I had the Sunday Ticket since its inception in '94. Back then, there were no small dishes, you had to have the large C-Band dish to pick it up. So I spent over $2500 on a C-Band dish. No more tuning in on Sundays only to find the local affiliate changed its mind about showing the Dolphin game. No more having to watch Dolphin games in noisy sports bars. No more having the local affiliate abandon the game in the 2nd half to go to a more exciting matchup. The Sunday Ticket would assure you get every minute of every non-primetime Dolphin game. It was well worth the money to me.
Now, the NFL has screwed the C-Band dish owner. Recently, they sent a letter explaining they would no longer offer Sunday Ticket to C-Band dish owners. Their reasoning was that only 10% of Sunday Ticket subscribers were still on C-Band, and what money they were paying in wasn't enough to keep bouncing their signal off an anolog satellite. What a load of BS. The real reason is they're in tight with Direct-TV now, and by no longer making it available on C-Band, that will force those who still want the ticket to get Direct TV, and pay the higher subscription fees that go along with the small dish. But a small dish isn't really an option for me, because of all the large oaks surrounding the house I live in. Meanwhile, the $2500 worth of C-Band equiptment I purchased for the sole purpose of getting the Sunday Ticket is now obsolete, as for that purpose anyways. And I'm relegated back to watching Dolphin games in sports bars again. Thanks NFL.:mad:
