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East Stand View: Sorry DirecTV & AT&T Users

What’s more Major League Soccer-esque than being told only hours before the match (via Twitter) that your favorite team would not be on one of your favorite local channels because of a contractual dispute? Is having the team sanctioned watch party canceled because of said contractual dispute also pretty MLS-esque? Wish I could share your pain but my provider was not AT&T/DirecTV, but judging by the number of angry calls/texts I received during the game against Sporting Kansas City, a number of you out there have them as your provider...

Sorry DirecTV/AT&T Users

Here’s the skinny: AT&T Uverse and DirecTV dropped all CBS owned stations from their programming in a contractual dispute where CBS made some demands and AT&T pushed back.