How stupid, the replay of the Centenary/Marquette game on SNY is blacked out today.
no blackout on SNY of Centenary/Marquette replay here in Florida
How stupid, the replay of the Centenary/Marquette game on SNY is blacked out today.
That's odd! I live in Wisconsin but it's a replay for christsakes!
How stupid, the replay of the Centenary/Marquette game on SNY is blacked out today.
The NC Central/Miami is blacked out but the Stetson/Florida isn't tomorrow LOL.
I think I know why you are blacked out. It is because you are in Wisconsin. Time Warner Cable sports ch 32 has the rights to the Marquette game. They force SNY to black it out. SNY has Big East rights but only in NY metro area. SNY would not be blacked out outside Wisconsin, though.
The same thing happens in upsate NY with Syracuse. Time Warner Cable sports-26 has the rights to Syracuse in Upstate NY. Even though SNY is carried on most Time Warner cable systems upstate, they black out SNY when Syracuse plays on TWC-26. The only way around it is to get ESPN FULL court . SNY will probably carry a lot of Marquette BIG East games but they will be blacked out in Time Warner Wiconsin.
Being a Syracuse and Big East fan living in Florida is great. With Dish sports, ESPN, ESPN2, ESPNU and Multi Sports Pak. I get almost every Big East game on SNY, MASN, and Altitude without blackout. No need for FuLL Court.
I was hoping my father can get the Virginia game from the sports pak on Directv without blackouts. He wants to follow Dick Bennett's son Tony.
why in the hell is UC irvine/Loyola blacked out Wed 11/18 at 10pm cst on Prime-Ticket?
Are WCC men's basketball regional telecasts subject to blackout?
Yes. All conference games, as well as non-conference games hosted by WCC schools at a home facility or otherwise, cannot be distributed via cable or satellite outside the "WCC Territory" (defined as the states of Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon, Washington or Wyoming) unless televised by the ESPN family of networks. These requirements are consistent with other major conferences for which ESPN serves as the exclusive national home for men's basketball. The blackout does not apply to games made available to ESPN Full Court and/or ESPN360 by the conference and regional television outlet.
The reason for the Big 12 - FSN blackouts are because those third-tier games are only supposed to be available within the states where the competing schools reside. So a K-State game should only be available in Kansas (KC market also gets them because it bleeds into Kansas). The games used to not be on Full Court if they were on FSN regionally, they have been the past 2-3 years.
As for the WCC blackout, that sucks. The Big West is having the same blackouts enforced on their FSN games. Was the Gonzaga game on Saturday blacked out?
The reason for the Big 12 - FSN blackouts are because those third-tier games are only supposed to be available within the states where the competing schools reside. So a K-State game should only be available in Kansas (KC market also gets them because it bleeds into Kansas). The games used to not be on Full Court if they were on FSN regionally, they have been the past 2-3 years.
As for the WCC blackout, that sucks. The Big West is having the same blackouts enforced on their FSN games. Was the Gonzaga game on Saturday blacked out?
Thanks Matt. I suspected it might be that third tier rule, which I only vaguely understood until now. I was thrown off because I have been getting the Missouri games on Fox Sports Midwest even though I live in Illinois. I guess because I am considered part of the St. Louis market I get those Missouri games in the clear.
Good point also about Gonzaga. I wonder why that game was not blacked out. Does Gonzaga get some sort of special treatment?
Fitzie,
Thanks for the support.
hallrk, Thanks for the info! I've noticed that too. Obviously we are both probably wondering if they are not blacked out only because they are exhibition games. I agree that the blackout free SEC football season definitely gives us cause for hope, at least for SEC Network produced games. I'm more worried about the FSN and CSS produced SEC games on FS Florida, Sun, and FS South. I'm thinking those are probably still blacked out and I'll have to watch on ESPN360.com.