I hope the NFL loses so much money through the NFL Network that the only logical next step is to shut it down.  (This is misplaced anger from the Cowboys-Packers game and the game from Thanksgiving night, both of which I would've liked to have watched but wasn't able to because of the stupid NFL Network and it's lack of ubiquity.) 

I guess I'd feel different if I was an NFL Network subscriber.  It probably has some good content, and there's a chance I'd learn to like it.  But that would require me to pay for it, and I feel like I already pay enough to have my brain melted by watching TV. 

It would also help if I even had the option to pay for it.  Cablevision (or Optimum, whichever name they decide to eventually go by) doesn't even offer it.  It's not available as part of a sports package or at some other additional cost.  It's just not an option. 

It would be different if the NFL was just starting out.  It would be different if the NFL didn't have a 50+ year history of being freely available on cable TV.  It would be different if it didn't look like the NFL Network was created solely to make more money, in addition to the billions raked in from beer and truck commercials.  It's hard to feel bad for multi-billion dollar corporations. 

And the fact is, I'm not even home on Thursday nights, so I wouldn't be able to watch the games anyway.  But the fact that I don't have a choice and that I'd have to pay for it if I did have a choice makes me even more mad. 

For the past two weekends, the NFL has seemed to abandon their own rules:  They broadcast a game on one network while the hometown team was playing on the other network.  That's fine by me!  But since it happened so close to the start of this season's Thursday night games on NFL Network, it almost seems like the NFL is apologizing for their excessive stupidity.  "Sorry you couldn't watch the Cowboys-Packers game, likely the NFC game of the year.  As consolation, please enjoy games that we wouldn't otherwise broadcast in your area."  It almost makes up for it. #entertainment