The NFL Is Ruining The NFL

I’m not sure if this was a widespread decision or if it was just locally, but around 20 years ago, the Reds stopped being aired on regular broadcast TV, and was then shown exclusively on cable. That was the same exact moment I stopped watching the Reds play, and since they were really the only team I cared about, and I didn’t really care much for them anyway, I quit watching baseball all together.

For the last few years, the NFL has been trying to achieve the same thing, only amped up a few notches.

Yes, the NFL is still shown primarily on broadcast TV, which I appreciate. However, I can’t watch regular broadcast TV, because even with a high-priced digital antenna (or low-priced, none work), I can’t pick up any TV where I live. But I have great internet. So of course everything I watch is available to me through streaming.

The problem there is, there are far too many streaming options now, and it’s more expensive to do streaming than it ever was for cable. Spectrum has completely ruined their cable service, which we found out a couple years ago, so our next best bet was to get a streaming cable option, such as the stuff you find with Hulu TV, YouTube TV, Sling, or the other 80,000,000 options. And those all cost as much as cable.

At least those all offer more bang for your buck than Spectrum does, but they’re still too expensive for my wallet.

The Peacock App Sucks

Before I get into it, I’m also going to throw in a Night Court update. I recently posted a review of the show, but things have changed. We’re now at the 7th episode of the first season and I barely got through it.

I waited and waited, but the show never progressed. It’s still bad. It still has no soul. The actors continue to bother me, the stories are terrible, the jokes are terrible, and the laugh track sucks so much ass. I’ve been dreading watching the last few episodes, but this one I almost didn’t hit play, and not even halfway through it I wanted to turn it off, but figured I’d ride it out.

That’s where it ended. I took it off my list on Peacock and that’s that. I can’t do it, and I’m not going to let it tarnish my very fond memories of the original.

One of the reasons I was already in a bad mood when I got to it is, the Peacock app on Roku fucking sucks and I always hate using it.

Spotify Review

One thing Twitter is absolutely wonderful for is contacting businesses and getting help. Which is why I don’t get rid of my account like I really want to. Because if I have an issue with any business, and if you know me I always do, the first thing I do is go to Twitter and tell them what for.

I’ve contacted many businesses for many problems, usually restaurants, but the one that was the most awesome with helping me has got to be Spotify. If you’ve never heard of them, they’re a music/podcast streaming service like Pandora. You can use their free version that has ads, or you can pay a small monthly fee for their premium, which allows you all kinds of cool things and doesn’t play ads.

Their selection of music is amazing, and I had a fun time searching through their catalogue to find stuff for my own playlists. What’s even cooler is, in the premium, if you download songs (which takes no time at all when connected to WiFi, and takes up almost no room on your phone) you can use their Offline Mode to listen when you don’t have service, with no real issues. Since I live in the country with no reception, the offline mode is awesome, and I can hook up my phone to my car stereo and listen to my playlist while I’m driving, which is super awesome cause my CD player broke and the radio sucks.

Fun Fact: My CD player in my car broke with a Motley Crue CD stuck in it. I’m guessing the CD rocked so hard that the player fainted from awesomeness. I get it, CD player, I get it.

Their best album. It rocks so fucking hard.

So, Spotify is super awesome, right? Well…