Dan Rayburn

Apple Dropped the Ball on an NFL Deal

This post makes no sense.

For starters, the Apple TV has a very low sales rate. Even if this deal was made, how many Apple TV units would they really sell? Who's going to spend a few hundred dollars for a device that only gives them NFL games?

Also, people who have DirecTV use it for all their cable channels, not just NFL content. There would be no "exodus" from DirecTV if NFL games were on Apple TV because Apple TV does not give you any cable programming.

Also, you say that "For many consumers looking to quit cable or the dish there was a problem: live sporting events. The MLB deal changes that, making live baseball games easily accessible and affordable."

But you neglect to mention that if you want to watch your local MLB team, live, you can't do that via Roku or the PC with MLB's offering. All local games are blacked out. So how does "the MLB deal change that"? It doesn't.