One part of getting older that distresses everyone is separating from old friends. College, careers, families, and many other pressures inevitably pull many people apart from the friends with whom they grew up. On the other hand, cellular phones, email, Facebook, Twitter, and a multitude of other means of communication mean that while it may be rare to see old friends, communicating with them from a distance is easier than ever before.

For sports fans, one of the hardest parts of moving away is not being able to see the teams that they grew up with. This difficulty is compounded by the fact that much of the email and Facebook chatter on a Monday morning in the fall deals with the successes or failings of the NFL team with which one is allied. Highlights are great, but as every sports fan knows, it is impossible to know what is going on with a team based on a 30 second Sports Center clip.

Enter NFL Sunday Ticket. Sunday Ticket gives subscribers access to every NFL game, whether it is Sunday, Monday, or Thursday, allowing every fan to follow his or her team. Subscribers can choose the hometown broadcast or the away one, ensuring that they not only get to see their team, but that they hear the familiar voices that call their games, as well as the local commercials that remind them of the place in which they grew up. No longer are fans held hostage by the 30 second Sports Center clip of their team, which they inevitably have to endure 15 minutes of golf highlights to get to.

Perhaps best of all, NFL Sunday Ticket puts subscribers back in the loop with their old friends. Fans now understand the references that their friends make to a missed block in an email string, or a status update on Twitter comparing a friend's day at the office to the Sunday afternoon of the Raiders new quarterback. Facebook insults that allude to the inability of a new offensive coordinator to pick up a third down conversion are crystal clear, and fans can join in the Monday morning electronic water cooler conversations that have the amazing potential to eat up half of the workday at the front end of a week.

As importantly (and at times, depending on the team to which one is tied, more importantly) as being able to see the time with which a fan grew up, NFL Sunday Ticket gives subscribers access to every other team as well. This means that when the good guys have their game wrapped up, subscribers can switch over to the game of a best friend, just in time to see his or her team blow a fourth quarter lead, providing priceless ammunition with which to taunt said friend with a well timed text message, email, or Facebook posting. Fantasy football participants can always check-in on their stars, and the subscribers never have to miss the late-season classics at Mile-High, on the frozen tundra at Lambeau, or in Giant Stadium.