Montana and ESPN

[Mountain Panther]

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I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?

"I think they'll let you live wherever you want."

[mikewphoto]

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I will live in Montana. And I will marry a round American woman and raise rabbits, and she will cook them for me. And I will have a pickup truck... maybe even a "recreational vehicle." And drive from state to state. Do they let you do that?

Wow! This coming from someone who's from Iowa???? The land of fat people, soybeans and corn?

[Panther-at-Arms]

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Last time I was in Harve, I didn't notice that they had succeeded from the state. Granted, Harve isn't much more than a wide spot in the road, but the point still stands. Call Bresnan and get them to sign up with EPSN3. Its quite a great product.

What the article doesn't tell us is the range of those providers. Maybe not everyone in the state can get it? Living in a more rural area myself I totally understand the frustration of not getting ESPN3. Thankfully my small town carrier finally picked it up, but before that it was either pay out the *** for Mediacom or suck it up with no ESPN3. In a mostly rural state like Montana I'd be pissed off, too, if my only choice for cable refused to carry it. (That's if they asked the cable company to carry it, of course.)

[9YRPLAN]

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Your not understanding the point. We dont want ESPN to show this game nationally. We just want to be able to watch the game on the local channel. The local channels play the Griz and Cat games on tv so the people of montana can watch the game. Its not like other states where there are plenty of other teams that compete for coverage. Its either your a Griz or a Cat..

will there even be a satellite truck at the games to do this?

[9YRPLAN]

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Wow! This coming from someone who's from Iowa???? The land of fat people, soybeans and corn?

I would like to have seen Montana.

[Panther-at-Arms]

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You can still visit, 9YR. You just can't have any rabbits.

[Panther-Sheik]

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Your not understanding the point. We dont want ESPN to show this game nationally. We just want to be able to watch the game on the local channel. The local channels play the Griz and Cat games on tv so the people of montana can watch the game. Its not like other states where there are plenty of other teams that compete for coverage. Its either your a Griz or a Cat..

I think we all understand that. Our point is that you are asking a HUGE national corporation to completely diverge from their business strategy (and in the process throw out the window much of what they paid good money to the NCAA to have rights to) for YOU (Montana). And, on top of that, you have Senators and such "important people" actually spending time...wait, wasting time...writing to ESPN about this just for YOU (Montana). To do this would not only be a massive departure from what ESPN would ever normally do, but would completely and possibly forever diminish the value of the product that they are pimping...namely ESPN3. They hold these exclusive rights so that your local internet / cable providers are "forced" to buy the product (ESPN3). If they cave, then why would those internet providers ever step up and buy ESPN3 as a means to better serve their clients in the future? And why would every state in the Union not step up and demand that ESPN3 become a non-exclusive broadcast right of ESPN? We can argue and debate the massive machine that ESPN has become, but that is a different topic than this.

[eastcoastgriz]

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Most probably! F******* Montana..............

We understand your anger!

Montana 42; UNI 21
Montana 33; UNI 16
Montana 23; UNI 20
Montana 38; UNI 0

NC Championships: Montana 2; UNI 0

[mikewphoto]

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What the article doesn't tell us is the range of those providers. Maybe not everyone in the state can get it? Living in a more rural area myself I totally understand the frustration of not getting ESPN3. Thankfully my small town carrier finally picked it up, but before that it was either pay out the *** for Mediacom or suck it up with no ESPN3. In a mostly rural state like Montana I'd be pissed off, too, if my only choice for cable refused to carry it. (That's if they asked the cable company to carry it, of course.)

Thank you, at least someone gets it. Havre is 285 miles and a mountain pass away from Missoula, and that puts you not quite halfway across the state. The ISP that carries ESPN3 covers an area about the size of Rhode Island. That leaves 90 percent of the state without the option to get ESPN3. We're not whining, in fact, about 26000 people won't have to worry, they'll be lucky enough to have tickets to see it live.

[mikewphoto]

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I think we all understand that. Our point is that you are asking a HUGE national corporation to completely diverge from their business strategy (and in the process throw out the window much of what they paid good money to the NCAA to have rights to) for YOU (Montana). And, on top of that, you have Senators and such "important people" actually spending time...wait, wasting time...writing to ESPN about this just for YOU (Montana). To do this would not only be a massive departure from what ESPN would ever normally do, but would completely and possibly forever diminish the value of the product that they are pimping...namely ESPN3. They hold these exclusive rights so that your local internet / cable providers are "forced" to buy the product (ESPN3). If they cave, then why would those internet providers ever step up and buy ESPN3 as a means to better serve their clients in the future? And why would every state in the Union not step up and demand that ESPN3 become a non-exclusive broadcast right of ESPN? We can argue and debate the massive machine that ESPN has become, but that is a different topic than this.

Point taken, however, ESPN stands to make nothing from UM and MSU games simply because there is no opportunity to purchase the plan anyway. They can sell to local tv stations to make something where they stand to make nothing at this point.

[Panther-at-Arms]

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Thank you, at least someone gets it. Havre is 285 miles and a mountain pass away from Missoula, and that puts you not quite halfway across the state. The ISP that carries ESPN3 covers an area about the size of Rhode Island. That leaves 90 percent of the state without the option to get ESPN3. We're not whining, in fact, about 26000 people won't have to worry, they'll be lucky enough to have tickets to see it live.

But don't get me wrong. I still hate Montana. (See post above yours)

[9YRPLAN]

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Point taken, however, ESPN stands to make nothing from UM and MSU games simply because there is no opportunity to purchase the plan anyway. They can sell to local tv stations to make something where they stand to make nothing at this point.

how are they going to sell the broadcasts to local stations if there is no satellite at the game?

im pretty sure that ESPN3 streams directly from the location...no satellite required.

[grizcountry420]

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But don't get me wrong. I still hate Montana. (See post above yours)

Thank you, at least someone gets it. Havre is 285 miles and a mountain pass away from Missoula, and that puts you not quite halfway across the state. The ISP that carries ESPN3 covers an area about the size of Rhode Island. That leaves 90 percent of the state without the option to get ESPN3. We're not whining, in fact, about 26000 people won't have to worry, they'll be lucky enough to have tickets to see it live.

And i will be one of those lucky people with a ticket

[Panther-Sheik]

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Point taken, however, ESPN stands to make nothing from UM and MSU games simply because there is no opportunity to purchase the plan anyway. They can sell to local tv stations to make something where they stand to make nothing at this point.

They make their money on this from getting local ISP's to pick up ESPN3, though. They want you all to be outraged that you can't get the game because then you will eventually all rise up and get your ISP to buy the product...and charge you all an extra few bucks a month in the process. The Big10 Network did something similar a few years ago and got the cable companies to pick up their network because the Hawkeye fans around here complained about not being able to see the game(s). In the end, if they break their own rules, then why would the locals ever pick up the product? But, I do get your frustration with this. And, like I said, we can definitely debate and rant about the ESPN machine and what it has become.

[Born-a-Panther]

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Your not understanding the point. We dont want ESPN to show this game nationally. We just want to be able to watch the game on the local channel. The local channels play the Griz and Cat games on tv so the people of montana can watch the game. Its not like other states where there are plenty of other teams that compete for coverage. Its either your a Griz or a Cat..

Your means your. You'RE means YOU ARE.