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Seriously??? YSU is making people pay $11+ to watch this game on line????

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DoubleE:

--- Quote from: Lets_Talk on November 01, 2014, 02:30:49 PM ---I know, I am watching it on ESPN3. But, I had to go to the South Dakota website to get the ESPN3 feed. On the YSU site, I was directed to StretchInternet. It appears the game on ESPN3 is the broadcast from a station in South Dakota that is picking up the MYTV feed.

What I'm trying to figure out is why the YSUGAMEDAYCENTRAL is steering people to StretchInternet and not ESPN3, when the game is on ESPN3?

--- End quote ---

I went to ESPN3.com and found the game with ease, like i do all road games

Lets_Talk:
You are missing the point. The YSU website has NO mention of the game being on ESPN3, even though it was listed on the schedule earlier in the week. The YSU website directs people to StretchInternet to watch the game, with a charge of $11.95. That is an INTENTIONAL attempt to deceiver the customer into thinking the game is NOT on ESPN 3.

To quote my dad, "this is bush league". The game is on ESPN3, so there is NO REASON for the YSU GAMEDAYCENTRAL to not have the link to ESPN3 and instead be directed to a site that costs $11.95, with the YSU Athletic Dept making money off people watching the game on that link.

This is about how the customer(YSU fans) are being treated by the very school they support. It shows a lack of respect and appreciation to the fans at a time when the football program is losing fans in droves. This is STUPID from a PR and Business standpoint.

ysufan0505:

--- Quote from: Lets_Talk on November 01, 2014, 03:41:49 PM ---You are missing the point. The YSU website has NO mention of the game being on ESPN3, even though it was listed on the schedule earlier in the week. The YSU website directs people to StretchInternet to watch the game, with a charge of $11.95. That is an INTENTIONAL attempt to deceiver the customer into thinking the game is NOT on ESPN 3.

To quote my dad, "this is bush league". The game is on ESPN3, so there is NO REASON for the YSU GAMEDAYCENTRAL to not have the link to ESPN3 and instead be directed to a site that costs $11.95, with the YSU Athletic Dept making money off people watching the game on that link.

This is about how the customer(YSU fans) are being treated by the very school they support. It shows a lack of respect and appreciation to the fans at a time when the football program is losing fans in droves. This is STUPID from a PR and Business standpoint.

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Don't expect anything from YSU, and you won't be disappointed lol. Espn3.com and the game is there on the front page. Works every time.

Spiderlegs:
Yes, I couldn't make it either.  I've got on the ESPN Game Cast, so at least I know what is happening in real time.

Lets_Talk:
Again, I am watching the game on ESPN3. That is not the point. And, as far as ESPN3, if you go to the regular ESPN page and click on either schedule or scores, there is typically a link to ESPN3 if the game is on ESPN3. That is not  the case today, at least not with my internet provider here in Las Vegas(Cox). This is how I ALWAYS access games on ESPN3, but today this is not an option.

Again, though, there is no reason at all for YSU to have the YSU Athletics website directing people to a site where it costs $11.95 to watch a vastly inferior feed, instead of to ESPN3 where the feed is Free. Why is this so hard for people to understand? And, why would I in any way want to financially support and Athletic Department that is trying to play their own fans for fools? This is highly symptomatic of the Department in general when it comes to the way events are promoted, the enitre game day experience, increasing ticket prices, low quality of opponents in OOC games(this includes both mens and womens basketball).

D1 College Athletics are a business, and the fans are the customer. This is no way at all to treat your customers. This is the final straw for me when it comes to the Athletic Dept. I will still watch games(provided there is not charge) and route for the teams to win, because YSU is my Alma Mater, and the Student-Athletes have no say in how the Department is run. But, not a single penny of my money will EVER go to YSU Athletics as long as I live. It is ridiculous that the only way to watch the 3 home OOC games was to pay $11.95 and then watch on a feed that was poor quality even if it were free. I have a feeling YSU is going to do wthis with OOC basketball games, at least the womens games. I say that, because when I was on StretchInternet, I clicked on "All Sports" and underneath football was Women's Basketball. I see no reason women's basketball would appear unless YSU Athletic Dept intends to use StretchInternet for at least some of the womens basketball games, most likely the home non-conference games.

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