Comments on: A short-term solution to this Comcast deal

By: GRAHAM

GRAHAM — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 20:33:25 +0000

I disagree Dwight.
The Blazers are at fault. The Comcast deal was going to be a great deal for everybody…remember? Or at least that’s what the team said. They signed off on it knowing full well what they were doing. With all the Lawyers, Capologists and Vulcans on Mr. Allen’s staff, do you presume to tell me Dwight that they didn’t see this coming?

By: saregister

saregister — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 03:46:18 +0000

what blows my mind is that the league pass games just shows the local broadcast of the games anyway. So what is it hurting to show the same local broadcast to you via league pass as you would see if you were watching it on your local station?

You hit the nail on the head when you said it is an antiquated policy. The NBA seriously needs to take a long, hard look at that and makes the necessary changes.

By: pat

pat — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 02:49:25 +0000

I’m sitting here watching the game on CSN and the picture quality is so crappy I don’t blame DirecTV or anyone else for not wanting to pay for it. The signal is so compressed that the wide shots are blurry as hell. I watched a Ducks game early in the season on CSN and the production was pure amateur hour. When the clock went below :10 it went to :9, no zero. There is no way I would pay extra for this channel, Blazers or no Blazers!

By: Sebastian

Sebastian — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 00:29:58 +0000

I completely understand DirecTV’s position. Why would they pay big money to CSNW for a network that’s not *nearly* as valuable to them as the other regional sports networks? They’ve got TWO teams on their CSNW. There’s just zero chance that CSW was quoting in the same ballpark as the wizards at CSNW.

The fantastic upside is I have DirecTV and this sucks.

By: rentasquid

rentasquid — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 22:27:36 +0000

PTBF’s posting smells like a Comcrap shill

By: ben

ben — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:39:44 +0000

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By: rentasquid

rentasquid — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:15:45 +0000

What I dont understand is why I see other comcrap sports networks on directv. How were they able to get a deal made?!? Perhaps its not so much comcrap as it is comcrap sports NW that is to blame. They apparently are trying to play hardball with the sat. providers, because it is obvious that the sat. providers have signed on other comcrap sports networks. And if NW has little programming outside the Blazers(and the U of O), consider the fact that there is a comcrap sports west which is the home of the Kings and the Monarchs. Think that is much of a draw for anyone outside of Sacramento?

By: Cav

Cav — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 21:02:17 +0000

While I could call up Comcast and get CSN, I refuse not to because of this situation. It saves me $ and like John said earlier, listening to games on the radio allows me to multi-task.

I put the blame squarely on the shoulders of Comcast for being so stubborn about this and on the Blazers for going along with the deal in the first place. Did they not think about the repercussions before they signed the contract?

By: PTBFan088

PTBFan088 — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:56:45 +0000

Have DirecTV? Please write Ellen Filipiak, Sr. Vice President Customer Care at DirecTV at

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPageIFnorail.jsp?assetId=P4960016#h:695.838

and let her know you want Comcast Sportsnet on your channel listing NOW! Thanks!

By: Hayduke

Hayduke — Wed, 05 Nov 2008 20:49:34 +0000

You should send this to Puppet Master Stern…