Howie Hodge wrote:
Hell, I'd gladly give up ESPN, as I don't even watch it anyhow. (Hypothetically speaking - cuz that isn't a choice..)
Exactly Howie. Why should WNY'ers be ponying up for ESPN when most sports fans here would clearly rather have the Sabres games? ESPN may be more popular elsewhere, but here the Sabres reign supreme. TWC should realize the wants and needs of its customers. Why should $7+/month of our hard earned cash go to feeding some media giant while we sit on our hands watching the national cheerleading championships instead of the Sabres games.
Stu, just so you know it's the same way with NFL Sunday ticket and the Bills. CI or ST have no rights to the local games.
Ehh, I watch more ESPN than I do Sabres hockey and it's not that I don't care about watching the Sabres, I just watch a lot of ESPN for whatever reason. It's not really fair to make a blanket statement like that. I (and many others) don't value MSG as high as ESPN. I can find feeds online since that's all I care to watch on MSG anyway.