An apology from Martin Waymire

[Fletch]

Originally Posted by QueenGorgo

I wonder if this has also been posted on the other boards.

Of course not - only on the boards where they got busted. You don't own up to something until you're backed into a corner and don't have any other way out. Duh.

[spartanNTX]

Originally Posted by DavidWaymire

Our staffer is indeed a MSU student, and did attend Commissioner Delaney’s kickoff in East Lansing. And he is a big Spartan fan. Given a chance to buy the network as part of a sports tier, he probably would!

Also, if he was given a chance to watch the network as part of the basic tier, there would be no probably about it!

[mattricide]

Catch him, make him apoligize, then spam his email anyway.

Ahh, Internet justice is sweet.

[Nommad]

This board is more exciting than my real life. Great escapism entertainment.

[Put Dahlman in!!]

Comcast needs to recieve some concerned customer emails

[tuff bob]

Originally Posted by mattricide

Catch him, make him apoligize, then spam his email anyway.

I don't think thats much of an apology.

[michiganstatees]

I say we get a dummy of David Waymeir and bring it to the tailgate....then we all burn that SOB dummy. WHAT A D BAG.

[Sagnastys Finest]

Originally Posted by Fletch

An MSU student who desperately wants to pay an even higher cable bill so he can watch his Spartans play Bowling Green.

and not just a $1.10 higher, but this kid is willing to pay an extra 15 dollars a month or so

man i want to make friends with this kid. maybe he'll throw some money my way.

[MSURed]

I hope Comcast didn't prepay for your services.

[Sagnastys Finest]

Originally Posted by Dr. Love

Comcast needs to recieve some concerned customer emails

i just hope they go down in flames. they're commercials look so shady, and they are so misleading. they have that lady on their commercials that acts so fake and is smiling, when all she's really doing is bashing other companies (like directv and at&t) to make comcast look better by comparison.

then they go and tell customers that it would be a 13 dollar tax added on to customers' bills if they added the BTN...when really its 13 dollars over THE ENTIRE YEAR

this whole argument they are making is so dumb. most of their money is already profit. they have FSN detroit on the basic package, at least i hope, why not BTN?

[tuff bob]

Originally Posted by Sagnasty's Finest

and not just a $1.10 higher, but this kid is willing to pay an extra 15 dollars a month or so

and comcast wants to be his friend and give him that channel he desperately wants. if only the BTN wouldn't make them put it on expanded basic.

[GatorBill]

Popcorn needs more butter. Other than that, this is pretty good stuff.

[durhay]

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Originally Posted by DavidWaymire

To: Trevor Barnes and the posters at SpartanTailgate.com:

Please accept my apologies for the post by one of my company’s employees regarding the Big 10 Network’s insistence that the new channel be forced on all cable customers, not just those interested in sports. You were right to “out” that posting, as it did not clearly point out our company does work for Comcast (which did not pre-approve the message posted).

Our staffer is indeed a MSU student, and did attend Commissioner Delaney’s kickoff in East Lansing. And he is a big Spartan fan. Given a chance to buy the network as part of a sports tier, he probably would!

That doesn’t excuse our failure to identify that the posting was done by our company advocating for a particular position.

Again, my apologies. Go Spartans…at least until they play my Northwestern Wildcats!

David Waymire
Martin Waymire Advocacy Communications

[PortlandSpartan]

Originally Posted by MSURed

I hope Comcast didn't prepay for your services.

but they did

[bighc2000]

That font he used hurt my eyes as much as that "organic" website did.

[#1]

Worst. apology letter. ever.

Should have read:

**** your site. **** the BTN. Go Wildcats.

Hugs and Kisses,
Comcast

[Gods03]

Originally Posted by DavidWaymire

To: Trevor Barnes and the posters at SpartanTailgate.com:

Please accept my apologies for the post by one of my company’s employees regarding the Big 10 Network’s insistence that the new channel be forced on all cable customers, not just those interested in sports. [TRANSLATION: This is not an apology, the BTN is trying to force the channel on all cable customers, not those just interested in sports]You were right to “out” that posting, as it did not clearly point out our company does work for Comcast (which did not pre-approve the message posted).

Our staffer is indeed a MSU student [LIE], and did attend Commissioner Delaney’s kickoff in East Lansing. [LIE]And he is a big Spartan fan.[LIE] Given a chance to buy the network as part of a sports tier, he probably would! [True for most of us]

That doesn’t excuse our failure to identify that the posting was done by our company advocating for a particular position.

Again, my apologies. Go Spartans…at least until they play my Northwestern Wildcats! [Shameless ploy to try an identify with us]

David Waymire
Martin Waymire Advocacy Communications

[Morocco Mole]

Originally Posted by Dr. Love

Comcast needs to recieve some concerned customer emails

Me and my buddies will start working on the underground campaign right now

[bighc2000]

Waymire is a sleazy political operative. The good thing is, he seems to be on the losing side of any issue he works on. Googlenet him and check out the results. LOSER

Even better, for some trivial crap like this issue, not many of us will forget that his name is associated with stupidity.

[RelentlessSpartan]

Originally Posted by DavidWaymire

To: Trevor Barnes and the posters at SpartanTailgate.com:

Please accept my apologies for the post by one of my company’s employees regarding the Big 10 Network’s insistence that the new channel be forced on all cable customers, not just those interested in sports. You were right to “out” that posting, as it did not clearly point out our company does work for Comcast (which did not pre-approve the message posted).

Our staffer is indeed a MSU student, and did attend Commissioner Delaney’s kickoff in East Lansing. And he is a big Spartan fan. Given a chance to buy the network as part of a sports tier, he probably would!

That doesn’t excuse our failure to identify that the posting was done by our company advocating for a particular position.

Again, my apologies. Go Spartans…at least until they play my Northwestern Wildcats!

David Waymire
Martin Waymire Advocacy Communications

David:

You have my respect for taking ownership for the post. However, that's where it ends. It is completely inappropriate to post here for commercial gain. Correct me if I am wrong, but the proprietors of the board have sponsorships for sale and I'm certain your client or your firm could have purchased one. Your note appeared to be more of a PR move than a true "mea culpa".

The tactic you used is deceitful and reprehensible. What's worse is that nowhere do you deny that you condone its use. You only say that your client did not pre-approve it. Repugnant. If you actually believe that your position put fans first (and respected their intelligence) then your form would have been forthright.

[nutsack 1980]

C'mon that letter is crap - next he is gonna tell us that the website that was linked to the original post was also just something that the employee put together on his own.

These guys are spin doctors and they have been caught with their hands in the cookie jar. I am not a fan of how the BTN is trying to accomplish their goal, but these type of tactics by Comcast (or their agents) are just wrong.

What they need is some of their own medicine

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Martin Waymire is now in the lead for nutsack of the year award.

[Redwingenator]

Originally Posted by RelentlessSpartan

David:

You have my respect for taking ownership for the post. However, that's where it ends. It is completely inappropriate to post here for commercial gain. Correct me if I am wrong, but the proprietors of the board have sponsorships for sale and I'm certain your client or your firm could have purchased one. Your note appeared to be more of a PR move than a true "mea culpa".

The tactic you used is deceitful and reprehensible. What's worse is that nowhere do you deny that you condone its use. You only say that your client did not pre-approve it. Repugnant. If you actually believe that your position put fans first (and respected their intelligence) then your form would have been forthright.

I don't understand the big words you used. I'm a stupid college football fan that is so far below the intelligence of "Big Dave" I'm incapable of seeing that Comcast is trying to screw their cable subscribers again.

[Winston Wolf]

Originally Posted by PortlandSpartan

but they did

I thought the same thing.

[SBSpartan]

transparent

adjective

easily understood or seen through (because of a lack of subtlety); "a transparent explanation"; "a transparent lie"

[GRR Spartan]

Originally Posted by Spacemaker

Only on a nerdy messge board would people think that things like this have any importance in the real world.

A nerdy message board where you have over 10,000 posts.