The Massachusetts Democrat says he plans to raise the matter with the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission at a hearing this Thursday, stating he is "opposed to anything that deprives people of reasonable choices."
He went on to say, "In this day and age, consumers should have more choices - not fewer. I'd like to know how this serves the public - a deal that will force fans to subscribe to DirecTV in order to tune in to their favorite players. A Red Sox fan ought to be able to watch their team without having to switch to DirecTV."
"Extra Innings" is an pay-service provided by MLB that allows viewers to watch all broadcasted games that are unavailable on their local channels. In recent years, it has been available through many popular cable service providers, but this pending elitist DirectTV deal would ruin everyone's fun.
Way to stand up for the people, Senator Kerry! Don't let the corporate terrorists win this one!
If you are as peeved as Kerry about this nonsense, contact the dude in charge, Bob Bowman (the MLB Executive VP in charge of Extra Innings) at:
Bob.Bowman@mlb.com
[Seattle Post]
4 comments:
Interesting. Y'all are doing a great job, keep it up!
Thanks, Anthony!
Nice work here. I got you rss'd and in my blogroll.
And I'm so glad babes love baseball. There just needs to be more of you.
Maybe we need to start some sort of convention.
Haha, thanks Jason. A convention, eh? How about a revolution!
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