Boos All Around for Kings TV Situation
by Tom Ziller on Oct 3, 2009 4:02 PM PDT
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PrintI really don't enjoy complaining about my Kings television experience -- after all, some cities don't even get all its team's game on broadcast/cable TV. We have been lucky in the regard that all but a couple Kings games have been aired locally in Sacramento over the past decade.
That usually includes preseason. Until this year, as Sam Amick reports. No Kings preseason games will be televised locally because of the costs involved.
The Kings have done a good job reaching out to fans all summer, making us -- the hardcore devotees -- a bigger part of the franchise's rebound. There's been a ton of video, great access, and lots of billing about the pending excitement of the new, new core. And now, just when we're ready to jump into another season, we get to read about seven preseason games instead of watching them. (Unless you go to the gym, for the few local preseason games, which by the way will cost you the same as a regular season game -- no breaks on ticket prices, parking, concessions, nothing. And you might not, of course, get the stars. For either team. Because it's preseason.) I have no way of getting to the Portland game Tuesday. That's not worth broadcasting to the loyal fans down in Sacramento? The first chance to see Tyreke Evans and Omri Casspi? Really?
Further, News10 has ditched the Kings, putting out the equivalent of a press release on the matter. This matters less -- the regular season will be broadcast on Comcast SportsNet, which is better fans since we get a pregame and postgame show -- but it still sucks. News10 is more lucrative for the team, and I'm sure the several News10 games we're used to getting helps the Kings' revenue ledger. But since the team has bottomed out, News10 escapes its relationship. Sure, it's all business. I'm not that naive. But it's still depressing that no broadcast affiliate in this town will air the region's only professional sports team.
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How about
Setting up a stationary camera and webcasting the game? That’s got to be less expensive than a TV broadcast.
That's what I was thinking
Anyone can stream the game onto a free website as long as security doesn’t stop him. Ironically the cost for them to show the game is too expensive, but I imagine they will have enough money to pay large men to keep other people from broadcasting it for them at no charge.
To say I’m disappointed would be a massive understatement. It appears as if they are blatantly refusing to have any video of the game. No league pass, absolutely no way for people to pay to see the game unless they live close enough to buy tickets.
It’s unfortunate, irresponsible, and reprehensible behavior. Perhaps they could hire someone to threaten other teams prior to games and sell drugs in the bathrooms, seeing as the goal seems to be lose the respect of fans.
This is dissapointing
but with the economy as it is and with all the cost cutting we’ve seen in the past few months I kinda expected this. Isn’t House Party Live or whatever it was called being cut too??
I was able to land some tix for the Blazers’ game next Wednesday so I feel lucky I’m going to be able to at least get a chance to see the team before their first regular season game (add tonight’s open practice to that). Still, I feel like a lot of us are going to be missing a lot.
I guess these are the times when we have to rely the most on forums like this. I will for sure post something about next game and hopefully if other’s get a chance to go to the other preseason games they will do the same.
The future begins now...
by eduardo_m7 on Oct 3, 2009 4:43 PM PDT reply actions 1 recs
I can offer section214 cam on 10/23
if anyone can figure out how to wire me for video.
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When my name was still “Seldum Bin Laid.”
(Stolen directly from Gilbert Gottfried, but it still cracks me up.)
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by section214 on Oct 4, 2009 2:43 PM PDT up reply actions 1 recs
Well this sucks.
Father of the "Natt this!" movement and Grandmaster of the "Never let AnotherStupidSN forget what a Sham-Wow is" Order.
Gotta admit
This sucks even for the fans on the East Coast, who got league pass online
BOOK IT!
Since when do pre-season games become offered on League Pass?
(I’ve never heard of that.)
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
In fact I can't even buy League Pass Broadband yet (and I've been trying to figure out how today)
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
They had preseason games 2 years ago
But not last year. Dish did though, so who knows?
"Shut up and Coach!"
Vfettke
I've paid so little attention SB that it really doesn't matter to me
I have yet to learn something really useful in pre-season. On the other hand, I think the Maloof’s are biting the hand that feeds them, too.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Maybe you learned everything there was to learn but just didn't know it.
“I’m sure we’re not really that bad. It’s just preseason. Right? Right?”
"Shut up and Coach!"
Vfettke
I'm not an optimist via masochism SB
I’m already a masochist, asshole, and jerkoff. And, while i have optimism, it’s very pessimistic.
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
ban, this calls for a ban
"We are in the business of kicking butt and business is very, very good." - Charles Barkley
Stupid is as stupid is
If I wanted to become a Blazer fan (and I very nearly did), I would have become one because back in 1992 I didn’t like Michael Jordan at all. So, who was the other team? Yep, you guessed it.
Looking back, I’ve never really regretted the choice of being a Kings fan, although it was not popular to wear Kings gear in my childhood around Sac either. (It was mostly Bulls or Lakers gear, go figure. I know, shocking.) Anyway, that’s probably why I don’t wear Kings gear much. Worrying about a dumb comment here or there? Yeah, not so much. Bigger fish to fry as you know ed. (Nice recap of the scrimmage btw.)
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
because I didn't^
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
toots the horn and sounds the alarm simultaneously
good to have you back on StR (enven though you have been steady with ECInc), PG, your absenced was duly noted.
by betweentheeyes on Oct 4, 2009 7:21 PM PDT up reply actions
wow, that was terribly written
my apologies – (enven means even, absence is not a past tense verb).
sigh, welcome back.
by betweentheeyes on Oct 4, 2009 7:23 PM PDT up reply actions
Look Pookey
You’ve got BTE all flustered.
Father of the "Natt this!" movement and Grandmaster of the "Never let AnotherStupidSN forget what a Sham-Wow is" Order.
Woohooo
I’m a big boy now!
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
yay I got a long string going
with a silly comment :)
On the upside, kings are not likely to have the worst record again, though they are likely to get a high enough lottery pick to put another solid player on the court. Even though I grew up in Portland, I cheered for the kings when they were giving the spurs a run for their money in the first round. The collapse in the final few minutes (I think it was game 5) really hurt. The game was only on NBAtv so I had to go to a barbershop that had NBAtv. (Since when do they carry that, who knows? It was worth it though)
Best of luck kings fans. You guys are the die hards who stay through the bad teams, and make it mean so much more when the kings return to the playoffs in a few years.
Attention Maloofs!
Are you out there reading? Or is a friend of yours or someone with your ear reading? Then listen up.
You want to win your fans back this saason right? You want to get people excited about your new point guard and your new coach? Make a grand gesture and do both in one fell swoop. You might even make a little money too. Immediately drop all lower bowl preseason tickets to $25. Drop all upper bowl preseason tickets to $10. And offer something like $2 burgers and hot dogs.
Fill the arena for the preseason. get people excited. You will make more money on beer and $10 tickets than you’d make with a 2/3rds empty arena. Go for it. This is your chance to make friends and influence people!
"Shut up and Coach!"
Vfettke
Gotta say I agree with this
Trying to make money on pre-season is really stupid on so many levels. Generate fan interest in a new team for a new season in a different era and use it to help convince people to come to regular season games (no need to reduce those prices).
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
Whelp...
Here’s hoping that someone here has a link to the Blazers’ broadcast over Justin.tv or something.
I wish the blazers had a broadcast
it looks like they may refuse to let any video leave the arena, though I’ll spend 2-3 hours a day until then searching for a plausible solution.
Surewest stills has the KINGS via Comcast....
Hard work beats talent when talent is hardly working...
?
What’s going on with justin? If we can’t watch there, the NBA will implode soon from crapping on its fans.
If the games aren't televised, then justin.tv can't re-broadcast, can they?
justin.tv only works when the thing being shown is actually on somewhere – the preseason games won’t be on anywhere.
Victory is tasty.
I just hope I can find it online streaming
Although I wont get to hear Peaches and Jerry calling the game, if I can find the preaseason games streaming online, this news won’t hurt so bad.
Don't worry...we always have...
Hey people, don’t panic…I’m sure the Bee’s Ailene Voisin will fill us in on everything we miss by not seeing the games….gag, cough, sputter…
…unless she is distracted by a shiny object…
I love KXTV spin on it
News10 describes it as continuing their community relationship with the KIngs.
In other News10 exclusives, Circuit City slashes prices 100%, and state employees rewarded with monthly days off!
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by section214 on Oct 4, 2009 7:44 AM PDT reply actions 2 recs
No NEWS 10?
I live in central Ca. and a lot of Kings fans don’t even have acess to Comcast Sports Net, depending on their cable company. Just news 10. And I have news for all you fans who live in central or northern Ca. If you pay for the NBA League Pass you will NOT get any Kings games because it will say they cannot broadcast Kings games in your area. THIS IS DISSAPOINTING FOR MANY KINGS FANS!
Yeah, found that out
My wife paid for NBA TV last year for my birthday. I didn’t have the heart to tell her the Kings games didn’t come through.
NBA TV is not the answer. Sucks pretty bad for the Kings games.
It was very thoughtful of her
and thoughtful of you not to tell her.
The biggest problem with loosing news 10?
Does Comcast Sports Net have an HD feed? The best thing about news 10 was the fact that it was HD. I can’t hardly bear to watch sports in non-HD anymore…
Last year
the Kings looked better in non-HD. Watching them in HD was like staring directly at an eclipse.
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heck no, an eclipse just burns your retina
Watching them in HD was like staring directly at an eclipse
brain damage effects so much more
by betweentheeyes on Oct 4, 2009 7:29 PM PDT up reply actions
Damn
Why don’t they just put up a webcam and broadcast them for something like $15-20 for all home games. Just like the Summer League.
Though I agree with Savage Beast above.
Just an FYI – they did give tickets away to state workers. Some that got on it quick got some before they ran out.
Not worth creating a fanshot for, but just FYI for those that still care
Jeremy at RMC complained about why the NBA cares so little about it’s pre-season. I will also point out that he posted this well before the news of no pre-season games shown on TV. (2 days before to be exact.)
No mistakes in the tango, darling. Not like life. Simple. That's what makes the tango so great. If you make a mistake, and get all tangled up, you just tango on.....
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