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Showing Original Post only (View all)All The College Championship Football Games Games Are On Pay TV. [View all]
How do you feel about all the college championship football games being on ESPN rather than on broadcast TV?
Most of these schools receive tax money. Should they be allowed to sell their games to the highest bidder rather than putting them on "free" TV, where all taxpayers can watch them?
When you pay for cable TV you are helping to support right wing propaganda in the form of Fox News Channel. That's only one of the reasons for getting rid of cable.
I called my Congressperson to complain.
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You complained to your Congressman over where football games are being shown? n/t
SickOfTheOnePct
Jan 2015
#4
Of course I do, but the content on AMC, Showtime, and HBO is the best TV has ever seen.
aikoaiko
Jan 2015
#86
They would have done that a long time ago if they felt they'd make more money that way
JonLP24
Jan 2015
#9
So you don't mind Fox or Disney or Comcast NBCU making money by broadcasting the games
onenote
Jan 2015
#24
But you won't have cable because FoxNews is on cable, but you'd like Fox Network, same owners, to
Bluenorthwest
Jan 2015
#70
In addition, taxpayers supply < 20% of the budget in many of those state subsidized schools.
spooky3
Jan 2015
#19
The whole system of semi-professional sports melded onto higher education is
KingCharlemagne
Jan 2015
#29
On behalf of all who can no longer afford even basic cable or satellite..I agree with you.
tokenlib
Jan 2015
#35
Only a Republican would not see this as the civil rights issue of our day
Capt. Obvious
Jan 2015
#66