Its worse for those of us who live near Ithaca and yet don't have Time
Warner cable. The contract the ECAC created with time warner allows them to
black out the Directv CSTV feed into the local cable areas.. There is no
cable where I live yet Time Warner is choosing to blackout the local
broadcast anyway...


>I just sent the following comment to College Sports Television, which
>is broadcasting the ECAC Hockey League tournament, but tape-delaying
>the Cornell-Vermont semifinal.
>
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>Dear CSTV:
>
>As a college hockey fan, I've appreciated the nation-wide coverage
>CSTV's Friday Night Hockey has given to this great sport.  I live in
>New Orleans, but am able to watch college hockey live every weekend on
>CSTV (which I get, along with numerous regional sports networks, via
>DirecTV).  As a Cornell alumnus and ECAC Hockey League fan, I'm also
>pleased that CSTV will be broadcasting the ECACHL tournament with
>play-by-play by former Big Red radio announcer and CSTV hockey analyst
>Adam Wodon.
>
>I am disappointed, though, to see that the first semifinal (Vermont vs
>Cornell) is not scheduled to be broadcast live on CSTV Friday, March 18.
>CSTV's schedule during that game (4:30pm-7:30pm EST) contains no live
>sporting events.  (It's a half-hour of Full Court Press, 90 minutes of
>The 1 College Sports Show, and two episodes of Coach.)  I am writing
>to express the desire I'm sure is shared by many Cornell, Vermont, and
>other ECACHL hockey fans to see the ECACHL semifinal live.
>
>                                        John T. Whelan, Cornell '91
>                                                  [log in to unmask]
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>
>I imagine we're fighting a losing battle, since the Friday schedule
>contains what look like a bunch of NCAA basketball tournament analysis
>shows.  The sad truth may be that hype for basketball games broadcast
>on another network is a better sell for them than actual live playoff
>hockey, but we can only change that equation if we make our voices
>heard as hockey fans.  I encourage anyone else who cares about this to
>make their opinion known via
><http://www.collegesports.com/feedback/cs-feedback.html>.  I'd
>recommend being respectful and stressing how much you appreciate the
>live hockey coverage they do provide.
>                                           John Whelan, Cornell '91
>                                                  [log in to unmask]
>                                      http://www.amurgsval.org/joe/
>
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