As I had previously stated just 11 days ago "The sole reason why cable companies and the Networks haven't had to cut their workforces drastically is the amount of money generated by NFL television contracts. These jobs will vanish once the NFL goes to a subscription based streaming service that doesn't require Direct TV." Well those jobs seem to be on their way out sooner than even my cold heart could have imagined. It appears that Google is going after the NFL Sunday Ticket deal which is due to expire next year. If Google decides it wants to buy the rights to that package there is little doubt they will be able to outbid any competitor for said rights. This would basically put to an end the cable system and allow the customers a less expensive, more efficient and convenient way to view the programing they want. More people would begin paying for individual shows rather than paying for entire networks.
It would also continue to drive down Google's main competitor Apple's already shrinking market share as the NFL package would surely be designed to run on the Android platform. Is this a great country or what?
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