Something I always wanted to know about US sports

[dave nz]

Say you get the works in terms of your cable sports package.....how many games do you get on a daily basis? take today for example there are 3 NBA games, 3 NHL and 11 MLB. How many of these can you view? I realise it probably differs depending which part of the USA you reside.

[Gerk]

I get the MLB baseball package

If the local team is on, that game is blacked out and you have to watch the local telecast.

All the other games are usually avaliable, sometimes you get the home and away telecasts if there's not a full slate of games

[dave nz]

How much do they charge for the MLB package Gerk? and also for the cable startup required before you can add all the sports......

[upinya83]

if you dont pay extra for the mlb / nhl package ...

tonight, 2 of the 3 nhl games are nationally televised i believe, i believe 2 nba games, a couple mlb games nationally televised tonight, and then usually you get your local game, depending on where you live.

[Gerk]

Originally Posted by dave nz

How much do they charge for the MLB package Gerk? and also for the cable startup required before you can add all the sports......

I paid $179 I believe with the early bird rate. If you have the digital cable already, you don't have to pay anything else besides the package add on fees

[Gerk]

Originally Posted by upinya83

if you dont pay extra for the mlb / nhl package ...

tonight, 2 of the 3 nhl games are nationally televised i believe, i believe 2 nba games, a couple mlb games nationally televised tonight, and then usually you get your local game, depending on where you live.

Yes, you also get some NHL playoff games with the MLB package also

[dave nz]

Originally Posted by Gerk

I paid $179 I believe with the early bird rate. If you have the digital cable already, you don't have to pay anything else besides the package add on fees

So what do you pay per month for your current setup?

[Gerk]

Originally Posted by dave nz

So what do you pay per month for your current setup?

I think I pay like $130/month or something close to that, but that includes all the movie channels too.

Gerk likes his movies

[steel69]

I have Direct TV.
I get the MLB baseball package. Cost $199.00 per year
You must have at least a basic package.. $50.00 to $60.00 month
I live in North East Pennsylvania and the teams they black out are Phillies, Mets, Pirates, and Yanks. But most Yank are on ,because of there own channel. And the others I can watch on the local telecast sometimes.

[upinya83]

bought the mlb package a few years ago, but now can get all games streamed online for free so dont do it anymore

[dave nz]

Originally Posted by Gerk

I think I pay like $130/month or something close to that, but that includes all the movie channels too.

Gerk likes his movies

Ok that is interesting to know, I say that because I have the works here in NZ in terms of all the sport, movies etc and pay very similar.

Good to know its similar there and we aren't getting a raw deal......unlike the internet plans lol

[ZoomVT]

i have dish with the full package. it is about $120/mo including taxes. I do not pay for extra packages like MLB (i pay for the online version).

Keep in mind it is nhl and nba playoff so you are getting more nationally televised games.

Here is the breakdown:

NFL: All games are nationally televised through 2 local channels. You get the 3 during the day (Sunday) that are most relevant to your geographical area. Then you get SNF, and MNF. With a full package you get NFL channel (not the package) and you get Thursday night as well.

NCAAB: i cant even count. you get a lot. enough to watch 1-3 games at anay given time from noon till midnight-1am.

NHL: i dont follow but i think you can get at least your local team when they play and sometimes you get another game through another channel (spike?)

NBA: You get your local team, then I get the NBA channel (not the package) so i get a couple of games a week(?). then you have the nationally televised on espn, and TNT; plus you get the game on sunday (abc).

MLB: your local team. I get WGN from Chicago so every now and then i get cubs or whitesox game. Braves used to have a deal with TBS so you would get their games too, not anymore. Then national games, wednesdays and sundays on espn.

Soccer: you get about 10 games a week, between champions league in espn2, and uefa cup on FSC. Also EPL games now on espn and FSC. Serie A on FSC. La Liag and Bundesliga on a couple of other channels. MLS too on espn2 sometimes.

[dave nz]

Just what I wanted to know, thanks Zoom and others.

[seano1]

Here in good old Ontario Canada i pay $30 a month

I get every MLB NFL NHL NCAA foots and Baskets Ohl hockey Nascar

Except Ottawa senators games when they are on a certain channel.

In NCAA i prolly get 5-10 basktball games during the weeknights except fridays

no ivy league. And no ACC suday night hoops which sux.

And maybe a dozen NCAA foots on saurdays. Pretty sweet deal.

But nothing will ever compare to the direct t.v hack we had bak in the 90's

til early 2000's

[dave nz]

Very sweet deal seano