Dish Multi Sport Package Blackouts

There's a lot of discussion about what's blacked out in the Dish Network Multi Sport Package. You know, if you don't buy the package, those games are blacked out anyway, so it's not like you've lost anything. So I prefer to focus on what do you get for your money.

Here's what you get in the Sports Package:

Professional sporting events:

• Arena Football League
• National Basketball Association (only on NBA TV)**
• Women's National Basketball Association (only on NBA TV)**
• Major League Baseball (Spring Training, sometimes)
• Major League Baseball (partial games that run over scheduled time)
• National Hockey League (pre-season games)
• National Hockey League (replays)
• Major League Soccer (some live, some replays)
• Canadian Football League
• Major Indoor Soccer League
• National Lacrosse League
• Classic replays (some)
• Caribbean World Series
• Australian Rules Football
• International soccer
• Minor league baseball
• Minor league hockey
• Bowling
• Tennis
• Boxing
• Kickboxing
• Billiards
• Golf (a little RSN coverage)
• Beach volleyball
• Auto racing
• Rodeo
• Pro wrestling

Amateur sporting events:

• College football*
• College men's basketball*
• College women's basketball*
• College baseball*
• College women's soccer
• College softball
• College hockey
• College gymnastics
• College swimming
• College track and field
• College volleyball
• College wrestling
• College rugby
• High school football
• High school basketball
• High school volleyball
• High school baseball
• High school hockey
• High school lacrosse
• Youth football
• Equestrian events

Other:

• Coaches' shows
• Regional sports news shows
• League/sport roundup shows
• General sports discussion shows
• Fantasy sports shows
• Team reports
• Pregame shows
• Postgame shows
• Horce racing highlights
• Music (Altitude)
• Cheerleading
• Poker
• Hunting shows
• Fishing shows
• Boating shows
• Darts
• Parades
• Sports documentaries

PLUS lots of opportunities to time-shift Fox Sports Net filler:

• Best Damn Sports Show Period
• Beyond the Glory
• Fox Sports Net Across America
• The Sports List
• and so much more

What you don't get:

• Most major league professional sports events
• Some college games

*For college sports blackouts, the rule of thumb is that anything that's available as part of a PPV package will be blacked out on the RSNs. That includes conference games that are available as part of a PPV package in some other part of the country. There are a few exceptions but, hey, that's why I call it a rule of thumb.

**NBA TV is also available with the "Everything" Pack, which includes AT180 plus all the movie channels, but not the Sports Pack.

And a big your mileage may vary (YMMV) because the blackouts can change from year to year.

My advice is to go to an online TV listing service (I use Excite for this) and choose all the RSNs you'd get with the sports pack. Then browse around from day to day and see exactly what's on. Only you can decide whether it's worth the money to you.