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I blame the Blazers for this. They have been obsessed with these exclusive deals for a while. From the failed Action Sports Network to this deal with Comcast. What worked for the fan was when the Blazers were on Fox Sports NW...that worked just fine for just about everyone.

The essential problem is that there simply are not enough NW sports to sustain a NW sports channel. You have the Blazers and then some folks who care about the Ducks or the Beavers, but that's about it. Further, the Ducks or Beavers are not as popular as college sports teams on the east coast. So, while the Blazers play 82 games, what else is this channel supposed to show? High school football? No one really cares about that. There simply aren't enough sports to sustain a channel like this. Why would the satellite companies purchase it? Half the year there would be nothing worth watching and the other half of the year, there are some Blazer games on some nights...there simply isn't enough programing.

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