OT RIP Evoca TV

[Tweak]

It was nice while it lasted, and I did get free tickets out of it....

 

[SheedSoNasty]

That was short

 

[julius]

Well, that sucks

 

[julius]

But oh boy, I get to keep a useless piece of electronics.

 

[Haakzilla]

Wow.

 

[BigGameDamian]

That was short

Definitely something shady going on.

 

[Chris Craig]

Not even a half a season.

Going to be forced to get DirectTV

 

[Tweak]

 

[Natebishop3]

It's absolutely pathetic that the Blazers continue to make it difficult for their fans to watch the damn team. This has been going on for most of my life.

 

[Shogun X]

It's absolutely pathetic that the Blazers continue to make it difficult for their fans to watch the damn team. This has been going on for most of my life.

Bring back Blazer Cable!

 

[THE HCP]

It's absolutely pathetic that the Blazers continue to make it difficult for their fans to watch the damn team. This has been going on for most of my life.

Your schtick is growing old. How many times do you have to be told this has nothing to do with the team bro. Educate yourself.

 

[MickZagger]

It's absolutely pathetic that the Blazers continue to make it difficult for their fans to watch the damn team. This has been going on for most of my life.

methstreams.com

 

[KSF-ERIC]

They should just offer a Blazers Season Pass where you get all the games no matter when you live. Period.

 

[HailBlazers]

wtaf

 

[Phatguysrule]

Your schtick is growing old. How many times do you have to be told this has nothing to do with the team bro. Educate yourself.

The team signed the contract, did it not?

 

[THE HCP]

The team signed the contract, did it not?

And

 

[Phatguysrule]

And

If I sign a contract am I not responsible for that contract?

The franchise could have signed with somebody else. They chose this.

 

[bigbailes]

Your schtick is growing old. How many times do you have to be told this has nothing to do with the team bro. Educate yourself.

While I see and understand your point, you have to admit that pretty much every step the team has taken has been a big middle finger at a segment of the fans. They haven't exactly made it the most convenient for the fans to ingest the games, and I'm not even a part of the Comcast hater club.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Your schtick is growing old. How many times do you have to be told this has nothing to do with the team bro. Educate yourself.

truth

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Root Sports and all the other networks they offered signed the contract with Evoca. Not the Trail Blazers, Mariners, or Kraken (teams on Root). The Trail Blazers just helped promote the service, let fans know a new option was available.

 

[Phatguysrule]

Root Sports and all the other networks they offered signed the contract with Evoca. Not the Trail Blazers. The Trail Blazers just helped promote the service, let fans know a new option was available.

Nobody cares about Evoca. It was a crappy service.

It's easier for me to pirate games than support the team. That's the problem with the deal the team signed.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

Nobody cares about Evoca. It was a crappy service.

It's easier for me to pirate games than support the team. That's the problem with the deal the team signed.

That's what you don't understand. Networks like Root Sports negotiate "the deal" with the streaming and cable services, not the teams that are on their network.

 

[Fairly-Hard]

I just turn on my TV and watch the game. My cable bill is about $100 bucks. Lets see? In November i watched 15 games on TV. (one game i went to)
Thar's just under $7 a game. I still get all the other channels as well.
Tell me exactly how the Blazers are making watching the team unaffordable or making it so people can't watch the games?
When I'm traveling out of town i can get the game on my laptop at no extra cost.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

https://www.oregonlive.com/business...s-it-will-shut-down-without-more-funding.html

 

[Phatguysrule]

That's what you don't understand. Networks like Root Sports negotiate "the deal" with the streaming and cable services, not the teams that are on their network.

The Blazers signed the deal with root instead of kgw or YouTube. The Blazers made that choice. They didn't have to sign with root.

 

[Phatguysrule]

I just turn on my TV and watch the game. My cable bill is about $100 bucks. Lets see? In November i watched 15 games on TV. (one game i went to)
Thar's just under $7 a game. I still get all the other channels as well.
Tell me exactly how the Blazers are making watching the team unaffordable or making it so people can't watch the games?
When I'm traveling out of town i can get the game on my laptop at no extra cost.

My cable bill is zero. Not everyone can get cable.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

I just turn on my TV and watch the game. My cable bill is about $100 bucks. Lets see? In November i watched 15 games on TV. (one game i went to)
Thar's just under $7 a game. I still get all the other channels as well.
Tell me exactly how the Blazers are making watching the team unaffordable or making it so people can't watch the games?
When I'm traveling out of town i can get the game on my laptop at no extra cost.

I agree. You can get Root Sports on FuboTV with their cheapest package that's only $70 a month. That's only about $5 a game. People spend more than that on a coffee.

 

[BoBoBREWSKI]

The Blazers signed the deal with root instead of kgw or YouTube. The Blazers made that choice. They didn't have to sign with root.

KGW isnt really an option. They cant and dont want to give up their prime time slot for a full season of Trail Blazer games. NBC wouldn't allow that. They need to air all their stupid shows and news.
And I know you'll respond with "they used to be on KGW". They did, but it was only a small handful of games each season.

 

[Phatguysrule]

KGW isnt really an option. They cant and dont want to give up their prime time slot for a full season of Trail Blazer games. NBC wouldn't allow that. They need to air all their stupid shows and news.

Luckily KGW wasn't the only option.

Why would I change my provider or pay $100 per month (of which only a tiny percent goes to the Blazers) when I can just go click on a link no matter when or where I'm at?

 

[bigbailes]

I just turn on my TV and watch the game. My cable bill is about $100 bucks. Lets see? In November i watched 15 games on TV. (one game i went to)
Thar's just under $7 a game. I still get all the other channels as well.
Tell me exactly how the Blazers are making watching the team unaffordable or making it so people can't watch the games?
When I'm traveling out of town i can get the game on my laptop at no extra cost.

I do think Root is a better option than Comcast was where there were people that couldn't get the service even if they wanted to.