AT&T's DirecTV Is Giving Trump Supporters Refunds on NFL Package

[still_one]

"Subscribers to AT&T Inc.’s DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket who want to cancel the service because of football players’ national anthem protests can get refunds, according to customer service representatives.
The protests, which started with some players kneeling during the anthem to protest racial inequality, has expanded to teams and even owners linking arms in a show of unity. The issue has been magnified by tweets from President Donald Trump, who called the protests “disgraceful” and encouraged fans to boycott the NFL.
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AT&T is the exclusive home of the Sunday Ticket, which offers the full slate of Sunday afternoon NFL games. The telecommunications company declined to comment.
The TV football package costs almost $300 a season, though AT&T offers various promotions and monthly pricing options.
DirecTV normally has a no-cancellation policy for Sunday Ticket. The Wall Street Journal reported the refunds earlier Tuesday."

Subscribers to AT&T Inc.’s DirecTV NFL Sunday Ticket who want to cancel the service because of football players’ national anthem protests can get refunds, according to customer service representatives.
The protests, which started with some players kneeling during the anthem to protest racial inequality, has expanded to teams and even owners linking arms in a show of unity. The issue has been magnified by tweets from President Donald Trump, who called the protests “disgraceful” and encouraged fans to boycott the NFL.
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AT&T is the exclusive home of the Sunday Ticket, which offers the full slate of Sunday afternoon NFL games. The telecommunications company declined to comment.
The TV football package costs almost $300 a season, though AT&T offers various promotions and monthly pricing options.
DirecTV normally has a no-cancellation policy for Sunday Ticket. The Wall Street Journal reported the refunds earlier Tuesday.


https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ts-directv-giving-trump-supporters-203807750.html

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

1. Maybe it's time to start boycotting DirecTV?!?!

[krawhitham]

8. +1

[Not Ruth]

2. It would be nice if families did something productive with that money during that time

Reading, going to a museum....anything other than watching persons of color get brain injuries.

[RhodeIslandOne]

11. Persons not of color don't get brain injuries in football?

Tell me more.....

[annabanana]

3. I'm guessing they don't expect to really take much of a hit.

If they were worried, they wouldn't make the offer.

[cyclonefence]

5. Yeah

I'd like to see the numbers on this one.

[dalton99a]

4. Racists must be coddled

[IggleDuer]

6. Lemme get this straight ....

These customers had purchased the $300 NFL package exclusively to watch the National AnthemI? If this brouhaha never happened, they would likely be going to the bathroom during the National Anthem to clear out their bladder before the first half.

[Thrill]

7. Those idiots arent giving up football

Bet That

[Codeine]

9. People who drop three hundred bucks on a football package

are extremely unlikely to cancel it, refund notwithstanding. A handful of the permanently aggrieved will do so, and refunding is probably easier than listen to their endless whining.

[pstokely]

10. and they give it away to new subscribers

but I think it they automatically renew it each season until you cancel