Okay I’ve had enough with ESPN scheduling other games and events that run over time before every Duke game. This isn’t a one time issue it has happened for years now. Right now it’s a NBA game and before it was the dumb indoor golf league. These are not unforeseen and unpreventable issues. Fix it and no I’m not adding espn news to my subscription
ESPN Scheduling
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CameronBornAndBred
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If an ESPN Duke game starts on time, someone gets fired.
CrazyNotCrazie
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Someone can correct me on this because I'm not sure of the details, but I think they swapped in the Lakers game late because they thought it would be Luka's first game. So that threw everything off, since NBA games tend to be longer. That does not excuse it - in some ways it makes it worse. The game after us got hosed even worse than us. They really need to build in a buffer at some point rather than having back-back-back-back-back games "scheduled" for 2 hours.
This happens to more than just Duke... ESPN and/or college basketball needs to figure this out. Not fair to the fans...
Bay Area Duke Fan
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Not a big problem if watching live, as the start of the game was shown on ESPN News.
TheDevilMadeMeDoIt
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Not happy ESPN is showing the NBA games on Saturday afternoons. This has always been a day for televised college games. With TBS losing NBA games next year more college games will be pushed aside.
ThirdDevil
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AtlBluRew
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For many of us, ESPN News is an additional subscription.
DukieInKansas
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If you have to record the game, you miss the first part of the game.
cbarry
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But you miss the first 5-8 min of game play. Dvr doesn’t know the game started on a different channel. Hmm. This would be a good use of AI!
I record both espn and espn news and that works even if you don’t watch live
dalmatians98
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Some may remember the Heidi game in 1968 on NBC. (link provided below)
NBC had a three hour limit on football broadcasts, and the final minutes of a high scoring Jets/Oakland game spilled over that limit and, at least in the eastern US, were abruptly pre-empted so the network could show the movie Heidi at the scheduled time. What game viewers missed was Oakland coming from behind by scoring two TDs in about a minute and winning the game. An uproar followed that resulted in an apology by the network's president and changes in the way televised games were handled.
Now that was 1968, ages before all the wonders we take for granted today. To some this sounds like Grampy and his fabled snowy uphill slogs to school, but fifty-six years and change after the Heidi debacle, TV sports viewers have it made. I watched our game on my laptop until the no-Luka game finished.
If you think back to the "good old days" of sports broadcasting, we really haven't got a lot to complain about. IMO, of course.
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NBC had a three hour limit on football broadcasts, and the final minutes of a high scoring Jets/Oakland game spilled over that limit and, at least in the eastern US, were abruptly pre-empted so the network could show the movie Heidi at the scheduled time. What game viewers missed was Oakland coming from behind by scoring two TDs in about a minute and winning the game. An uproar followed that resulted in an apology by the network's president and changes in the way televised games were handled.
Now that was 1968, ages before all the wonders we take for granted today. To some this sounds like Grampy and his fabled snowy uphill slogs to school, but fifty-six years and change after the Heidi debacle, TV sports viewers have it made. I watched our game on my laptop until the no-Luka game finished.
If you think back to the "good old days" of sports broadcasting, we really haven't got a lot to complain about. IMO, of course.
Heidi Game - Wikipedia
Except that all programming was free back then. Now we pay significant $$ to ESPN and others, get longer advertisements and listen to worse announcing teams.Some may remember the Heidi game in 1968 on NBC. (link provided below)
NBC had a three hour limit on football broadcasts, and the final minutes of a high scoring Jets/Oakland game spilled over that limit and, at least in the eastern US, were abruptly pre-empted so the network could show the movie Heidi at the scheduled time. What game viewers missed was Oakland coming from behind by scoring two TDs in about a minute and winning the game. An uproar followed that resulted in an apology by the network's president and changes in the way televised games were handled.
Now that was 1968, ages before all the wonders we take for granted today. To some this sounds like Grampy and his fabled snowy uphill slogs to school, but fifty-six years and change after the Heidi debacle, TV sports viewers have it made. I watched our game on my laptop until the no-Luka game finished.
If you think back to the "good old days" of sports broadcasting, we really haven't got a lot to complain about. IMO, of course.
Heidi Game - Wikipedia
So yes, we will complain
TNT doesn't really do daytime and weekend games (outside of the playoffs). NBC would be picking weekend games that become available in the new package so less likely the NBA is a problem next season unless you watch college ball on NBC.
This problem as been on going for years. I think I briefly remember a short period where ESPN blocked 2.5 hours for college basketball game but it might have been a fever dream.
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dalmatians98
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Free? Not by a long shot if you relied on cable just to get "basic" networks. That certainly was not free.Except that all programming was free back then. Now we pay significant $$ to ESPN and others, get longer advertisements and listen to worse announcing teams.
So yes, we will complain
He’s talking about a game in 1968. No cable (HBO started in 1972), three commercial networks (not that all cities had three stations to broadcast them), some cities had a couple of independent stations, no PBS (started in 1970.)
dalmatians98
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In 1968, cable was not the kind of cable that people enjoy today with premium subscription channels, etc. Cable service in 1968 (and earlier) was linked, usually via microwave relay, to a large VHF/UHF antenna array in a location that allowed it to clearly pick up a small selection of terrestrial TV broadcast stations. This provided a better quality image than we might get with a rooftop TV antenna or "rabbit ears" inside the house.
Where I lived as a young man, the cable service carried the three networks which came in from network affiliates. They provided local news and weather as well as network programming. We also got a couple of independent metropolitan stations.
I now see my original post sporting an angry face reaction! First one I remember seeing in the forum. Apparently, I've stirred up some hate and discontent. Wasn't my intention. But I do reflect sometimes on what we had in 1968 compared to what we have now, and that sometimes makes me slow to complain about the occasional inconvenience.
Where I lived as a young man, the cable service carried the three networks which came in from network affiliates. They provided local news and weather as well as network programming. We also got a couple of independent metropolitan stations.
I now see my original post sporting an angry face reaction! First one I remember seeing in the forum. Apparently, I've stirred up some hate and discontent. Wasn't my intention. But I do reflect sometimes on what we had in 1968 compared to what we have now, and that sometimes makes me slow to complain about the occasional inconvenience.
I had an angry face reaction because I was a big Joe Namath fan. Had totally forgotten about the Heidi game. Brings back bad memories. I was only 10 years old.
