Sun 11 Nov 2007
Faux Sports is the worst sports network in the world. My nephew, a soldier just back from Iraq and a major Green Bay Packers fan, and I were sitting here enjoying the GB/Minn game when some idiot at Faux Sports (who decided that he/she knew better than all the folks who tuned in to watch the Packers) switched the coverage to the Philly/Wash game. This strikes me as the ultimate act of arrogance and disrespect. We tuned in to watch the Packers (and the Vikings fans no doubt tuned in to watch the Vikings). If we had wanted to watch Philly, we wouldn’t have been tuned in to the Packers game. What makes Faux Sports believe they have the right to deny the Packers and Vikings fans their enjoyment? What right do they have on this Veterans Day to deny a 3 combat tour veteran the enjoyment of watching his Packers win? How dare they disrespect the wishes of their viewers and decide what’s best for them. Shame on them.Â
November 12th, 2007 at 1:18 pm
I totally agree! I’ve blogged about this as well at whpodcast.com, and so has some other fan at http://notso.silent-e.com/2007/11/11/fox-nfl-sucks/, and I am sure we are not alone! I have also sent three emails to Fox sports locations that wanted feedback. I know we can’t change the past, but FOX better think twice about messing up this badly again. I was bored by the Eagles/Skins game, so I switched to CBS, and I let FOX know that’s what I did and watched all of CBS’ commercials instead of FOX’s.
Wayne
November 12th, 2007 at 3:37 pm
Agree!! Fox does this regularly, but so does CBS. Obviously, it’s the local network affiliates doing it on their own. We got the Pats/Dolphins game here in Orlando, and way before the end of the game, they switched to a “more competitive” game. And they are CONTRACTED to carry sold-out Miami home games in this area! I honestly don’t know what the stations are thinking when they do this. Anyone tuned in to the first game wanted to watch THAT GAME. Unless you were watching that game, you wouldn’t know they switched, so that move doesn’t net any additional viewers for the second game, and just pisses off the fans of the first game. I think next year, we’re getting a dish and NFL TV. That will also solve the horrendous problem with Comcast and the baseball package we had this year. GRRRR.