On February 19, 2008, Dish Network did something dispicable.  They took away our NFL Network.  This was so shocking to me and my dad...we made my mom call Dish and demand to know what was going on.  She was informed that NFL Network was no longer part of the 100 channels in our package. It was moved to the 200 channels package (which is significantly more expensive).  My family does not watch all that much TV...we don't watch half of the 100 channels we get now, what will we do with 200?!!  We checked around and realized that to change to Direct TV would be more expensive, so we are temporarily without NFL Network.  My mom does not want to upgrade until we absolutely have to (around the beginning of the season) just on principle.  So me and my dad have been forced to get our NFL updates from other sources.  Since it is basketball season and people in baseball are being accused of using steroids, football is not usually a hot topic on the regular sports channels like ESPN, so me and my dad had to get a new system going.  See, my dad travels a lot during the day for his job, so he listens to the sports radio stations and gets his information there.  I get my info from nfl.com, colts.com, and here.  At the end of each day we give each other summaries of what we've learned.  It's like an unspoken competition, the one with the juciest and most info wins.  (I am reigning champ.)

 

However, some good did come of this disaster.  I am watching far less TV (spending more time on the internet, but hey, I've got to stay caught up!) and I get the chance to talk more with my dad.  The rest of the family gets kind of tired of hearing about all the teams in the league, they only care about the Colts, but me and dad can talk for hours about what other teams are doing and how it will affect the Colts.

 

So, now that the offseason has begun and my NFL Network has been taken away, I would like to thank all of you for helping me stay caught up on what's going on around the league and within the Colts franchise.