Do the Rockets (ie, Mr. Alexander) have some pull in this tug-of-war? Would a fan strike at Toyota Center help push the parties to televise the Rockets? I'll walk a picket line and listen to the game on radio if that'll help. Tell us what to do, Clutch!
The ability to comment on the FB accounts are going down, Astros have totally pulled it, so if you're a sit on the fence person and content just waiting this out you're in luck. For those who are motivated CSN and Rockets are still allowing public commentary, but are HEAVILY censoring it. So it's having an effect, also there is a story running in the Houston Press too both online and in print form. People are extremely angry, and so long as you go to the source they'll know you hold them accountable for this morass, bad PR does NOT work in the favor, it shows them to be the greedy corporations that they are who obviously don't care about their fans, just your money. Let your voice be heard, this as we all know is CRAP!
Someone please create an online petition so we can sign and send to the FOs of both the Rockets and Astros. Also CSN execs. I would do it but don't have any experience with writing petitions on or offline.
Clutch didn't have a say in the Rockets moving to Louisville either however he used his site and expertise to get publicity for the situation and all of us are incredibly appreciative of that. His and Jeff's efforts are probably the reason we still have a team. The Rockets are now using this board as a marketing tool which certainly helps their cause but how does it help ours in this case? Who holds the Rockets accountable now? We certainly all will as individuals by not buying tickets and merchandise but this site is now increasingly a surrogate for the Rockets. If the team that this board was created to follow can black out half it's fans in a money grab and the extent of this board's influence of that is a thread about it then what does that say? Perhaps he knows something we don't or perhaps he's concerned about losing access or maybe he's just really damn busy. We all appreciate the time and money he has no doubt poured into the site however this issue is pretty damn important. What is the reason no one is reporting on this?
This is some bull$hit!! AT&T UVerse has the free preview but it too is blacked out. This whole $hit is stupid and crazy! I dont care about the rest of the NBA. I just want to see the F'n Rockets play. Thanks for allowing me to vent my frustration real quick
Here's the Facebook page for CSN Houston: https://www.facebook.com/csnhouston If you're going to vent your frustration, do it in the right place.
Yeah, they're removing a lot of posts - but pretty much every post on their page is against them, which is great.
Just want to add that I went to my daughter's house to watch because she has Entouch, but unable to watch. Must pay premium to get CSN Houston. Boo!
I have Dish, with the regional sports pack, and they are all blacked out for me. Atlanta feeds, Houston Feeds, all of em.
