NBA wants $15 for Live Summer League Coverage

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15 dollars is pretty steep

to watch games where only 1/4 of the players will make it on to a NBA team

The NBA: Where amazingly bad officiating happens, is encouraged, and rewarded.

by The Roybot on Jul 8, 2009 11:49 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

and blackouts apply.

draft the stache

by Cablinasian on Jul 8, 2009 11:53 PM PDT reply actions 0 recs

XD

This is one thing I HATE about the NBA.

Oden+Roy+Aldridge+Rudy+Bayless=Dynasty. Believe

by OdenRoyLMA on Jul 9, 2009 12:25 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

i think the nfl has blackout clauses as well

but they never get exercised bc their games actually sell out. i dunno i think thats how it works.

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by Philthyanimal on Jul 9, 2009 12:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

If a game is being shown on Fox in any market it’s blacked out completely on their league pass equivalent. For instance, if the Mets are being shown on Fox in NYC but the Sox are being shown in Boston, the Mets game is still blacked out in Boston despite the fact that it’s not available on TV. So, displaced Mets fans in Beantown have no way of seeing the game. I cannot believe they let Fox negotiate such a powerful contract. Terrible business.

Anyway, I was looking forward to summer league a little, but no way in hell I’m paying anything for it. I’ll just catch the games they show on NBA TV.

by erastus25 on Jul 9, 2009 9:14 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Oh its horrible

When I was in college in IA I couldn’t use MLB.TV to get any White Sox/Cubs/Royals/Twins/Cardinals games because they were all somehow in the market that I was in.

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by skywaker9 on Jul 9, 2009 2:19 PM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

Does Comcast own the coverage?

by Nick Van Excellent on Jul 9, 2009 1:34 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

at least three of the games.

draft the stache

by Cablinasian on Jul 9, 2009 9:15 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

that right there

means I’ll be bootlegging it.

This is also why I didn’t buy NBA pass online. Yeah, watching other teams is cool, but If I can’t watch the blazers, it’s no deal as I can watch it for free online ANYWAY and it’s simply honoring the product and a stupid law (which is stupid because the choices I want as a consumer are not at all available).

"Fernandez, to my eyes, is the Blazer who walks that walk most comfortably. A lot of Portland's fans (egged on, dare I say, by their local broadcasters) lament things like how Ron Artest or Yao Ming get to hit Brandon Roy's arms.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

by ratbastird on Jul 9, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs

interesting

I made a note about not owning a TV and how the NBA continues to not get my money because they continue to not sell the things i want… and it didn’t show up in the post.

But I suspect Fernandez sees all that and thinks: We get to hit arms! Cool!"

http://myespn.go.com/blogs/truehoop/0-39-135/On-Playoff-Experience.html

by ratbastird on Jul 9, 2009 10:06 AM PDT up reply actions 0 recs