We canceled NFL Sunday ticket
One luxury that we continue to splurge on is Direct TV. Both my husband and I are huge sports fans – unfortunately for us, our favorite teams aren’t local ones. Every year, we save up and budget for both NFL Sunday ticket and NBA League Pass.
We really like NBA League Pass – there is always a game on that we’re interested in watching every night (after the kid is in bed). NFL Sunday ticket is a little bit of a different story. Basically, we can only watch 2 games each weekend, but that’s a pretty big investment of time, especially since the kid is up when the games are on.
The Cleveland Browns are actually a decent team this year, so we will be able to see more games on local tv. We sat down with their schedule last weekend, and figured out that we might miss five games total if we don’t purchase Sunday ticket. It’s possible that we may only miss three games. There’s just no way we’re paying $50+ to watch a game on television. So we canceled.
I’m really happy with the decision, and I was a little surprised that my husband was too. He’s getting annoyed with the fact that sports fans have to shell out so much money these days – we can’t even tune into Cleveland’s radio station (WMMS) anymore to listen to the games online without paying a fee.
I would like to get rid of television altogether, but we have over a year left on our Direct TV contract. I don’t really enjoy watching tv a lot (except sports), and my husband doesn’t watch a lot of tv either. I keep waiting for the SlingCatcher to come out!
If you’re a big sports fan, what do you do?
We have had NFL Sunday ticket twice. One year it was a xmas gift for my husband. Now he has to work every Sunday, and I just cant see spending all that money. It is very very expensive, and a waste in my mind. We have done away with direct tv all together and switched to Dish Network, we save at least 30 dollars a month.
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Melissa,
I agree that it is very very expensive! When we lived closer to Baltimore, there was actually a Browns Backers group where we could go to a bar and watch the games. We’d budget $10-$15 for wings and soda, and have a great time watching the games with other Browns fans. We didn’t even have cable back then.
When we moved to PA, it was too far of a drive (and the group relocated to a more expensive bar). At the time, since no Browns games were televised, Sunday ticket worked out to be about the same price per game.
Now with a kid, and more games on tv, it is just not worth it to us.
At least the package we have with Direct TV is affordable – they gave us a bunch of discounts when our last contract was up and I called to “cancel”.
Thanks for posting!
We get no tv at all. When it’s football season, we use it as an excuse to visit with family. One Sunday, we go to my husband’s parents’ house, the next weekend we go to my parents’ house. Works really well for us!
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Becky,
That is so awesome! I find myself watching less tv, and being more annoyed with the satellite bill. I just wish we lived closer to family so we could catch some games!
Sunday Ticket is ridiculous… I tried to talk my bf out of it this year, but he won’t budge.. he said this is our treat… So I plan to remind him of that… there will be no movies and no leaving the house on Sundays as far as I’m concerned!! I’ll be getting every pennies worth of it!!
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