re and you think espn shafted you in article bb bf rrhammer vm cmp ilstu edu rrhammer vm cmp ilstu edu writes like many others i too was watching the caps isles game when the went to the baseball game i too was pissed how could they interupt such an important game i understand about contracts but you would think they would have a clause in the contract concerning important games anyway us blues and hawks fans got shafted worse while everyone in the u s and watched the game on abc however those of us who live in the central illinois area were subjected to watching the arthritus telethon the area that was most affected by the telecast did not get to see the game except through hawk vision this game had it been televised would have been the first home hawks game shown in the area since this television bull has got to stop we are not only being deprived of seeing games due to skyrocketing ticket prices but we are also being deprived of watching them on tv peace hammer i m familiar with the telethon situation an individual on compuserve was also victimized and was equally pissed that was a local television station contract which could not be broken for that item i strongly suggest you call that affiliate and vent your anger on them supposedly one station had told my friend that they have received hundreds of angry calls which will translate into far less incentive to pre empt hockey telecasts in future the contract was written when the pathetic wlaf was in that time slot tom galvin galvint taurus cs nps navy mil
