[totoros]

I'm wondering if I have the sports pack which includes a few Fox Sports channels and don't get NBA League Pass, will I still be able to watch some games on those channels or will they be blocked out?

 

[joshjr]

I can tell you that last year I watched plenty of Mavericks games without League Pass but they are on the Fox Sports SouthWest channel and thats the FSN channel for my area. I see no need for me to add League Pass when FSN had a ton of their games. Plus I looked and there was like 23 of the Mavericks games nationally televised this year. That with what FSN will offer me I dont need League pass.

 

[Mariah2014]

You will not receive any except those on tnt, espn/espn2, abc, and nba tv. All other nba games will be blacked out including pre season.

 

[joshjr]

You will not receive any except those on tnt, espn/espn2, abc, and nba tv. All other nba games will be blacked out including pre season.

Unless thats new I call BS. I watched a ton of Mavericks games last year.

 

[say-what]

All games except those on your Regional Sports Network will be blacked out. So if you get FSSW, then you will see any of the games carried on that network except that games may still be blacked out on your designated local RSN due to a team having exclusive broadcast rights.

For example, I live in New Orleans and we have the Hornets. Our designated RSN on DirecTV is Fox SW. I cannot watch any NBA games on Fox SW due to the Hornets having exclusive broadcast rights in my area (the Hornets are on Cox Sports and that's not carried by DirecTV yet), nor can I watch any out of market games without league pass.

 

[joshjr]

All games except those on your Regional Sports Network will be blacked out. So if you get FSSW, then you will see any of the games carried on that network except that games may still be blacked out on your designated local RSN due to a team having exclusive broadcast rights.

For example, I live in New Orleans and we have the Hornets. Our designated RSN on DirecTV is Fox SW. I cannot watch any NBA games on Fox SW due to the Hornets having exclusive broadcast rights in my area (the Hornets are on Cox Sports and that's not carried by DirecTV yet), nor can I watch any out of market games without league pass.

Well I must say that stinks. I look forward to watching the Mavericks games again this year. My FSN channel is FSSW channel 676.

 

[Mariah2014]

He's right you only receive them because they are in your local rsn market.

Unless thats new I call BS. I watched a ton of Mavericks games last year.

 

[joshjr]

You will not receive any except those on tnt, espn/espn2, abc, and nba tv. All other nba games will be blacked out including pre season.

All that I meant to imply was that the FSN channels for your area have games on them that are not blocked.

 

[Mariah2014]

My fsn doesn't have any nba and in fact, when the sonics were on fsn they were blacked out here in Eastern Washington. So, just because you are in the territory for an rsn doesn't mean you receive any nba from that rsn.

 

[joshjr]

My fsn doesn't have any nba and in fact, when the sonics were on fsn they were blacked out here in Eastern Washington. So, just because you are in the territory for an rsn doesn't mean you receive any nba from that rsn.

Guess I am just lucky then. No blackouts on HD or SD for NFL Sunday Ticket and alot of NBA Dallas Mavericks, Texas Rangers, and Houston Astro's games on my FSN channel. Sorry to hear about your luck with the RSN. Were you a Sonics fan? Sad to see them go?

 

[Mariah2014]

Actually, the nice thing is that it means no blackouts in nba league pass for me. However, you will probably get oklahoma city and not dallas anymore. True, blackouts on the sd version of nfl sunday ticket, but my local stations have the games anyway.

 

[joshjr]

Actually, the nice thing is that it means no blackouts in nba league pass for me. However, you will probably get oklahoma city and not dallas anymore. True, blackouts on the sd version of nfl sunday ticket, but my local stations have the games anyway.

I guess there is a chance I can get both unless my RSN channel changes. I doubt it will just for an NBA team. I noticed when I pucnh in my zip on D* site is says if I keep Premier pack that the sports pack also give me the Fox Midwest but only lists the Cardinals on it for the pro team. That should be interesting to see who does pick up the new team. I had not even thought about that. I hope they go on the Fox Midwest as I want the Mavericks games.

 

[tonyd79]

Try this link to see what you are supposed to get with and without the sports pack.

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPageIF.jsp?assetId=3450006&footernavtype=-1

 

[joshjr]

Try this link to see what you are supposed to get with and without the sports pack.

http://www.directv.com/DTVAPP/global/contentPageIF.jsp?assetId=3450006&footernavtype=-1

Yeah I used it earler. Here are the results.

 

[inkahauts]

I guess there is a chance I can get both unless my RSN channel changes. I doubt it will just for an NBA team. I noticed when I pucnh in my zip on D* site is says if I keep Premier pack that the sports pack also give me the Fox Midwest but only lists the Cardinals on it for the pro team. That should be interesting to see who does pick up the new team. I had not even thought about that. I hope they go on the Fox Midwest as I want the Mavericks games.

The Thunder moving to Oklahoma may change things up... Blackout rules are also territorial for leagues... They want you to see your home teams, so if the NBA decides that you are in Thunder land, they may only allow Thunder games for you and force your RSN to black out Dallas... Not saying they will... but saying they might. Will be interesting to see...

With that said, once in a while they do screw up... I actually flipped by a couple games on my sports pack last year that weren't blacked out that should have been... Nothing consistent though...

 

[joshjr]

The Thunder moving to Oklahoma may change things up... Blackout rules are also territorial for leagues... They want you to see your home teams, so if the NBA decides that you are in Thunder land, they may only allow Thunder games for you and force your RSN to black out Dallas... Not saying they will... but saying they might. Will be interesting to see...

With that said, once in a while they do screw up... I actually flipped by a couple games on my sports pack last year that weren't blacked out that should have been... Nothing consistent though...

it should all be sorted out very soon. The season will be here before you know it. In a way I wish it was sorted out now so I could make up my mind if League Pass is worth it for me or not. It will happen soon enough I guess.

 

[Mariah2014]

Actually it has been decided already 75 miles around Oklahoma City will be Thunder tv territory and Mavericks games would not air on fsn southwest in that area. The rest of Oklahoma would get Thunder games, but would also still receive mavericks games, when the thunder are not conflcting with those games.

 

[joshjr]

Actually it has been decided already 75 miles around Oklahoma City will be Thunder tv territory and Mavericks games would not air on fsn southwest in that area. The rest of Oklahoma would get Thunder games, but would also still receive mavericks games, when the thunder are not conflcting with those games.

If the games are on seperate channels I dont see why I would not get both even if both games were on at the same time. I live well more then 75 miles from OKC and that is how I understood it.

 

[Mariah2014]

They would be required to black them out because you are inside the 75 mile territory, however they would be in the clear in nba league pass.

If the games are on seperate channels I dont see why I would not get both even if both games were on at the same time. I live well more then 75 miles from OKC and that is how I understood it.

 

[joshjr]

They would be required to black them out because you are inside the 75 mile territory, however they would be in the clear in nba league pass.

I think you are misunderstanding me. Oklahoma City is 195 miles away from me. I would not be part of the 75 mile thing. That would make me think that I would be able to get both games even if they were on at the same time.