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ESPN has finally gone too far!
Posted: January 19 08, 11:37 am
by Numbers
I'm all for the free market. If ESPN wants to have an ESPN chess channel that's fine with me, but now they're messing with the Mizzou/Kansas game in what I imagine is a strongarm tactic to get people to complain so that the cable companies move ESPN U to the basic tier which then results in my bill going up. Seriously, my satellite bill hovers around 60 bucks a month, without movie packages, 150 channels, 145 of which I absolutely could not care less about, and now I can't watch the Mizzou/Kansas game for the first time in my life.
Yeah feel the hate ESPN U, feel the hate
Re: ESPN has finally gone too far!
Posted: January 19 08, 12:15 pm
by dangerous
That's one reason the BigTen started its own network, Big12 should, too.
Re: ESPN has finally gone too far!
Posted: January 19 08, 12:47 pm
by number9
I think Mizzou deserves more of the blame than ESPN. I mean, I think KU-MU is a better game but if they want to show Kentucky-Florida, then whatever. But Mizzou had its chance to be nationally broadcast on CBS:
Big 12 Conference associate commissioner Tim Allen empathizes with fans who are affected. He said the situation arose because MU Arena already was booked on the last two Saturdays of the regular season.
"CBS specifically asked for the Kansas at Missouri game'' on March 1 or 8, he said.
So, let's see. the last two weekends of the regular season...when tension is usually high...when teams are staking their claims for postseason invitations...when teams are trying to get hot going into the conference tournament...it's called March Madness. And Mizzou should be available to host Kansas at that time.
But they had already booked the arena for.....The Home Show.
Um, what? They are going to be hosting The Home Show instead of March madness and we'll play Kansas in January.
Great job, Mizzou.
Re: ESPN has finally gone too far!
Posted: January 19 08, 3:10 pm
by ghostrunner
dangerous wrote:That's one reason the BigTen started its own network, Big12 should, too.
Be careful what you wish for.
Signed,
IU fan in Indy who doesn't get Big Ten network
Re: ESPN has finally gone too far!
Posted: January 20 08, 6:41 pm
by kscardfan
dangerous wrote:That's one reason the BigTen started its own network, Big12 should, too.
Maybe FSN-KC will get in the mix in the near future.
Re: ESPN has finally gone too far!
Posted: January 20 08, 6:43 pm
by TimeForGuinness
pop_haines wrote:What is this chess channel you speak of?
i dunno...but i bet it's just two ibm computers playing each other
Re: ESPN has finally gone too far!
Posted: January 20 08, 8:24 pm
by Radbird
TimeForGuinness wrote:pop_haines wrote:What is this chess channel you speak of?
i dunno...but i bet it's just two ibm computers playing each other
Who wouldn't want to watch that???
