there are a couple of factors at work here as well.  first whatever station
does buy the games can not show it out of thier broadcast market.  for
example MSC can only show it in minn, SD, ND, mich, minn areas...  Also the
NCAA hockey board has a 200 mile blackout area around the game sites. In
these cases PPV might be the only option. I have a call in to the NCAA and
hope to get some of these answers today.
 
At 11:55 AM 3/11/98 -0500, you wrote:
>Hi -
>
>On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, David W Hatfield wrote:
>> The [regional] tourney is not just PPV, but also some sites such as MSC
>> and a few other regional networks...
>>
>> Does anyone in the Boston area know of public establishments that typically
>> carry them, so that an interested spectator not making road trips to Albany
>> or Ann Arbor can enjoy some of the regional action?
>
>  I have the same question on behalf of those of us who *WILL* be making the
>road trip to Albany.  Since the Western Regionals begin on Friday, and both
>the Eastern Saturday games are afternoon affairs, there will be plenty of
>time (and no overlap unless one/both games of the Sat. Albany games go into
>overtime) to watch the evening matches from Yost in Ann Arbor.  The problems
>as I see it are two:
>
>  *  As I understand it, you must ante up the $$ for the package broadcast
>     even if you already pay for a DSS subscription.  Thus, any Albany
>     sports bar that is accoustomed to showing DSS sporting events to its
>     customers must be persuaded to pay the additional fee.  Do any of our
>     Albany fans (Brian ?? Mark ??) know of a *specific* Albany Sports Bar
>     that is already advertising that it's planning to do this ??  We're a
>     party of 15+ UNH fans that would love to watch the Western Regional
>     Games *someplace* Friday/Saturday night (and hoping/praying that UNH
>     is NOT one of the participants) - any tips/leads as to where to do
>     this would be most appreciated ....
>
>  *  The squeak-ball semi-finals are on the tube Sat. evening as well.
>     How much of a conflict will this present to a college hockey fan
>     looking for a fix ??  You'd think that with the Eastern Regionals
>     being held in town, that some enterprising bar owner would look to
>     capitalize (pun intended :-) on the pent-up demand of the many hockey
>     fans in town by arranging/advertising to show the games, but I'm not
>     particularly optimistic.  I'm hoping to be pleasantly surprised !!
>
>  Many thanks in advance .... Cheers from Maryland - Jim
>
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