Ale Ont wrote:

They are getting ready to pay Vladdy.

PUTIN?!?!
Eff him. 🤬

Saul wrote:

Easily Amused wrote:

Ale Ont wrote:

They are getting ready to pay Vladdy.

PUTIN?!?! Eff him. 🤬

Vladdy as in 'He ain't Putin 'em outa da ballpark this year.

Well played, sir! 😁👏

splunge wrote:

I just got an email about my Sportsnet plus account. Going up by a staggering $50 per year.

There better be both a world series and stanley cup appearance in the jays/leafs immediate future!!!

no doubt tsn plus will follow suit sometime soon.

You're not alone.

Sports fans share outrage online as Sportsnet jacks up prices: 'An outright middle finger'

splunge wrote:

I just got an email about my Sportsnet plus account. Going up by a staggering $50 per year.

There better be both a world series and stanley cup appearance in the jays/leafs immediate future!!!

no doubt tsn plus will follow suit sometime soon.

I would bet on the Jays to make it to the World Series before the Leafs get to the Stanley Cup Final. It is simply a numbers game. The NHL has four best of seven series. MLB has a best of three Wild Card, best of five divisional round and two best of seven, League Championship and World Series. Not going to happen in the "immediate future" though.

Shorty Wave wrote:

I hope subscribers drop them like hot turds. For Rogers to jack up rates by 25 & 30% is pure greed. They’ve got higher bills to pay now, Vladdy, their NHL monopoly, and the “weird stadium in the middle of nowhere” all start to add up, not to mention the channels they pouched from Corus that nobody can now watch, unless they have Rogers cable (HGTV, Food etc). I enjoy my sports but would not now pay $325 for this package, nor should you! And Rogers needs better decision makers while we’re at it.

Agreed. That's why I cancelled my subscription yesterday. I hope others follow suit. Large corporations only begin to listen to consumers when the profit margins head in the wrong direction and shareholders get nervous.

Just got my Fido bill and discovered an unannounced rate increase of 8%, going from $50 to $54 per month. I'm thinking of switching to Freedom, which ironically, roams on the Rogers network when out of range.

Not to be ignored is Rogers almost tripling the prices of seats in the 2nd level of the TD section. Both of my brothers-in-law are cancelling their season tickets. Hopefully many more will do the same.

And to think they started out delivering crystal clear reception of 2, 4, 7, 6, 9 and 11. As a bonus Mr. Rogers would throw in CHEX and CKCO which were generally not available to viewers with their Buffalo aimed chimney antennas. All for $3-$4 per month.

More and more people are becoming angry about the increases, as noted in this story from the Canadian Press. It quotes a Brock University sports marketing professor who thinks this latest huge hike will come home to roost - although he worries that people's memories are short and they'll eventually just forget about it. 

“A rational fan would say, ‘OK, look, Rogers just paid even more of a premium to get the hockey rights. I expect probably a price increase,’” he said. “The challenge is, the price is increasing substantially, and the level of service that consumers and fans have been getting over the last couple of years has been suspect — and I think that’s really the crux of the issue.”

Professor questions value as Sportsnet Premium streaming price jumps 30 per cent

Binson Echorec wrote:

Makes me glad I don't care about sports.

Ditto!