FLO TV vs. NFL vs. World Cup Soccer

So you guys probably remember I was pretty stoked when I got my new phone last year and was able to hook up my FLO TV because sports, sports, sports?  Right?  Of course you do.  In the year since not much has changed–a few crappy channels have disappeared and a few crappy ones have taken their place but if you’re getting this phone you’re getting it for sports.  Nobody really wants to watch recaps of The Jay Leno show from the night before on NBC2GO, that’s for sure.  But given FLO TV’s two great commercials during the Super Bowl I figured it’s time for a little refresher.

Here’s the Jim Nantz spot: funny stuff, right?  Only thing he doesn’t tell you is that FLO TV *doesn’t* have the rights to the NFL–so the big game you’d like to watch?  Not going to happen.  No Monday Night Football.  No Sunday Night Football.  They can’t even show The Pro Bowl (not that anybody would want to watch, but still).  Not only that–when ESPN News or PTI talks about results from Sunday’s slate of NFL games or the latest in NFL Free Agents, the draft, Brett Favre, or anything NFL related they can’t show game clips.  Sadly for all of us Sprint has the rights to the NFL so if you’ve got an AT&T or Verizon phone and want to watch the NFL you’re completely and hopelessly out of luck.

Now for the good news of those of us like myself who sit at their desks all day: the 2010 World Cup will be shown on FLO TV, at least according to Customer Care Specialist Joshua here.  If our friends at google have steered me right the footy matches from South Africa will be shown around 10am PST and 1pm PST which means those of us stuck at our god forsaken desks all day will miss out on all of the action.  Unless of course you’ve got your TV rocking (or have a cool job where you can just stream stuff all day at your desk).

My bottom line recommendations for FLO TV: If you don’t like sports it’s totally crap.  During the late fall/early winter you might as well cancel your subscription for a few months because there’s nothing on that’s even remotely appealing anyway.  Reactivate your deal in the Spring for The Masters, a good amount of MLB, and then the World Cup.  And that’s all I have to say about that.