borg

Please forgive the following rant.
Thanks to Direct TV's latest deal with MLB, I will no longer follow baseball and I will no longer support the Red Sox. Bud Selig's attempt to suck every last penny out of my pocket and force me to alter my viewing choices has led me to this decision.
Here's why. I live in Florida in a large gated community and a portion of my association dues are spent to bring discounted cable to every home . My best guess is $35/month is spent on a great cable package that includes the NFL Network. My community has 1000+ homes and similar gated communites just in my town have the same group cable plans (3-4000 homes). Selig and the greedy owners hope that these families are willing to pay twice (cable and Dish) just for the opportunity to pay an additional $169 for the MLB package. Last year, I forked over the $160 and probably watched 100 Red Sox games on my cable system. I was happy, and my sons became baseball fans and my youngest worshipped all things "Big Papi".Two years ago, I gave MLB.TV a shot at $10 a month and it was the most aggravating experience. No more!I'm guesstimating that this new Direct TV deal would cost me an additional $700 a year. Not gonna happen. I feel bad for my kids...but they will move on with other interests and maybe catch a game on a Saturday. Not me though. Thanks Bud. Keep squeezing the fans and ring out every last dollar from your advertisers while showing those 9:00PM playoff games. You serve the youth of America well.
Hopefully the NFL will not go to the extremes that baseball has. The Pats are on Network TV about 8-10 games per year down here. The NFL Network seems to have the Pats on there "Games of the Week" often enough. And of course their are neighborhood sports bars.

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BelichickFan

Well it's still your choice. I would prefer to switch to cable for a few reasons. But I stick with DirecTV because of the NFL package. My choice. Your choice.

borg

Not really.
My choices are (1) pay for cable with no sports packages
(2) pay for both cable and Direct TV, and pay for sports packages

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BelichickFan

Well it is your choice. Your choice of living somewhere that locks you into cable. Your choice to not pay extra. I'm not trying to be argumentative but it is your choice.

denverpatsfan

I hear you and agree.

What ticked me off even before this was the fact that I couldn't get the Red Sox on the weekends when I had the MLB package. You were forced to watch the Fox local game of the week. Here in Denver it was usually San Fran. Total BS IMO. I spent all that cash for the package and can't watch the games on the weekend when I actually have time to do so.

I am a big fan of the NFL Ticket. It's not cheap but saves me money that I would spend at the sports bar.

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SWelker

If I were you i'd give MLB tv another shot, they have a great quality now and it is much better than it was 2 years ago, up to you though. I can understand your frustration.

QuiGon

Um, you do realize that MLB is just following in the NFL's footsteps, don't you...? The Patriots are a national draw so they are on national TV quite a bit, but suppose you were an AZ Cardinals or Houston Texans fan... You'd be lucky to see 2 games of your favorite team without DirecTV.

DaBruinz

If you have the chance, get yourself a decent High Speed internet connection. I have Verizon FIOS and I get MLB.TV without any hiccups, usually.

Now, about the griping regarding MLB, you can blame owners like Steinbrenner, Huzienga and even the group that owns the Red Sox.

Real World

borg, this blows. So I take it Direct TV has the rights now, and Comcast Cable can no longer provide the MLB Extra Innings deal? Sucks. I paid for it last year to watch the, ahem, Yankees ( ) and it was so cool. I guess now I'm screwed.

BTW, MLB.TV sucked? How so?

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Real World

Yeah, that sucked about the MLB package. They showed a set number of games, something like 60 a week, and therefore blacked out the remainder.

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Leo Tolstoy, 1897