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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, @05:46PM (2 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @05:46PM (#574951)

    Football was supposed to be non political entertainment, an escape from the problems of the real world.

    So then why inject the national anthem? That just offends people who don't like US imperialism. There are plenty of patriots who don't agree with the modern propaganda, and why is it a part of sports anyway? Oh right, PROPAGANDA! BRAINWASHING!

    Fools like you are the problem, brainwashed so easily and making it near impossible for conscious people to make political change. We have hordes of morons blindly repeating establishment propaganda. We need some anti-biotics that can cure stupidity.

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  • (Score: 3, Insightful) by jmorris on Friday September 29 2017, @06:35PM (1 child)

    by jmorris (4844) on Friday September 29 2017, @06:35PM (#574980)

    See? I tell you what is going to happen and it happens almost instantly.

    I can't stop laughing. I didn't believe Trump when he promised we would tire of winning. I'm still not tired yet but I can now imagine that future. A future where victory over Evil is so total that we can lay down our arms and enjoy the victory for a moment. Evil never sleeps so that moment won't last, but it will be a wonderful moment. Something to strive for.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @07:24PM

      by Anonymous Coward on Friday September 29 2017, @07:24PM (#575005)

      You live in a weirdly delusional reality, or you're just a Russian troll. It is impossible to tell through an internet forum, but you do you I guess.