The new tradition starts today

Hailed by the commercial spots as "the new tradition", tomorrow will be the day of the first game (Broncos at Chiefs) aired live by NFL Network. Not everybody will be able to see it, even if they are willing to pay the money to the cable carrier (according to this Yahoo article). As much as i understand the financial motives behind this decision by the league team owners, i think that in the long run we (as the viewers) will suffer. Not only are we stuck with the local games (which by some stupid league regulation prohibit the other channel to show the game being played in the same time slot), not only do we have to pay 249$ a year for the Sunday Ticket (which as far as i know wasn't made cheaper even when the best week matchups were moved to Thursday night).

Now we need to pay even more to watch these games. And you can't even pay for a single game (like a real pay-per-view). You have to pay for the entire channel. This is simply outrageous, and i truly hope that NFL Network will have heavy losses not only this season, but in the next few seasons as well. Because otherwise, they will see that they can charge extra money and will transfer more games as the time goes by. Eventually (say in 5-10 years) we wouldn't have any games left on public channels (CBS / FOX) besides the Sunday Night Football. By the way, remember that MNF is already on the cable (ESPN). Sad, sad future.