A letter from an SFC member:

I’m a student at the University of Pennsylvania, a lifelong Philadelphia
area resident, and a die hard Phillies fan. In Philadelphia, Comcast is the
biggest company around, and their station, Comcast Sportsnet, carries most
Phillies games on TV.

This wasn’t a problem when I lived at home since we had Comcast. However, since moving to Penn’s campus, neither the school cable provider nor the cable provider I’ve used since I’ve live off campus has CSN (I don’t get Comcast because it is far too expensive for my college student budget).

This is because Comcast refuses to allow most other cable providers to carry the network, basically holding Phillies, Sixers, and Flyers fans hostage (Comcast owns large chunks of the Sixers and Flyers, so guess what channel has the rights to their games).

My sophomore year, I lived on the 14th story of a building. My windows faced south, and I could see the entire sports complex from my bedroom. I saw the fireworks go off before the game, the Citizen’s Bank Park Bell ring after a Phillies homer, and could hear the crowd when the window was open.

But could I watch the game from my room? Not on television.

Thanks for fighting the good fight Sports Fan Coalition!