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And DIRECTV pulled off a stroke of brilliance here. In the deal they put in writing that ANY cable company can still have the MLB package..............BUT, they must put the MLB Channel that starts in 2009 on their "BASIC" package.
This.....1) Keeps Congresss off their *** and 2) Pretty much locks up that the package is exclusive to DIRECTV as no cable company out there will put the MLB Channel on their "basic" package!!!
And for those of you saying, well why don't they do that with the NFL. Well, the NFL is different. The amount of games, only dealing with CBS/FOX opposed to about 30 different channels for MLB games. And a million other reasons why its different.
This.....1) Keeps Congresss off their *** and 2) Pretty much locks up that the package is exclusive to DIRECTV as no cable company out there will put the MLB Channel on their "basic" package!!!
And for those of you saying, well why don't they do that with the NFL. Well, the NFL is different. The amount of games, only dealing with CBS/FOX opposed to about 30 different channels for MLB games. And a million other reasons why its different.