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Subject: Rotowire no longer free
Posted by: ksoze
- Donor [50643419] Tue, Oct 23, 19:51
Click on links from the main page and get:
"Subscribe to RotoWire and get the web's best fantasy sports news! Just $4.99 per month!*"
"Special Promotion: Sign Up Now, Get Rest of 2001 Free! - Ends 11/15/01 !!! * $59.99 with one-year subscription."
Ouch.
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| 1 | prefek
ID: 69522319
Tue, Oct 23, 19:56
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It begins! A shame that, but I think we all see their point.
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| 2 | rockafellerskank
Donor
ID: 4911539
Tue, Oct 23, 20:04
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I wonder if they are going to cut off the e-mails they send for free? Probably.
rfs
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| 3 | biliruben
Sustainer
ID: 3502218
Tue, Oct 23, 20:08
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They are doubling any voluntary donation you sent in prior to their announcement and putting it towards a subscription. I don't think too many donations were received, however, as I got a personal email thanking me. And if there were lots of donations, this move would be unnecessary.
It's a shame, but I completely understand. They put a huge amount of work into their site, and have started offering free emailed updates for specific players of particularly interest to you, as well as costumizable "my rotowire" pages with the details you are interested in. Invaluable.
They do have competition, however. Both TSN and CBSsportsline are competitive and free, though their content is not quite to the depth, reliability and humor you obtain at rotowire.
Personally, I am wondering if they are pricing themselves out of the market, given the free competition. Maybe $2-$3 month would have been easier to swallow and justify. I'll have to ponder whether to pony up after my freebie runs out in march.
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| 4 | valkyrie
Leader
ID: 51815210
Wed, Oct 24, 00:03
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Biliruben- I agree i think they have overpriced themselves. Actually with Sandbox gone and almost all decent sites now requiring payment I think quite a lot of the free fantasy sites, both advice and info, will be dropping out. I expect interest in fantasy sports as a whole may decline. I don't mind paying for quality like TSN but I really prefer the draft games to salary cap games and as far as I am concerned I can't even find a decent pay draft site.
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| 5 | tduncan
ID: 47616279
Wed, Oct 24, 00:42
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is anybody really gonna sign in for this? $60 sims a little too much for me... their information is not a must have, they are making a big mistake.
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| 6 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Oct 24, 07:09
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At first blush, the price seemed a little steep, but when I realized that I access their site multiple times every day, it isn't unreasonable.
However, I wonder how many will pay when there are free alternatives around? Direct competitors include RotoTimes.com and RotoWorld.com, both of which are still free. Of course, with RotoWire taking the plunge, those sites may soon also follow suit.
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| 7 | Pistol Pete
ID: 43638267
Wed, Oct 24, 07:43
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To steal a line from blue hen-
BOOOOOO!!!!
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| 8 | Mr. Budweiser
ID: 2922249
Wed, Oct 24, 09:30
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Timesachangin'......as such, I decree that I will now start charging fees for any pop-up ad that comes my way. ;)
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| 9 | Ender
ID: 52438315
Wed, Oct 24, 09:45
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Reminds me of the Seinfeld episode where the George cancelled a Dr. appointment and was still charged, so when the Dr. postponed the next appointment he tried to charge them :)
On another note, I am considering charging $0.25 a post if you want to read the drivel I routinely post ;)
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| 10 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Oct 24, 11:34
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RotoWire player links in the sartibles and player pages now point to the corresponding page at RotoWorld.com.
In football, I relinked to the player pages at fantasy.sportingnews.com (not the game site, but the sports information site), but for some reason, they don't have their corresponding NBA players pages set up yet. So RotoWorld seemed like a good alternative - at least as long as it is free (who knows?)
If/when http://fantasy.sportingnews.com adds an NBA section (I note that they also don't provide this for hockey, so maybe they only do it for baseball and football!?! ), I'll probably switch over, as they also provided some statistical data to go with the latest news.
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| 11 | clach
ID: 518402513
Wed, Oct 24, 2001, 12:05
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Definly 60$ is too much for me.
I payed 20$ to subscribe 3 teams for ultimate hoops, beacuse or I pay or I can't play.
But why I have to pay much more for service I can get for free?
Even if rotoworld and rototimes will follow rotowire strategy, I can always find informations in other sports sites.
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| 12 | clach
ID: 518402513
Wed, Oct 24, 2001, 13:55
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GURU - "Fantasy sports can provide a tremendous learning opportunity, encompassing planning and budgeting, statistical analysis, and critical thought. But fewer and fewer young people will get hooked if you have to pay to play"
That's absolutely right what you have said. I think fantasy game must be teached in schools!
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| 13 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Oct 24, 2001, 14:15
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Along with grammar...
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| 14 | Ender
ID: 52438315
Wed, Oct 24, 2001, 14:24
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In clach's defense, if I recall correctly he is an international and "to teach" is an irregular verb in the past tense...
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| 15 | Guru
ID: 330592710
Wed, Oct 24, 2001, 14:34
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I thought of that after I make the quick retort.
If so, clach is excused. But lousy grammar from locals is still pretty rampant around here.
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| 16 | clach
ID: 518402513
Wed, Oct 24, 2001, 17:12
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Forgive me for grammar. I'm italian and all the night (is night here) speaking in spanish, so a litle confused.
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| 17 | blue hen, almighty
Leader
ID: 27048221
Thu, Oct 25, 2001, 02:30
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I aint no wut yer talkin bout Guru.
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| 18 | Burntoh
ID: 4922159
Thu, Oct 25, 2001, 03:35
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The change to a pay system is understandable but with a recession hitting us all it is hard to start coughing up money for something that you can find elsewhere for free, if you look around.
I do think that $10US is reasonable for a season of fantasy Basketball but $60US a season is a little high for anyone but the diehard or overly weathly fantasy sports fans.
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| 19 | Taxman
Leader
ID: 247351821
Thu, Oct 25, 2001, 07:56
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Wow...$60. I am afraid price may be too high for the average fantasy player.
I dunno. I am thinking about going to work today and just donating my time...not getting paid for the work I do. My clients really like the tax services I provide them, but if I actually charged them (so that I could put milk on the table for my kids) they would go elsewhere, like to IRS, and obtain free advice.
What is that old line? Free advice is worth what it costs. Just because we receive a value for free for a period of time does not mean that we have a birthright to continue to receive that value for free. This is a basic capitalistic concept.
By the way....have you made YOUR DONATION to the Guru this month?
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| 20 | Lois
ID: 4171833
Wed, Aug 03, 2011, 04:18
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Yup, that'll do it. You have my aprpecaiiton.
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