BamaBrownsBacker (called “Patrick” by some folks) has posted a link to his online petition, which is already up and running. Among others, it already has the signature of STO president Jim Liberatore. The cause for the petition is the goofy and scattershot distribution of SportsTime Ohio televised Indians games via Direct TV.
Patrick states the case a lot better than I can in his post in the Watercooler:
We are estimating that approximately ten percent of the total households in the Indians viewing area are being blacked out of games. This includes approximately 200,000-300,000 households in areas such as Toledo, Erie, parts of Columbus, parts of Akron/Canton, Buffalo, Jamestown, all of SE Ohio, and pretty much all of Ohio outside of Cleveland, Columbus, and Akron. In addition, many of these areas (such as Buffalo) do not have a cable provider that has picked up the games. That means that, if we do not convince DirecTV to pick up the games, these fans will only be able to watch the Indians a couple of times this ENTIRE season. Please help support your fellow Indians fans by signing the petition.
Granted, not every Browns fan is a Tribe fan, and this is a Browns-only site. I know that, so no slappin’ me! Still, I feel the need the put this link here, because I know exactly what it’s like not to get the games you want to see because some doofus makes a dumb decision… just like Modell not putting the games on TV because there were still some seats behind poles not sold in the old stadium. Grrrr… still ticks me off….
Clickee da link! Clickee da link!