Im pretty sure there's a contract.
Not exactly the same, but NFL Redzone on U-Verse requires you to buy a tier, and its $5 bucks a month, but I'm pretty sure you have to have it for a year, so you can't just cancel after NFL season is over
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Lost both testicles to Alec when my team couldn't come through in the clutch.
I didn't realize that GameFAQs contests counted as playoffs.