Comments on: FOX SPORTS NETWORK SUCKS

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 08:18:46 +0000

Oh, Atiras, I feel your pain! All ready for a Saturday of tennis and you end p disappointed.

The women’s final will be shown today (on Sunday before the men’s final). So maybe you’ll still catch it, at least.

I give up trying to guess what the heck FSN is planning. I hate that the ATP sells out it’s tournaments like this.

By: Atiras

Atiras — Sun, 22 Mar 2009 00:55:13 +0000

FSN is the most worthless sports channel ever. Today’s line-up included Federer/Murray, Nadal/Roddick and the women’s final with Ivanovic. Do you know which match was aired in North Carolina?…….not one. complete block out. I didn’t even get the allotted two meager hours. WTF!!! Indian Wells is next onmy scathing e-mail list.

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Sat, 21 Mar 2009 00:58:42 +0000

FSN catharsis! It’s a small comfort. . .

By: What Did I Say? G-R-I-M « El Toro de Rafa

What Did I Say? G-R-I-M « El Toro de Rafa — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 15:35:52 +0000

[...] get to see the match either by choice (I’m looking at you, Neil) or because of the stupid broadcasting move by FSN, this is the match in a few short minutes. Grim females [...]

By: lynney62

lynney62 — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 01:30:54 +0000

Thanks for the email link. I sent a complaining email….like you I know it won’t do any good but I feel a helluva lot better getting that off my chest!

By: freakyfritters

freakyfritters — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 22:10:09 +0000

ok peeps…i found the emails to people who you can complain to @ Indian wells..
http://www.bnpparibasopen.org/4/media/contact/default.asp

below there is a link “To send comments about the BNP Paribas Open website, please click here”

so please send your correspondence to:
dee2@iwtg.net, pmacpherson@atptennis.com, akim@atptennis.com

By: lk28

lk28 — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 21:31:17 +0000

I can’t get FSN on my cable service, so I wasn’t disappointed. But I would like to see this tournament and other ATP tournaments on the big screen instead of on my tiny computer screen. So, here’s my 2 cents: don’t complain to FSN. Complain to whomever sells the broadcast rights (ATP Tour? Indian Wells Tournament?) and urge them to sell to a network that will actually provide good coverage. TV coverage of tennis should not only be about whoever pays the most (Fox is rich), but also about providing quality coverage and growing the sport. Send a copy of your email/letter to FSN. They’ll get the message.

By: sofie

sofie — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:52:18 +0000

I so agree I was so upset yesterday night especially after they said they would broadcast it. Thank god I was able to watch a stream of it online last night. I took your advice & sent FSN an email & I did let them have it!

By: Courtney

Courtney — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 20:07:51 +0000

I agree. I was pissed they didn’t show John Isner vs Marat Safin. And you would think since it was Safin’s “last” year on tour they would be nice and show him. Its bad enough they put Gulbis on non tv courts then when some decent matches are on tv courts I would love to see THEY DON’T SHOW THEM! I am mad at tennis channel too. I wish they would show MORE tennis that is currently going on.

By: Lynnson

Lynnson — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 19:15:38 +0000

Totally agree. I thought last year was really bad but to bump live tv with Nadal/Nanby is wrong on so many levels.

Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr…….

By: freakyfrites

freakyfrites — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 18:00:35 +0000

ARGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH! I am still fuming, especially since I’m now reading reports on how great Rafa vs. David was.

FSN has these tiny broadcast windows and they show people whatever is going on in that 3 hour period – even if Rafa and Roger were playing, they’d show Camille Pin vs. Mara Santangelo if that was the match that fit their broadcast window.

BLAHHHHHH!

And the tape delays are especially obnoxious, when they aren’t even showing the best matches.

By: Liz

Liz — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 17:35:56 +0000

We recorded it to watch tonight. It figures they would drop the most exciting match of the night. If they don’t want to go the trouble of showing tennis, then let some other network pick it up that does!

By: Babz

Babz — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:53:04 +0000

What a terrible coverage – and to think IW is actually in the country.

By: miri

miri — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 14:31:41 +0000

There are not enough words to properly express the suckitude of FSN. We don’t even always get the boring matches they show live in our region – we get tape delay. Sadly, they have the rights to Miami as well.