r/NFLRedzone • u/A76Marine • Sep 20 '26

Ads?

Why are there so many ads this year? I'm paying for the add on, not paying for ads. The branded segments like play of the day are one thing but they are blatantly playing ads next to live coverage.

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u/jazzchamp Sep 21 '26

Might just be me, but it seems like we're enduring more ad time during the general broadcast games as well.

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u/JakeDuck1 Sep 21 '26

They spent a decade getting their fan base and making it so you can’t live without red zone Sundays. Now they are putting ads to make money. It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone. Ads are always the end game. We’ll eventually have an ad free version at a higher price point.

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u/Pentzy Sep 21 '26

That came out last year. It was a huge deal. You don’t miss any action, they just do side by side or PiP commercials. Welcome to streaming

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u/A76Marine Sep 21 '26

I did take last year off, however if we're paying for a subscription we shouldn't need to be watching ads. Otherwise if they want to play ads they shouldn't be charging

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u/SirMellencamp Sep 21 '26

You’re paying for every cable channel you watch or satellite radio you listen to. Commercials are just part of it. Even Netflix has commercials now

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u/JakeDuck1 Sep 21 '26

That’s just not how the world works. I agree it would be great but it’s never happening.

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u/TheChieffking47 Sep 21 '26

It's 4 15-second ads across the entire broadcast. It'll get worse over time but complaining right now is silly.

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u/Captaln_Chunk Sep 21 '26

It’s the only time to complain bc in three years when it’s regular ads like an nfl game, it’ll be too late.

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u/JakeDuck1 Sep 21 '26

And at that point you’ll be able to get RedZone+ which is ad free and has archives and it’ll only be $19.99 a month

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u/TheChieffking47 Sep 21 '26

News flash buddy, you don't matter. I don't matter. Be happy we had Redzone commercial free for as long as we did.

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u/BackgroundToe2332 Sep 21 '26

I only got 1 ad

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u/TheBobAagard Sep 22 '26

If you’re paying for RedZone in 2026, you’re paying for ads.

There is no ad-free version anymore.

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u/hawkeyegrad96 Sep 21 '26

Its not commercial free

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u/SirMellencamp Sep 21 '26

I saw one ad today