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BrianWheeler said:
Oh I was just being an ass.. I dont feel at all that Denver is that good. Better than I originally thought.. but I think they finish at 8-8.
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Oh, I missed understood what you said, I thought you meant a joke you had previously made, but you were just stating it was a joke. I need to cut back on the pain pills. :)
 
mgb said:
Oh, I missed understood what you said, I thought you meant a joke you had previously made, but you were just stating it was a joke. I need to cut back on the pain pills. :)
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lol no prob.. its friday.. my mind is checked out too.
 
I just saw this on RealGM.

Did anyone else catch this little gem from the Canzano article?

People in large areas of Oregon still can’t get the games. Throw in that Comcast SportsNet blacked out the Blazers games on DirecTV’s NBA season pass. Throw in, too, that the regional network blocked a plan to have the Blazers games delivered over the internet.
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yuyuza1 said:
I just saw this on RealGM.

Did anyone else catch this little gem from the Canzano article?
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yeah I noticed that too earlier.. I posted if thats what it meant but havent checked to see if it was answered. Dammit that saddens me.
 
Comcast blocking the Trail Blazers from streaming the CSN games is total bullshit! If they arent gonna step it up and get a deal done with the Dish's, they should at least let people pay a few bucks to watch a game online!
 
BeerBoy said:
Comcast blocking the Trail Blazers from streaming the CSN games is total bullshit! If they arent gonna step it up and get a deal done with the Dish's, they should at least let people pay a few bucks to watch a game online!
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Assuming this report is true (ie, that the Blazers were setting up online streaming of games, and that this was subsequently blocked by Comcast), that is very interesting.

I find it hard to believe that the Blazers staff would spend time and energy on a project they had no legal right to pursue without Comcast permission. I find it hard to believe that the Blazers staff didn't know about needed Comcast permission before they started.

So, it would seem the Blazers are going through these motions to establish a fact.

Why do that?

Possible future legal action (or threatened action to force negotion).
 
Masbee said:
I find it hard to believe that the Blazers staff would spend time and energy on a project they had no legal right to pursue without Comcast permission. ).
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The Trail Blazers could still stream the KGW games, so their efforts wouldnt totally be wasted if they go that route.
 
I wrote Larry Miller asking him pointed questions about this matter. If he writes back, I'll let you know.
 
chris_in_pdx said:
I wrote Larry Miller asking him pointed questions about this matter. If he writes back, I'll let you know.
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Thank you much for your efforts in that.
 
BeerBoy said:
The Trail Blazers could still stream the KGW games, so their efforts wouldnt totally be wasted if they go that route.
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Good point. Not totally wasted but far, far less valuable. The games are not nearly as valuable in a partial season package, as they are as a (more or less) complete season.

As well, the fans that cannot buy the Comcast games at any price because they are blacked out, aren't helped much by just the KGW feeds, which they already can get.

I can't imagine many paying customers. Who would they be?
 
Masbee said:
Good point. Not totally wasted but far, far less valuable. The games are not nearly as valuable in a partial season package, as they are as a (more or less) complete season.

As well, the fans that cannot buy the Comcast games at any price because they are blacked out, aren't helped much by just the KGW feeds, which they already can get.

I can't imagine many paying customers. Who would they be?
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I heard DirecTV just dropped Portland locals for Eugene Local channels. If true, I could maybe see them doing so. Although if its on free local channels, maybe the Blazers could be nice and stream them for free.
 
fu comcast, i can't watch all the nfl games on a sunday cause....oh wait that's exactly what directv does with the ticket. guess you gotta pick which you love more, the blazers or nfl football. and why would anyone have dish at this point? i am curious cause as a sports fan you get nothing, at least it seems that way.
 
bigbailes said:
fu comcast, i can't watch all the nfl games on a sunday cause....oh wait that's exactly what directv does with the ticket. guess you gotta pick which you love more, the blazers or nfl football. and why would anyone have dish at this point? i am curious cause as a sports fan you get nothing, at least it seems that way.
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Incorrect. The NFL allows the local market fan to watch every single one of their local team's games unless it is not a sell-out. In that instance, nobody gets to watch it. In those markets, the NFL even puts the game on a broadcast channel, except for the Monday night game.

So, it isn't anything close to the Comcast/Portland situation. I keep seeing people post this, and it's an invalid comparison.

I'd equate the DirectTV Sunday Ticket situation more closely to a Blazer fan in another market who wants to watch their games. Of course, they can always get League Pass to do so, just as me, a Raider fan, can get the Sunday Ticket to watch every Raider game (which is becoming harder to sit through each week). If the idea is to watch your local NFL team, then the Sunday ticket does not prohibit you from doing so.
 
yea but as a local sports fan all you have to do is switch to comcast and you don't have to pay any extra to watch the games, unlike the ticket. it's not a perfect comparison but it is legit and if you can get the blazer games and choose not to, i have no sympathy for you. if the blazers mean that much do what you need to do. i have comcast and friends that have directv, they come here for blazer games, i go there for sundays.
 
bigbailes said:
yea but as a local sports fan all you have to do is switch to comcast and you don't have to pay any extra to watch the games, unlike the ticket. it's not a perfect comparison but it is legit and if you can get the blazer games and choose not to, i have no sympathy for you. if the blazers mean that much do what you need to do. i have comcast and friends that have directv, they come here for blazer games, i go there for sundays.
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I don't recall asking for sympathy. I was commenting on the inaccuracies in your comparison.

No biggie! :cheers:
 
bigbailes said:
fu comcast, i can't watch all the nfl games on a sunday cause....oh wait that's exactly what directv does with the ticket. guess you gotta pick which you love more, the blazers or nfl football. and why would anyone have dish at this point? i am curious cause as a sports fan you get nothing, at least it seems that way.
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I have Dish because its cheaper.. and I can live without nfl ticket. I can watch most my games online. Dish has been fine just for me. But if DirecTV had comcast then yes I would switch to them.
 
I'm just wondeering when are the Blazers going to annouce something? I heard something was going to be announced on Oct. 10th. If I can't get CSNW on Directv/Dish the next best thing would be to get stramed games from the Blazers even if it did cost something.
 
PapaG said:
Incorrect. The NFL allows the local market fan to watch every single one of their local team's games unless it is not a sell-out. In that instance, nobody gets to watch it. In those markets, the NFL even puts the game on a broadcast channel, except for the Monday night game.

So, it isn't anything close to the Comcast/Portland situation. I keep seeing people post this, and it's an invalid comparison.

I'd equate the DirectTV Sunday Ticket situation more closely to a Blazer fan in another market who wants to watch their games. Of course, they can always get League Pass to do so, just as me, a Raider fan, can get the Sunday Ticket to watch every Raider game (which is becoming harder to sit through each week). If the idea is to watch your local NFL team, then the Sunday ticket does not prohibit you from doing so.
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Ya, I agree. One thing it's national not local and the NFL never said that Directv would be cutting a deal with local cable as we were told originally that Comcast was going to make a deal with Directv soon. You knew from the get go that you were only going to get it from Directv. It's just not the same.
 
Tortimer said:
I'm just wondeering when are the Blazers going to annouce something? I heard something was going to be announced on Oct. 10th. If I can't get CSNW on Directv/Dish the next best thing would be to get stramed games from the Blazers even if it did cost something.
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They just announced: only the KGW games on stream, for a cost.

So, the games I can get for free... I would pay for on stream.

Great.
 
Hype #9 said:
Right, but they're working towards streaming the Comcast games as well.
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I'll believe it when I see it. Comcast would be cutting their own marketshare if they agree, which I doubt they'll do. I wanted to hear from Larry Miller that they were looking to break their contract with Comcast if there was no significant movement in a short period of time. He didn't say that.
 
chris_in_pdx said:
I'll believe it when I see it. Comcast would be cutting their own marketshare if they agree, which I doubt they'll do. I wanted to hear from Larry Miller that they were looking to break their contract with Comcast if there was no significant movement in a short period of time. He didn't say that.
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And in other news: the world is ending
 
chris_in_pdx said:
I'll believe it when I see it. Comcast would be cutting their own marketshare if they agree, which I doubt they'll do. I wanted to hear from Larry Miller that they were looking to break their contract with Comcast if there was no significant movement in a short period of time. He didn't say that.
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Given they spent 99% of their reaction to your e-mail correcting the mistakes in your e-mail, your pessimism might just be that you're mistaken. :devilwink:
 
chris_in_pdx said:
They just announced: only the KGW games on stream, for a cost.

So, the games I can get for free... I would pay for on stream.

Great.
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Well hell that doesn't help at all. I can get KGW. What as waste. :dunno:
 
We are finally getting the KGW games down here anyway so this is a big meh.
 
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