• jqubed@lemmy.world
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    21 hours ago

    Yeah, ESPN+ doesn’t do me much good as a Hurricanes fan since I live in the blackout area for Hurricanes games. It’s not hard to VPN around it on the computer but more of a hassle to get that on the TV. I’d made some comments (on a Facebook post where the team announced a couple upcoming games being simulcast on local broadcast channels) about Bally Fan Duel Network being in trouble and they all got likes from an account that purported to be one of the team’s veteran players, someone who will definitely be in the NHL Hall of Fame when he retires. I’d be suspicious of accounts like that normally, but poking around it some I think it might actually be his personal Facebook account. He’s the kind of veteran who’s been around the game long enough I’m sure he pays attention to the business side and if he was liking my comments I suspect that validates my suspicion that their contract with Diamond Sports Group is on thin ice (no pun intended). If Diamond loses too many more teams there’s no way they pull out of bankruptcy.