Game not televised thanks to ESPN

[gabe01]

ESPN has hijaked the FCS playoffs again. They bought the right to the entire playoffs and will not sell the game rights to local or regional channels. The only way to view it is on your computer via ESPN3. If your not familiar, ESPN3 is not a TV Channel. It's an online broadcast that is only available to select providers. (midco is one of them) They are using this as a tool to sell their service to all cable providers. Good business for them but it kind of sucks that they are using the FCS playoffs as an example and screw the fans over.

Eastern Illinois will not be broadcast. In 2 weeks after you guys kick Eastern Illinois ass and come up to Fargo, it's the same deal. ESPN3 only. Tickets are already sold out.

Here's what we're doing over at Bisonville. Send ESPN and email and tell them you do not have ESPN3 and you want them to put the game on ESPNU or ESPN Gameplan.

It's going to be an epic battle but it kind of sucks that nobody will see it.

CONTACT ESPN!
email to support@espncustomercare.com
http://espn.go.com/espn/contact
@ ESPN_FanCentral If you send us a tweet, you consent to letting ESPN use and showcase it in any media, possibly even on television
1-888-549-ESPN Call THEM! (select option 3 and tell the person on the phone you want the game)

OR – Tweet the following ESPN college relations staff:
@MsPotts_ESPN
@AllieStoneberg
@MikeHumesESPN
@Gracie_ESPNU
@ckreiswirthESPN

[JackFan96]

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Not surprised. I'll make a call on this end.

[JackJD]

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My Midco subscription is worth the price! Of course, I prefer the NDSU game be on the big screen but I'll take a decent picture on the computer too.

[gabe01]

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My Midco subscription is worth the price! Of course, I prefer the NDSU game be on the big screen but I'll take a decent picture on the computer too.

Even if you have it, email espn. Both programs will benefit from added media exposure.

[ringthebells]

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Just fired off and e-mail and almost simultaneously found out my Mom has Midco. Felt good to vent at the man and still be able to watch the game.

[joeboo22]

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Is ESPN the problem or is it the NCAA/FCS that sells it to them?

[Mike Vicks Dead PitBulls]

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Is ESPN the problem or is it the NCAA/FCS that sells it to them?

Good point.

As for a bit of more bad news, I believe ESPN has locked up all the NCAA championships for quite some time, like 8 or 10 years.

[joeboo22]

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I don't have a problem for them on a national market but I still think that a local entity of both teams should be able to carry the game to the local viewers. The teams bid the thing out they should be able to get the TV rights with that bid.

[gabe01]

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Its official. The first round of playoff games will not be televised. Last year every single game in the first round was on Gamplan and another was on espnu. This is a big kick in the nuts for the FCS. We have to flood ESPN with emails and phone calls or the 2nd round will not be televised either. . support@espncustomercare.com pissed this is a big deal. I thought playoff teams were supposed to get exposure. Guess notSee Dom Izzo tweetDom Izzo (@DomIzzoWDAY) ESPN representative tells me NO #FCSPlayoffs games this weekend will be adding to ESPN Gameplan, meaning it's just ESPN3 to be able to watch

[JimmyJack]

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My Midco subscription is worth the price! Of course, I prefer the NDSU game be on the big screen but I'll take a decent picture on the computer too.

If you have an XBOX 360, you can watch ESPN3 on your TV. We have watched several games this year that way, and it works very well.

[Roy]

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I use a 14 pin cable to connect my laptop to the flat panel TV and set the TV up as a second monitor.

Worked last saturday. Video and sound.

[jackdaniel]

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The only way to hurt big companys is to take money from them somehow,otherwise they just laugh at you.You'd have to organise people in large numbers to say "boycott" espn during "sweeps" week or something like that.Hard to get enough angry people to stay committed to something like a boycott.I know someone who is a Nielson voter, matbe i can sway her opinion of ESPN and their affiliated programs.....j/k I don't get involved with trying to change corporate thinking,i think it's an exercise in futility to try to do so.But,i did send a message,just in case.

[NoVaJack]

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Is ESPN the problem or is it the NCAA/FCS that sells it to them?

This. The bottom line is THE bottom line in the NCAA; witness the fact that they have stood by as these ancient rivalries have dissolved, literally overnight in the case of Maryland's surprise move to the Big 10, for pure dollar reasons alone. This is not about fans, it's about customers and revenue.

[gabe01]

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Good news. . Assuming Bison/jacks happens, it will be on espn gameplan and espn3. So will Montana State. The others get nothing. Not perfect but better. The quarter finals will have 2 broadcast but the 2 others will be on espn3 only

[goon]

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What station were we on when we played in the playoffs to that one team with that guy we no longer speack of? was that like fox sports or ESPN in 09? I dont remember.