Most NFL fans who are Comcast subscribers have been bothered by news that Comcast would no longer carry the NFL Network today May 1. Those concerns might have been eased as Comcast and the National Football League, which owns the network, began renegotiating a new deal as the previous contract ended yesterday and talks had reached a stalemate. The disagreement was over whether Comcast would carry the NFL Network Channel on its “general interest” channel package as the league would prefer but Comcast which has the network Channel in its sports package claims the network is too expensive to transmit and therefore charges $7 extra for its sports package in which the NFL Network is included.

The National Football League and Comcast are both believed to be engaged in promising discussions to reach a compromise as the NFL Network Channel continues to be available on Comcast. NFL Network is a true football fan favorite and it carries many programs which are not available on any other major sports network television. The NFL Network broadcasts the NFL Combine which allows fans to follow each aspiring NFL player going through each workout at the combine in Indianapolis and also broadcasts NFL from previous seasons which is a rarity among other major sports network television like ESPN or Comcast’s own sports channel. It’s good to see both sides come together to work out the differences after the prolonged disagreement and court case.

By: Piayon Lassanah