When I began following football a few years ago, I didn’t realize the harrowing effort and research it would take to watch the games of a particular team.
For example, everyone who knows me knows I love the Kansas City Chiefs. Particularly Patrick Mahomes. Not Taytay.
I currently reside in Dandridge, Tennessee, which is a beautiful lake town in the eastern part of the state. People love their football here, particularly UT–and I appreciate their enthusiasm. Having said that, why do BOTH CBS channels have to run the same Titans game at the same time? I would rather watch the Bengals right now, but that’s not an option.
Well, I decided to solve this problem by adding NFL+ to my Disney+ package. I chose NFL+ based on a variety of factors, the primary factor being that it is WAY more affordable than the ideal subscription, which is YouTube (btw, how is YouTube running football games anyway?).
It turns out, the NFL+ app doesn’t work great on our televisions: At times it is difficult to pull up, it doesn’t always agree with allowing me to pick what to do on it (instead just stares back at me, taunting me to click again to see whether it’s changed its mind), and when it does play my game, it freezes mid-screen. This is all very frustrating!
On the other hand, the app works great on my phone, which would be great if I didn’t own an iPhone mini that my eyes have a difficult time following now that I’m in my forties (Don’t ask exactly how old because I won’t tell you!) and need reading glasses to see any detail.
So why is this? My theory is that my televisions are over a few years old now, and manufacturers create products with the sole intent of our need to upgrade every few years. Like cell phones do. It’s frustrating, and I know you feel it, too. We have a million different apps that do a million different things, and these apps are great until they don’t sink with a system that, even when it updates, no longer meets the apps requirements. Then you just want to throw that piece of technology on the ground and stomp on it, violently … and delete all your apps so you can finally see the nice picture you lovingly chose as your background that you can’t see behind your million apps.
But back to my original issue. Why do I need to purchase streaming platforms to watch football? Shouldn’t more games be included when basic cable is already so expensive? The answer, of course, is no. You must buy a bigger, more expensive package to watch the sports you’re interested in, which just makes me want to take a technology/media vacation of, say, a few years. I’m tired of being overcharged for everything that society tells me I need to have to do … anything. When will it stop?
Okay, this rant is over. Thanks for sticking with me 🙂
The Pondering Pot 