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Re: 2009 Grand Final Live on ESPN Classic, ESPN360, and ...
I was very excited about seeing the GF on ESPN Classic. Now I'm totally bummed out. I have Direct TV. For the past 2 years, at least, I've gotten ESPN Classic. I don't remember it being in my viewing package, but I assumed it was added by Direct TV at some point because it's always been there. So Wednesday I'm surfing around the channels, come to ESPN Classic, and it's a blank screen. It says I'm not a subscriber to that channel. 2 days before the GF! I've never watched much on that channel, and now that there's finally something I *really* want to watch, it's not available. :( After going to the Direct TV site I found that ESPN Classic is part of their top of the line premium package, which I don't want or need (except for Friday night). Horrible timing. I hope nobody else is in the same boat as me.
Re: 2009 Grand Final Live on ESPN Classic, ESPN360, and ...
So call up DirecTV, subscribe. After the game, unsubscribe. Even minus any special offers, that can't cost you more than a few dollars pro-rated and your time on the phone or online doing it.
FWIW, this move by DirecTV has caused satellite dealers all across the US much grief...
-Rob
AFANA Chairman Emeritus and Site Admin
Re: 2009 Grand Final Live on ESPN Classic, ESPN360, and ...
I am in the same boat so I called DirectTV. ESPN Classic is now part of the SportsPac. They have a special now on that for $7.99 a month plus a $10 credit per month to total bill so in effect you can get ESPN Classic for -$3 for 6 months.
Re: 2009 Grand Final Live on ESPN Classic, ESPN360, and ...
I just ordered the sportspac from directv. It was $12.99 for a month, with a cancelation fee of $10 if I cancelled within 30 days.
This move by ESPN and Directv is just another reason to keep AFL off of ESPN.
Thanks to AFANA over the years for avoiding ESPN until now.
Bill
Re: 2009 Grand Final Live on ESPN Classic, ESPN360, and ...
Thanks, billB, for the compliment but it isn't deserved. We haven't kept footy off of ESPN, rather they weren't interested for many years. Truthfully, this is a problem with DirecTV not ESPN anyway. My sense is that even with a cancellation fee, if the Grand Final isn't worth or unaffordable to fans with DirecTV at $12.99 for 30 days of ESPN Classic then that is a personal value judgment you have made not a problem with the coverage.
The bottom line here is the same as always: 1) footy isn't now and isn't going to be "free" and fans have to accept that. There are no free lunches for live sports on TV. 2) No matter what network it is on, some fans will be inconvenienced and unhappy 3) How much is footy worth to you? Each fan must answer that for themselves based on their commitment to the sport and their personal circumstances.
As I said on another thread, if I had a dollar for every fan that wrote AFANA since 1997 telling us that "if the (AFL / AFANA) were competent, then footy would be on ESPN", we'd have tripled our income over the years...
-Rob
AFANA Chairman Emeritus and Site Admin
Re: 2009 Grand Final Live on ESPN Classic, ESPN360, and ...
Kimber, Rob and everyone at AFANA:
Thank you so very much for your diligent work. You have made my weekend!
Mike
Re: 2009 Grand Final Live on ESPN Classic, ESPN360, and ...
Not only did you make my weekend you have made my season!!!!!!! Thank you everyone!!!!!!!
Don Lutes, Jr.
Monongahela, PA
Re: 2009 Grand Final Live on ESPN Classic, ESPN360, and ...
Hey Don....good to know you are so close. I'm an Aussie living in Monroeville, PA....but....a Swannies fan.
Dennis.