How is the NFL game being paywalled on Peacock any different than when they are on Prime Video?
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As others mentioned, this was a playoff game. However I think your larger point is in some way right. They are very connected and can be seen on a continuum. In the before times, certain games were “national” games. Meaning everyone got to watch. Regardless of what market you were in, or what services you paid for. As long as you had TV (I.e. the networks) you could see them. This was MNF and the playoffs.
This has slowly changed with more and more of the national games being behind a paywall. TNF being on prime was a major acceleration of this trend, one that continues with actual playoff games being on a streaming service. Like most slipper slopes it’s hard to pick the exact moment it all changed, but I agree with your implied point: TNF and the Peacock Playoff game are both examples of the NFL and their enablers squeezing more money out of the fans. (Which I’m mostly OK with even if driven by a gross ethos)
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