nsayer
join:2004-09-30
Santa Clara, CA | reply to tjb122982
Re: A pipe dream said by tjb122982:Blackouts is the biggest reason why I am not going to cut the cord. When the sports leagues decide to drop their stupid blackout rules and put more of the games online. I'll cut it. You'll wait forever.
The purpose of the blackout rules is to insure that they have fans in the stadium to watch the game live. |
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| said by nsayer:said by tjb122982:Blackouts is the biggest reason why I am not going to cut the cord. When the sports leagues decide to drop their stupid blackout rules and put more of the games online. I'll cut it. You'll wait forever. The purpose of the blackout rules is to insure that they have fans in the stadium to watch the game live. That's only the NFL. MLB's policy is based on protecting local broadcasters.
I can't watch the Cubs on either Extra Innings or MLB.tv because MLB wants to protect CSN Chicago but the thing is that Time Warner in Terre Haute doesn't carry CSN Chicago; and all my attempts to get my parents to switch to satellite have failed.
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| said by tjb122982:That's only the NFL. MLB's policy is based on protecting local broadcasters. Somewhat the same for the NHL, except they also use it to protect a team's territory. Without Center Ice, you can't watch most games that aren't national broadcasts (exempt from regional blackouts) or involve the team who's broadcast region you're in. |
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