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Any body know a bar/restaurant that will be hosting a Super Bowl party?

This is a good idea; at first, I thought you were referring to some of the European sites that stream NFL games, which I had tried before, with unsatisfactory results. But, now I see there are a number of American sites that you can access with a VPN, to watch games live. So, my thinking now is live stream the games until mid-season, and if the Jaguars are having a good season (Hey, it could happen!), I could always purchase a subscription then, when it's half-price. Thanks for the suggestion!

I used to subscribe to the "Regular season only" Gamepass, which cost $140/year; that seemed reasonable. I could have opted for the "Only My Team" subscription, where you only have access to your own selected team's games; as I recall, that option was $99/year. But, starting a few years ago, the NFL eliminated the economy packages, and forced everyone onto the full service, most expensive subscription, around $200/year. And that seemed excessive. I've tried the more expensive cable TV sports packages, but since my team (Jaguars) is not one of the popular teams, I might only get to watch 2 to 4 games a year. I'd also tried the free streaming sites, particularly one originating in Europe, but found them to be generally low quality. Plus, I often found they wouldn't stream my team's games at all, since again, my team isn't popular. Not to mention, you often had color commentary in French, Bulgarian, Chinese, or some other language; and when you could watch, you had to watch live. As I said, I was OK with paying $140/year, but $200 seems excessive.

The idea is, a total of three or four people share a subscription to NFL Gamepass. One person subscribes, and obtains a user id/password, and then shares it with the others. If two or more people sign on at the same time, the first person who signs on, will be signed off automatically; but I have to believe, if that happened repeatedly, the NFL would cancel your subscription, and no refund would be given. For that reason, it's vital for the people sharing the subscription to communicate with the others, via email preferably, to reserve a time when you want to access Gamepass, to ensure only one person is signed on at a time. Once you have the user id/password, you can use this anywhere there is an internet connection. So, for instance, the Giants were playing the Jaguars (my team) one year; a friend of mine was a Giants fan, and so we arranged to meet at The Pub a day or two after the game had been played. We carefully avoided the internet for the game results, and were able to watch the game on a large screen TV, just as if we were watching the game at home. The entertainment value of a game is spoiled, if you know the outcome before the game starts, is the idea. A subscription is around $200 USD, or roughly, 6,000 Baht. If three people shared that, it would come to 2,000 Baht each. If four people shared, it would be 1,500 Baht each. In theory, you could have many more people sharing; there are plenty of hours in a week, after all. But, as a practical matter, everyone would want to watch around the same time, within a day or so of the game date; so to prevent conflict, three or four people is optimal. You can watch any game at any time, even watch games from years prior, 24/7, whenever you desire.

Is anyone interested in sharing a subscription to NFL Gamepass? I would like to find two, or possibly three, other people who would like to share a subscription. We would have to communicate by email, what time we would want to watch a game, or access their other services.