NFL Network committee, has urged customers of Comcast and other large cable providers who don't carry the network on a basic tier to switch to satellite or other cable services that do."