Greenie writes:
 
>At 09:24 PM 1/29/98 +0000, Michael Bohler wrote:
 
>>ESPN is selling an eight-game pay-per-view package that will include
>>the first two rounds of the NCAA hockey championship.  The package
>>will cost $29.95 for all eight games (March 27-29).
 
>>standard trailer: call your local cable service provider
 
>Ammend that trailer to say "call your local cable service provider or DIRECTV"
 
>Spoke with a rep at DirecTV today who claims the same offer will be made to
>us pizza-dish subscribers for the same price.
 
>Yippeeeee!
 
        I don't know whether to be happy about this or not.  I object
to events being on Pay Per View that could just as well be on cable or
broadcast TV (like NBC's suck-a-rama coverage of the 1992 Olympics,
which I suspected was to get people to buy the TripleCast).  OTOH, if
it's something that wouldn't otherwise be available, I wouldn't feel
taken advantage of.  Thirty bucks to see all of the regionals is a lot
better than tracking down a sports bar that gets M$C and then having a
game pre-empted by a pep rally (1997), but maybe not as good as having
half the games on eSPn2 (1995).  As I recall, that year neither
Clarkson nor RPI advanced to what would have been a TV game.
 
        This sounds like a much better deal for non-dish people,
actually.  If one of the RSNs had picked it up, and the NCAA had
gotten its blackout procedures right, folks with mini-dishes could
have seen the regionals for free.
 
        I suppose I'd be more excited if there were anyone in Salt
Lake who go in with me on it.  If I'm shelling for the whole thing, I
suppose I'll feel obliged to watch all 24 hours.  The four-game
marathon Saturday should be interesting...
                                         John Whelan, Cornell '91
                                     Official Scorer/PA Announcer
                                        U of Utah Ice Hockey Club
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