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Originally Posted by Boston Red
So get ESPN GamePlan, which used to have all of the games that are now on Big Ten Network.
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Correct me if I'm wrong, but doesn't ESPN GamePlan cost like $150? Why would I want to have to pay for that when Big Ten Network is free for Directv customers?
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Originally Posted by Boston Red
You get all the games that you wanted anyway, and all of the DirecTV subscribers do not have to subsidize your Big Ten football watching. Seems like the best case scenario to me.
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First off, like BRM said I don't think you get
every Big Ten game. Second, what is the Big Ten Network costing you? Did they rise prices for which I am unaware of? You know you can just ignore the channel like almost every other one, right?
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Originally Posted by BRM
I don't remember GamePlan carrying every single Big Ten game but I could be wrong. Seems like I was upset a few years back because I couldn't get some of the IU games.
Did Directv's rates actually increase after picking up BTN?
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Exactly
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Originally Posted by Boston Red
I have no specific knowledge of it, but they must have. I am sure the Big Ten Network isn't cheap.
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If you don't know if prices have gone u[, why complain about a channel?
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Originally Posted by Boston Red
I have the Sports Pack, GamePlan and FullCourt on DirecTV, so I am not averse to paying for my sports coverage.
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But why pay when you can get it for free?
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Originally Posted by Boston Red
I AM averse to ESPN (with ESPNU) and the Big Ten Network trying to bully providers into making all of their subscribers pay for something that probably a vast majority of them do not want.
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I don't get ESPNU with my package. Did your subscription prices go up?
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Originally Posted by Boston Red
And all of those Big Ten games that are now on the Big Ten Network on Saturday afternoons were always on ESPN+, which essentially distributed the games to the local markets and were on GamePlan for the rest of the country.
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Yes, but as has been repeated several times Big Ten Network has cost much less than GamePlan and oh, by the way, it carries more than just football games...