Somehow, the San Francisco 49ers have found themselves in the middle of yet another contract dispute heading into the NFL season, though this one isn’t between the team and one of their superstars.
DirecTV and Disney were unable to come to a contract renewal for carriage rights by their 5 p.m. Eastern time deadline on Sunday, Sept. 1, taking all Disney-owned channels — like ABC and the ESPN networks — off the air. It meant DirecTV viewers missed the USC-LSU college football game, Sunday Night Baseball and the ongoing U.