Thread: So now that the lockout seems pau, what happens with Center Ice subscribers?

Pau?

Nobody questions this?

Has LGK gone Hawaiian in the middle of winter?

thought the pau was referring to Gasol's legs

Originally Posted by 16scores

I bet they will offer the free 2 or 3 week preview and run a ticker telling you to call or go online to get the season for free and neglect to tell you by accepting the offer you are committing to an auto renew for next year at full price.

jokes on them, I already cancelled. and I won't be resubscribing this year.

I would be tempted to cancel, but that means only a handful of Kings games this year. Living out of market sucks. I'll be a slave to Center Ice regardless of what they'e charging.

Like Allen I am stuck too if I want to follow my team ...

Originally Posted by Bogey

Pau?

Nobody questions this?

Has LGK gone Hawaiian in the middle of winter?

Hey, I'm Kama'aina. I can use "pau" whenever and wherever I please. Deal with it!

Originally Posted by hokiecat

Ouch, you are hurting my head. You realize that Directv and Center Ice are not the same company right?

1. I don't think NHL will offer free Center Ice. I think they will just make it $100 or so (basically pro-rated) and tell the hockey-starved fans it is a bargain.
2. Whatever deal you get from Directv has nothing to do with NHL/Center Ice. I got CI for free a few years back when Directv dropped Versus during the negotiations with Comcast.
3. There is no disruption in service right now. I also got free Showtime for 6 months and bill credits during the 2012 Viacom fiasco because my kid couldn't watch Nick. But I don't think Directv is going to give you any credits for lack of hockey over the past 4 months; because you haven't paid anything for it. But they generally give free stuff to subscribers who spend a lot monthly and make the effort call to complain about their bill.

Hmm. The first sentence tells me you are either not reading, comprehending, connecting the dots between my posts or just flat-out trying to troll me so...I'm pau.

Okay, here is the straight dope on this whole deal coming from a buddy of mine that works for Comcast Co. in Philly. I talked to him extensively about the situation last night. This is the condensed version of our conversation. In a nutshell, the NHL Cannot comp anything because the product (C.I.) has already been purchased via mid length contract and is owned by the carriers. The NHL just supplies the product each season. If anything is comp’d, it will be by the carriers and will be done at an end user level. It is 100% at the discretion of the carrier, not the NHL.

So there goes that rumor. :(

He also mentioned The only, Only, ONLY way the NHL could get involved is if the NHL extended this seasons portion of the pre-existing contract by a full season *AND* credits the carriers the cost of production, distribution, advert, labor and any other costs incurred during the loss of half a season…which won’t happen because that would run in the 10’s of millions of extra costs and losses to the NHL for *EACH CARRIER*. That scenario again, only benefits the carrier not the end user. The NHL can’t tell the carrier what to spend its money on.

In general, there are clauses in the NHL/Carrier contract that cover work stoppages. They usually extend the contract at the “tail end” and are written in for the benefit of the carrier and not the end user. No extra monies is paid to or paid by either side…just an extension of contract to cover the original amount of agreed upon games.

So that’s that. If you want a couple bones off your Center Ice bill, you’ll have to ask your carrier as some of you have already mentioned.

Edit: Oh yeah, forgot to add that the only way the NHL can do anything like give something away free or at a discount is when they have direct interaction with a end user, us. So I'll gladly take 90% off my next purchase at NHL.com/store.

Is Gamecenter a NHL owned entity?

Getting free Center Ice is the hill the fans will die on.

Now lets talk ticket prices. 30% decrease the first year, 25% the next 2 years, then we will accept 15% in the remaining years of the CBA. This IS a take it or leave it offer NHL

Originally Posted by YJsebastian

Getting free Center Ice is the hill the fans will die on.

LMAO! Well, Center Ice IS what this thread is about and for some of us poor, unfortunate "sucker fans" that live outside the center of the universe that LA is, (), Center Ice is our "ticket" and truly is our "hill to die on".

I guess we could rename this thread:


"NHL, How do you intend to placate me?"


LOL!