Champions League will be delayed due to Baseball

[sixer1]

today's inter-dynamo kiev match
has been delayed to 1 am et, 10 pm pt tonight
due to mlb playoffs
according to oliver
espn and espn2 must be free of programming
during that time span since the 2 afternoon games
might play at the same time

[mpruitt]

do you know how ripped i would be if i wasn't able to see these baseball games?

[Davids26]

Wow well that ruins my afternoon.

[QuakeAttack]

Originally posted by maxim-1
do you know how ripped i would be if i wasn't able to see these baseball games?

Why? The Red Sox are going to lose...http://www.bigsoccer.com/forum/images/icons/icon7.gif

[bostonsoccermdl]

fanstastic! I just turned it on and I saw they cancelled it and put it on streetball....

What pisses me off isnt the lack of coverage in general by ESPN, they are entitled to cover what they want. It is the ********ing around with the schedules like this...

I would rather them NOT SHOW IT AT ALL.. It sucks trying to plan your day around this, only to be let down...

1:00 AM, thanks guys...

do it right or let another network handle it..

[EscoDU01]

Rant:

Freaking ESPN putting on streetball instead of championsleague. I hope the mouse is stabbed to death, no, stoned to death.

End Rant.

To be perfectly honest, it is hard to be so upset because of this. I expected it in some way. It is a trend. I can believe that they would do this becuase it is ESPN. Please, FOX, save us! If FOX took over UEFA, World Cup, and MLS broadcasts, I would swear to never watch the mouse again.

[Wolves_67]

Originally posted by sixer1
today's inter-dynamo kiev match
has been delayed to 1 am et, 10 am pt tonight

I assume you meant 10 PM Pacific Time.. :)

[monster]

While this sounds like a completely assinine decision, I just love the immediate supposition that FOX would be such a nirvana. Check out the FSW forum to see how well they do on MLS games. And, remember, they've had chances to buy this contract before.

[sixer1]

Originally posted by Wolves_67
I assume you meant 10 PM Pacific Time.. :)

thanks, been changed

[sachinag]

I think people are missing the point of the original post. When the Giants game sstarts at 4pm ET, the Yankees game may still be going. ESPN2 needs to be free to pick up the beginning of the Giants game before it moves over to ESPN. That's why there's filler on ESPN2 before the game.

[sixer1]

Originally posted by sachinag
I think people are missing the point of the original post. When the Giants game sstarts at 4pm ET, the Yankees game may still be going. ESPN2 needs to be free to pick up the beginning of the Giants game before it moves over to ESPN. That's why there's filler on ESPN2 before the game.

yeah can you imagine the reaction on bigbaseball.com
if people missed the first two innings of the the giants-marlins game because espn2 is showing SOCCER..
oh the humanity

[monster]

Originally posted by sixer1
yeah can you imagine the reaction on bigbaseball.com
if people missed the first two innings of the the giants-marlins game because espn2 is showing SOCCER..
oh the humanity

http://www.simplicityhosting.com/images/money.jpg

Listen, the fact that they left it until now is idiotic. But if you can't put aside your self-interest to see the logical reality - i.e. they spent money for the baseball contract which has certain things Disney says the have to do - than I'm sorry. The martyr complex doesn't play well.

[burning247]

Originally posted by sachinag
I think people are missing the point of the original post. When the Giants game sstarts at 4pm ET, the Yankees game may still be going. ESPN2 needs to be free to pick up the beginning of the Giants game before it moves over to ESPN. That's why there's filler on ESPN2 before the game.

but this is bull sh!t, we've had to miss the beggining of our games due to everything from boringball to racing, and they can't MAYBE miss 2 innings. Sure boringball is more popular in this country but don't schedule the CL game and then move it, thats just he BS they've been getting away with forever. FSW needs to put us out of our missery, I don't care what people say about their MLS coverage, they still give us plenty of EPL and other games, they're doing a fantastic job IMO.

[sachinag]

I'm sorry, but ESPN called this absolutely right. They want to show baseball, and America wants to see baseball. I'm sure that even if they don't have to show the overlap on ESPN2, but they'd be idiots not to do so. What if they missed a Barry Bonds home run?

And forgive me, but I think the baseball playoffs are a hell of a lot more important the the CL group stages.

[sixer1]

that was my sarcasm..

i understand that mlb must enforce that rule,
but i can understand the people who are annoyed

for me i had taped the game, but i'll just have to tape again

the point I was making was that it would be ironic
if that people were ranting on bigbaseball.com
since that type of problem happens to soccer a ton of times, and people complain here

[bostonsoccermdl]

Originally posted by monster
http://www.simplicityhosting.com/images/money.jpg

Listen, the fact that they left it until now is idiotic.

THIS is all I care about.. Dont tease me with the game and yank it.. I would rather they just ignored CL if this continues....

[Dr. Wankler]

Originally posted by burningMartyr
but this is bull sh!t, we've had to miss the beggining of our games due to everything from boringball to racing, and they can't MAYBE miss 2 innings. Sure boringball is more popular in this country but don't schedule the CL game and then move it, thats just he BS they've been getting away with forever. FSW needs to put us out of our missery, I don't care what people say about their MLS coverage, they still give us plenty of EPL and other games, they're doing a fantastic job IMO.

******** DISNEY!

Vagisil, STAT!!!!

Originally posted by burningMartyr
FSW needs to put us out of our missery, I don't care what people say about their MLS coverage, they still give us plenty of EPL and other games, they're doing a fantastic job IMO.

******** DISNEY!

Seriously... don't you think FSW has had the opportunity to bid on this, and maybe passed it up because it was too expensive for the return they would get? I mean, they need a little more than our undying affection to keep themselves in business.

[burning247]

Originally posted by Mike Segroves
ESPN is contractually Obligated to show MLB playoffs. CL is filler.

true, I didn't think about that


Originally posted by Dr. Wanker
Vagisil, STAT!!!!

that was so 2 years ago :D

[SoFla Metro]

Originally posted by burning247
but this is bull sh!t, we've had to miss the beggining of our games due to everything from boringball to racing, and they can't MAYBE miss 2 innings.
Not according to their contract, no.

Originally posted by burning247
Sure boringball is more popular in this country but don't schedule the CL game and then move it, thats just he BS they've been getting away with forever.
Agreed it was a stupid decision to make at the last minute, but a) the CL game is on and b) you won't miss any of it. If it were scheduled to start at 2:30, you would miss some of it. Guaranteed.

Originally posted by burning247
FSW needs to put us out of our missery, I don't care what people say about their MLS coverage, they still give us plenty of EPL and other games, they're doing a fantastic job IMO. Then you could bitch about how the games are only available to satellite and digital cable consumers.

[sccerchek]

Originally posted by sachinag
And forgive me, but I think the baseball playoffs are a hell of a lot more important the the CL group stages.

Not if you think baseball is the most boring sport in the world. It has its moments but they mostly just stand around with the gloves up there asses waiting to go sit on the bench !!!

I would watch a rec soccer game over baseball playoffs! !!