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DirecTV Allows Some NFL Refunds After Anthem Controversy

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

realDonaldTrump writes:

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: 3, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @04:38PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @04:38PM (#574907)

    You're not terribly bright, are you?

    Says the 2 lumen red LED.

    There's an old phrase that goes "the customer is always right".

    Emphasis added by me. That stopped applying to businesses when oligopoly became the norm and competition was something to be driven off by the politicians the businesses paid for.

    Anyone who ignores it better have a monopoly on a need rather than a desire,

    Oligopoly is just as good as monopoly. Oh, wait, they have that. Also, to businesses, there's not much difference between a need and a desire. In their eyes the two are identical.

    contract or no contract.

    So contract law means nothing to you? At least you warn people up front that you're dishonest and they should never sign a contract with you because you'll just disregard it if you ever feel like it. Thanks for that.

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  • (Score: 5, Insightful) by The Mighty Buzzard on Friday September 29 2017, @05:00PM (1 child)

    by The Mighty Buzzard (18) Subscriber Badge <themightybuzzard@proton.me> on Friday September 29 2017, @05:00PM (#574921) Homepage Journal

    That stopped applying to businesses when...

    Obviously not since it just happened.

    So contract law means nothing to you?

    A contract is an agreement between two parties. If both parties desire it to change, it changes. I know it butthurts you but you're just going to have to learn to live with that, it happens a lot in life.

    --
    My rights don't end where your fear begins.

    • (Score: 2, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @07:39PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @07:39PM (#575011)

      If both parties desire it to change, it changes.

      Pray they don't change it further... plus ça change...

      Being that the NFL plays a major role in American propaganda, I can understand why they might want to treat these players worse than the ones who drive drunk/high, shoot at people, beat their wives/girlfriends... Maybe the NFL should just use prisoners. Most of the players got a foot in jail (the other one in the grave) already anyway. I watch when they steal the ball right out of a guy's hands. Looks exactly like a purse snatching. I can't wait until they allow the players to exercise their 2nd Amendment rights during the game. And it'll make it more authentic if they wore hoodies instead of those helmets that make them look like Gay Speed Racer in spandex.