Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you are enjoying the holiday weekend as much as I have. Today’s video is Cincinnati Bengals WR Jerome Simpson flipping over an Arizona Cardinals defender and landing perfectly in the end zone for a touchdown.
Enjoy the rest of the weekend, and if you live in Seattle and have Comcast like me, please cuss these useless idiots out. Just because the Sonics aren’t around anymore doesn’t mean you have to lock us out of the NBA opening day.
If you’re like me, you can’t wait for the Olympics to begin……….but you sure as heck won’t bother to get up at 1:45 in the morning to do so. The unofficial curtain raiser is group play in women’s soccer, with the US taking on Norway and Canada facing Argentina. Chances are, you aren’t going to get up that early to watch it, but if you’re interested, the special NBC Olympic Soccer Channel will save you with their endless replays, provided you have the correct cable service.
A few weeks ago, Comcast specifically stated they would have the special Olympic networks NBC put up free of charge. According to Laurie from Worldcupblog, she got something different:
I’ve heard from people from coast to coast who have contacted their Comcast cable reps. Without exception, the Comcast folks have known absolutely nothing about the NBC Olympic Soccer Channel. I contacted my own rep in the Seattle area and he was similarly clueless. (Nice guy, but completely uninformed.) He said he’d get back to me that day, but never did. I’ve heard similar stories from others across the US.
So I contacted the online help area of Comcast. That rep also knew nothing, but said there was a chance the channel might be available for subscribers to the sports package. (In other words, for pay. Maybe. If we’re lucky.) And he linked me to this page, which also tells us basically nothing.
If you go to Laurie’s post (which I’ll link to at the bottom of this post), she chats with with a Comcast rep about this situation, provides a link showing evidence that Comcast does provide the Olympic channels (it has since been changed but I read that one before and it is true). The rep on the other hand says it would most likely subscribe to the sports entertainment package (in other words, fork over more money or buzz off).
This is so typical of Comcast. If you want something, you have to pay for it. It was just last year that they forced most fans to subscribe to the sports package if they wanted the NFL Network, which was moved of the original digital tier. It’s been made clear by many customers (Mookie’s residence included) that Comcast is a……rather interesting company to work with. I’d say more, but I don’t want to wake up tomorrow not having TV or internet service.
Comcast Doesn’t Care Whether You Can Watch Olympic Soccer Or Not (World Cup Blog)
I read an article on Awful Announcing, that there is a possibility that the NFL Network may use the pay-per-view system.
Here’s the report from AA.
“The idea/plan is that the NFL Network is heading the way of Pay Per View, and will look to make at least one key game a weekend purchasable to everyone with Comcast cable. It may also look to do this for the first round of the Playoffs as well.”
Can you get any greedier than that? Unfortunately, it had to be Comcast cable because they had the nuts to yank it out of the digital package. If this is indeed officially takes action, I am one step closer to losing all intentions to watch the NFL. This is an absolute outrage to me, that the NFL responds to those of us with Comcast by making you give up more money.
You guys want a bold guarantee? I guarantee that the Super Bowl will be put on PPV. No matter what the ratings are, it may be permanent if it switches to PPV.
Internet down at our home nearly all day. No linkage today, and I’ll move what I had planned to do from today to Sunday. Again, I apologize, and I’m currently looking for the heads of the Comcast tech people I’ll see you tomorrow.
Recently our cable company, Comcast, decided to yank the NFL Network from the digital cable lineup, which is effective in June. What that does is force you to buy the extra channels on their sports and entertainment tier in addition to the regular digital cable lineup. Of course, there’s no way that my mom and dad are going to go the extra mile. Do I care? Let’s look at the pros and cons on this situation from the folks from Comcast.
Pros:
Cons:
The NFL is obviously upset about this story, and it says here, that they sued Comcast because of this debacle.
Apparently Comcast has been wanting to do this for quite some time, and this tier that they’re moving the channel to, has fewer viewers. Now I’m no analyst, but what this tells me, is that Comcast is forcing you to subscribe for their unpopular package if you want the NFL Network.
So thanks for hosing valuable customers like us Comcast, you guys are definitely going to win more customers.
Also: Former Creed singer Scott Stapp was arrested on domestic violence and assault charges. Stapp surrendered “with his arms wide open.”
