Sandy Barbour declares war on DirecTV
(Written by kencraw)
First there was an article on SFGAte, which drew plenty of attention. She was very direct with her quotes:
She’s threatening to cancel her DTV subscription and is encouraging her fellow Cal fans with the service to do the same by Thursday, when Pac-12 games begin airing on the conference’s networks.
“I’ve been a DirecTV customer since 1996. I’d hate to lose it, but I want to get the Pac-12 Networks,” Barbour said.
“DirecTV has been phenomenal in their customer service up until now. This is a nonstarter for me. If DirecTV can’t figure out how to carry the Pac-12 Networks by the first football game (on Thursday), I’m done.”
Now, she REALLY goes for blood and brings a film crew out to her house when she has the Comcast crew out to change her service:
Wow! And I love that it’s a Cal spot when she first brings up the Pac-12 channel.
I’ve always thought Sandy does a very good job and has the right balance of being open and friendly, yet direct when it’s called for. This is a great example of her doing her part to put pressure on DirecTV to get their act in gear and sign a contract with the Pac-12.
September 13th, 2012 at 5:03 pm
This is the one of those times that I am glad not to be a DirecTV subscriber. I would not be a good thing to be missing the Pac-12 in my book. I had already planned for the worst last week because I thought Dish wouldn’t be able to come to an agreement either. As it turns out when I was getting ready to leave from my shift there Friday night I saw the communication that we had agreements with Pac-12 and Big-10. Last week I didn’t miss the Sacramento/Colorado game, which I was rooting for Colorado until the fourth quarter started and the smack was laid down upon them. My roommate has been looking forward to the USC/Cal on the 22nd, and no reason he shouldn’t be.