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This is a fantastic look at the rise of illegal streaming in the NFL world. Currently, Streameast is king, but if there were no Streameast there would be another Streameast. They are not the issue.

The issue is that the NFL hates Americans. More accurately, they routinely discriminate against Americans. This is an interesting revelation for a league that seems to pride itself so much on being American. They do not hate their core fans. They hate their American core fans, and them only. I've been a loyal NFL fan for about ten years now, and I'm still only paying about $200 (CAD) per season for my (Canadian) NFL Game Pass, which gives all 285 games.

They are not the only business that does this either. Many European and Japanese businesses will double (or more) their product prices for the American market. I friends who've built a very successful side business in England arbitraging the market this way. Americans are used to being scammed economically, but only in their football can they see it, because only the NFL insists on throwing the costs in their face.

Of course, I could defect to Streameast and pay $0, but I don't, because I deem $200 per season reasonable. I doubt I'm the only human that thinks this way, and I've always wondered if a simple Canadian VPN would be a solid investment for those looking to (legally) watch the NFL's product.

William presents a lot of potential solutions for solving this problem, but I am dubious as to whether any of them will be implemented, because sports have a history of not understanding how to properly revenue gouge, because the money involved is (in context of the owners) so small.

Regardless, wonderful read here! I would highly recommend!

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