Taxpayer stadiums, paywalled games, and the loss of common culture

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If you were hoping to watch the NFL Wild Card Weekend playoff game between the Green Bay Packers and the Chicago Bears, and you were not already a member of Amazon Prime, you were out of luck. 

Amazon paid a reported $150 million for the rights to that one playoff game this year. This is on top of the $100 million it paid for exclusive rights to a Black Friday game and the $1 billion a year to stream Thursday Night Football games throughout the season. 

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