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posted by Fnord666 on Friday September 29 2017, @03:03PM   Printer-friendly
from the have-a-seat dept.

DirecTV is allowing at least some customers to cancel subscriptions to its Sunday Ticket package of NFL games and obtain refunds, if they cite players' national anthem protests as the reason for discontinuing service, customer service representatives said Tuesday.

Under Sunday Ticket's regular policy, refunds are not to be given once the season is underway. But the representatives said they are making exceptions this season -- which began in September -- because of the controversy over the protests, in which players kneel or link arms during the national anthem.

Spokesmen for DirecTV-parent AT&T Inc. (T) and the National Football League declined to comment.

http://www.foxbusiness.com/markets/2017/09/26/directv-allows-some-nfl-refunds-after-anthem-controversy.html


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  • (Score: 2) by c0lo on Saturday September 30 2017, @07:53AM

    by c0lo (156) Subscriber Badge on Saturday September 30 2017, @07:53AM (#575222) Journal

    Other people see what the players and NFL owners doing as flipping the bird to the fans who paid money to watch them play football, not get a political lesson.

    Were those "other people" deprived from the "watching football" part?
    Is there in any contract those "other people" signed anything to say "they'll watch football and nothing but football"?
    Are the players allowed to "express" nothing but football, anything else is banned for them?

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