FirstRowSports shut down by Dept. of Justice

Thought this was relevant since many of you guys rely on these sites to watch live NFL games. Better make your Super Bowl plans accordingly.

4 months ago jhmg16 24 comments 0 recs |

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I sure as hell hope that's not how many people need to see the super bowl with.

by Stay Off the Flowers on Feb 2, 2012 2:46 PM PST reply actions

I...what?

by jhmg16 on Feb 2, 2012 2:59 PM PST up reply actions

It was only a matter of time.

"The time has come," the Walrus said, "to talk of many things."

by shams on Feb 2, 2012 2:52 PM PST reply actions

Actually! You can watch the game legally online through NFL or nbcsports.com this year

It’ll be something like their free SNF coverage, I believe.

by SgtSasquatch on Feb 2, 2012 3:08 PM PST reply actions

With the additional ad revenue they'll make by streaming it online, it certainly seems like they should do this every year?

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by Kenneth Arthur on Feb 2, 2012 3:12 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, I'm sure they will.

by jhmg16 on Feb 2, 2012 3:17 PM PST up reply actions

Good point.

Though it will surely be locked for our Field Gulls friends living outside the States.

by jhmg16 on Feb 2, 2012 3:19 PM PST up reply actions

Well, fuck.

by djafrot on Feb 2, 2012 11:57 PM PST up reply actions

Yeah, but we can buy a Gamepass

And the NFL playoff gamepass isn’t too expensive (like 60 bucks for all playoff games), even less if you buy it now only for the Superbowl. ESPN America also has it. I’m heading to a bar for it, obviously, for my yearly Superbowl party tradition.

I really don’t like illegal online streaming, not when valid legal options are available.

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by Thomas Beekers on Feb 3, 2012 3:02 AM PST up reply actions

I'm with you.

Please tell us what your yearly Super Bowl party is like, though. I missed t he 06/07 Super Bowl because I was living in Italy and N O B O D Y in Milan was showing the game on television.

by jhmg16 on Feb 3, 2012 8:44 AM PST up reply actions

I'm with you.

Please tell us what your yearly Super Bowl party is like, though. I missed t he 06/07 Super Bowl because I was living in Italy and N O B O D Y in Milan was showing the game on television.

by jhmg16 on Feb 3, 2012 8:44 AM PST up reply actions

Sorry, SBN glitch.

by jhmg16 on Feb 3, 2012 8:45 AM PST up reply actions

What, not even any bars?

Every city here has a bar that gets a special license exemption (you can get two a year here) to be open into the night to show the Superbowl.

Formerly known as Vasilii, follow me on twitter @dolgorukii

by Thomas Beekers on Feb 3, 2012 9:50 AM PST up reply actions

Oh, as for the party

There’s an English pub that asks for that exemption, pretty big place, always shows sportsgames on about half a dozen screens dotted throughout. The place is absolutely packed for the Superbowl with people in a random collection of college and NFL jerseys. I usually go with about half a dozen people, mostly people I convinced to start watching the NFL, or at least the Superbowl.

To Americanize it up, the place serves hotdogs, burgers and popcorn during the game. No American big-name beers though, thank God.

Formerly known as Vasilii, follow me on twitter @dolgorukii

by Thomas Beekers on Feb 3, 2012 9:53 AM PST up reply actions

Screw the big-name beers. It's all about the micros.

Or Rainier;)

...and if a frog had wings, it wouldn't bump it's ass when it hopped.

by Side Effects on Feb 3, 2012 5:16 PM PST up reply actions

About time, the NFL is really dragging its feet on legal online viewing.

I’m really spoiled by MLB.TV and ESPN3.

by Benne on Feb 2, 2012 6:51 PM PST up reply actions

Well

firstrowsports.eu is still working.

by Coach Owens on Feb 2, 2012 6:35 PM PST reply actions 1 recs

you beat me to it

IIRC Firstrow’s US servers got pinged last year day of the Super Bowl, actually. Been going to their eu site ever since.

Heresy grows from idleness.
Why get Matt Flynn?
"Also, for what it’s worth, if we get Flynn, New England and Detroit are on the schedule!" - SSreporters

by Corax --Nevermore-- on Feb 2, 2012 7:16 PM PST up reply actions

I'm pretty sure foreign domains are immune from all this.

That’s how you know the guy who put the FRS sites BACK UP after they were shut down last year is a complete moron. Or a young kid.

by jhmg16 on Feb 2, 2012 7:44 PM PST up reply actions

Funny how those two traits seem to coincide frequently.

The beatings will continue until morale improves!

by HopScotch on Feb 2, 2012 8:11 PM PST up reply actions

Homeland Security shut down ATDHE and ChannelSurfing days before the Super Bowl last year.

They both had mirror sites up within hours.

FirstRowSports knows what they’re doing. They’ll be fine. Just bookmark the new URL, and you shoudn’t miss the Super Bowl.

Or, of course, watch the live, legal stream on nbcsports.com. You know, convince the higher-ups that there’s a market for online viewing, and we’re happy to switch to legal means to watch football on the Internet.

by Benne on Feb 2, 2012 10:28 PM PST up reply actions 1 recs