I know plenty of sighted people who prefer to listen to the radio while watching TV because too many tv broadcasters ramble on about stuff unrelated to the game. So, no, radio coverage isn't going anywhere. Also as someone else pointed out, when people are traveling, they want to access the games. Richard
> On Sep 6, 2015, at 12:37 PM, Arnold Schmidt <arno...@mindspring.com> wrote: > > I'm not thinking that radio play by play will fade away this year, but in a > few years. I imagine they included Audio Pass in this year's game pass, just > because they may as well, being that the people are paying a hundred dollars > for the package. But if not all that many use Audio Pass, they probably > won't include it for that many more years. I would be delighted to be wrong > about this subject in general. > > Arnold Schmidt > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Donald L. Roberts > To: viphone@googlegroups.com > Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2015 3:01 PM > Subject: Re: The Future Of Radio Play by Play, was Re: [NFL Game Pass Support > #CZZ-614-86691]: Audio pass? > > Frankly, if there is no demand for radio play by play, why doesn't the NFL > stop precluding internet feeds of the various stations which carry the radio > feeds of the games? > > Don Roberts > > >> On 9/6/2015 10:19 AM, Arnold Schmidt wrote: >> I haven't mentioned this before, being that it is a little bit off topic. >> But I wonder just how much of a future play by play sports on radio really >> has? The more easily it becomes that people can watch sports on their >> mobile devices, the less appeal radio play buy play will have. After all, >> if I could see it myself, I would much rather watch it than to have somebody >> tell me about what just happened. So, I wonder if it simply got to the >> point that Audio Pass had so few subscribers that it became more trouble >> than it was worth to continue it? I have no proof of this, it is just a >> thought. >> >> Arnold Schmidt >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: Alan Paganelli >> To: viphone@googlegroups.com >> Sent: Sunday, September 06, 2015 12:54 PM >> Subject: Re: [NFL Game Pass Support #CZZ-614-86691]: Audio pass? >> >> HMMMMM! What I would of expected from them. So it'll get swept under the >> rug. I'm getting the impression the NFL has more money then they >> know what to do with and the needs of the blind are very far down on their >> list of priorities. They just couldn't leave well enough alone with audio >> pass. I paid $40 last season for Audio Pass and I didn't even have a >> problem very much if they jacked up the price or even doubled it to $80. >> Try buying a ticket to any NFL game but it isn't for the faint of heart. >> LOL! Do you get the impression I'm not happy with the NFL right now? They >> have my hundred bucks and I still can't listen to games,. >> >> >> Alan >> >> Sent from my iPad Air >> >>> On Sep 6, 2015, at 6:06 AM, Nancy Badger <nancybad...@icloud.com> wrote: >>> >>> This is what I got back when I inquired about audio pass. I think it would >>> be great if lots of us did this. >>> Nancy >>> >>> Nancy Badger, Ph.D >>> Assistant Vice Chancellor, Student Services >>> UT Chattanooga >>> Sent from my iPhone with dictation software. Please excuse spelling errors. >>> >>> Begin forwarded message: >>> >>>> From: NFL Game Pass Support <gamepass.supp...@nfl.com> >>>> Date: September 6, 2015 at 8:55:52 AM EDT >>>> To: nancybad...@icloud.com >>>> Subject: [NFL Game Pass Support #CZZ-614-86691]: Audio pass? >>>> Reply-To: gamepass.supp...@nfl.com >>>> Nancy Badger, >>>> >>>> Thank you for contacting us. This is an automated response confirming the >>>> receipt of your ticket. 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