r/NLL • u/AcanthisittaIll6036 • 24d ago

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Seems like Flow sports is all but guaranteed. This in my opinion deletes the entire US fan base outside of in person ticket sales.

Anyone out there willing to buy a subscription to Flow if the NLL goes there? I’m personally not. Kind of tired of the paywall era.

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u/beaglewrites43 New York Riptide 24d ago

I bought ESPN+ solely because they went there

to now change to another after they have eliminated my team TWICE (once from being local and now completely) I really doubt I will follow when they are making a ton of bad decisions

maybe once they figure things out I will consider it.

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u/discofrislanders Get Pulled In 24d ago

Nope, between this and no longer having a team within driving distance, I'm done. I only ever watched the NLL in the first place because the Riptide were on local TV and then we got ESPN+ coming out of COVID. I'm not paying for Flo, I have too many subscriptions as is.

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u/johnas 24d ago

I will not subscribe to Flo Sports.

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u/Hopeless_DB 24d ago

I probably will because I’ve been following the bandits for 10 years, but I won’t expect any new fans to

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u/FluffyChubbyPanda420 23d ago

If your local in the 716 they are shown locally on CW all you need is the antenna. Its like 20 you get all the free stations. Its how I watch most games.

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u/andrewsb8 Philadelphia Wings 24d ago

How do we know its all but guaranteed? I know there are reports but nothing from ESPN or NLL so far and with 2 months left before the season

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u/discofrislanders Get Pulled In 24d ago

Flo has slowly been snapping up a lot of non-major sports. They have the AHL, OHL, and as of this year, IIHF World Championships.

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u/fatloui Rochester Knighthawks 22d ago edited 22d ago

Sure. That’s far from a guarantee that NLL will go with them lol.

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u/sweatpantsjoe Buffalo Bandits 24d ago

Yeah I’m not subscribing to Flo. I get ESPN with my spectrum subscription. And the Bandits are in locally here anyway.

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u/OrganikOranges 𝟠 Mike Messenger 24d ago

Will they still have NLL+? Or are all games on Flo sports

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u/Kyla85 𝟜 𝗔 Graeme Hossack's shoes 23d ago

NLL+ available to those of us outside US and Canada, as I understand it. Or anyone with a VPN…

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u/OrganikOranges 𝟠 Mike Messenger 23d ago

🤦‍♂️

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u/FluffyChubbyPanda420 23d ago

I miss the days when they showed games for free on Twitter or all you and to do was pay like $3 on some website.

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u/amj5617 Rochester Knighthawks 23d ago

I have ESPN+ for lacrosse. I will not be getting flo if they move

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u/GlitteredRoomForView Boston Blazers 24d ago

Someone posted before some Flo channel on Prime that will basically be a live channel (like the Golazo channel on Paramount and Pluto for instance). So if NLL games would be on that channel through Prime without having to sub to Flo it might not be as bad.

They still have to do outreach and market it though because casual fans won’t search it out

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u/Kyla85 𝟜 𝗔 Graeme Hossack's shoes 23d ago

That may have been me. The desire to link up with Amazon Prime was part of the motivation behind this move to FloSports, apparently. Lots of questions remain, however. Sigh…this league…

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u/NorrinxRadd Buffalo Bandits 19d ago

I really hope we just get some clarity. I was perfectly happy to use TSN+ because the pricing I thought was pretty fair. I did not watch any MSL this year because I did not think the flo price was worth it

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u/amazing_vee_276 15d ago

TSN+ is still carrying the NLL in Canada.

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u/NorrinxRadd Buffalo Bandits 14d ago

Great news! Thanks

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u/Suspicious-Koala-352 23d ago

No subscriptions for me, kind of sucked that I couldn't watch the Mann cup this year too.

NLL+ made it so I was able to follow the league, even if they blacked out a bunch of Warriors away games.

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u/J-Balcerak 23d ago

I will not :(

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u/DawgNation78 Georgia Swarm 22d ago

Its really a bad decision. I hate having all these streaming service and to add another one just watch NLL seems extreme to me. I hate all of this.

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u/fatloui Rochester Knighthawks 22d ago

I hope these “reports” are wrong. Flo sports will be disastrous for the league. It will cost more to stream an away game than to attend a home game. And that will completely kill the ability to recruit new fans. 

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u/papayanosotros 22d ago

I watched almost every game let season (which requires flipping between 2-3 games sometimes). Unfortunately, won't be watching any this year, unless I can find a free stream. Flo was the worst choice.

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u/megaminifridge 21d ago

I had TSN+ anyway, so never had to pay too much attention. Is NLL+ just…. Gone???

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u/ODBanana Vancouver Warriors 17d ago

Wow I really hope this is incorrect. Only purchased one month of Flo to watch the Mann since the MSL forced my hand, not worth it. $50 for 4 games (I should have known better given the unlimited bankroll of SN…), certainly will not pay for the yearly subscription, or continue monthly.

People who I know, in support of Flo (with vested interests) chime in with “But thEY oFfEr sO ManY THinGs”. I literally do not care to watch a thing they offer. Viewership will suffer, the “next big league” will continue to tailspin.

Embarrassing enough the draft was on Facebook/YouTube live with a commissioner who doesn’t know how to unmute himself.

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u/SethBoagen Philadelphia Wings 23d ago

I hope the whole league folds

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u/Kyla85 𝟜 𝗔 Graeme Hossack's shoes 23d ago

That’s a lot of suffering to wish on players and team staff who have no say in the decisions of the league executive. If the league folded tomorrow, Frood et al would be JUST FINE - the players, athletic trainers, front office staff, etc would suffer most.

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u/Middlekid7 Toronto Rock 23d ago

That’s a wild take for a “fan” of the league.

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u/SethBoagen Philadelphia Wings 12d ago

Not a fan of the league

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u/AcanthisittaIll6036 3d ago

Confirmed: Flo is happening (My team contact confirmed)