If two things can be said about Americans, they are that Americans move around a lot and that they love their football. Whether it's to go to college, to take a job offer, to get married, or to retire, Americans as a group are known to relocate more than most other people in the world. We are a country that knows no boundaries when it comes to emptying nests and moving away from home. But if there's one thing that keeps us tied to our roots it's our support for the home team. Regardless of what circumstances and conditions may arrive, once formed, the bond between an American and his favorite sports team lasts a lifetime. This is especially true of football fans, known for their willingness to tailgate and go shirtless despite sub-zero temperatures.
When it comes to catching the big game on TV, often times the cable companies dictate what you can and can't watch in a given week. For fans of the local team, this doesn't pose any grave problems, since every cable provider, no matter the service or location, shows most local games. But for fans living far away from their teams, the chances of you being able to root, root, root for your team through cable TV are slim-to-none, since only a small selection of out-of-market games get shown throughout the season.
Checking scores online or in the paper, or calling friends back home for updates, has never been satisfying, since nothing compares to seeing the actual game in real time. And displaced loyal fans have gotten fed up having to wait for their team to come to town to catch the broadcasted game on network TV, or paying overpriced beers at a sports bar while trying to persuade the bartender to put on the channel showing their team. Many of these diehard fans are now finding the solution to their game-time woes in satellite TV.
For about the same price as four tickets to a live game, the NFL Sunday Ticket gives you access to every game, every Sunday. This means you can watch your team from the comfort of your own home, no matter how far away from home that home is. Have three friends over, order a pizza, and drink the cheapest beer you want-it's economical and convenient. You can easily navigate between games and channels to check on the status of your archrival's game or scope out statistics, predictions, and highlights. And if your best friend follows a different team than you do, you can watch both teams, even if they aren't playing each other, since the package allows you to watch multiple games at once. Being up-to-date on all the teams can also be an advantage to fantasy football players, who can use their unlimited access to all things NFL to help them pick the best teams.
For those football fans who find themselves in a long-distance relationship with their favorite team, watching the game in high-definition can be the next-best thing to being there with the players.
