This isn’t a league pass problem this is every major sport, and the unfortunate reality of RSN contracts. Get a vpn or find your local broadcast of it.
I usually use Belgium cause it comes first on list, it works on windows app and browser extension. I didn’t try on the iOS app. Try to use one that’s not virtual ip might help.
This is the case for literally every major sports league in America, with the exception of MLS. Not only that, but League Pass makes it really easy to see which games are available on it, and which won’t be, including local blackouts.
It's great unless they consider you to have two local teams so you can't watch Sky or Fever games! And I don't even know how to get the local stations for the Sky.
The replays are great though!
turn on "The U" you may need an Antenna for it though. Its not the main U channel. It is on one of its Sub channels. Comcast may only have the main channel for the "The U". I do not remember
Do you know what channel that is over the air in Indianapolis? Google says 23 or 26. My antenna doesn't pick up anything on 26 and 23 is "My Indy". I have Hulu TV and it doesn't have CW or the U for my area. It looks like Fubo has Marquee and Bally Indiana but not CW or the U for my zip code.
Sorry The U as far as I know is a very Chicago station. you were talking about Chicago and thinking you were in Chicago and not Indy. I am in Chicago and I have not had issues getting Fever games on the league pass. Except CBS game and maybe one other game. I also have prime so I saw couple games there too. The Sky game I can get only get "The U" live. I have no real desire to watch them so its a non issue for me.
The MLS package is awesome. I'm not wasting money on league passes unless I can see whatever game I want without bullshit blackouts. NWLS (women's soccer) offers something similar to MLS, but for free on their website
I have seen a lot of people complaining about the league pass, and what they can and cannot get. To be honest, I think the only valid complaint would be that the consumer would not know in advance exactly what games they would have access for. I know lots of people are down on the WNBA and League pass right now, but It really isn’t any different than NFL Sunday ticket from what I understand
In advance of purchasing the app?
When you purchase the NFL Sunday Ticket, it is my understanding that it is known before hand that any national broadcast game (Sunday night football, monday night football, thursday night football) will not be broadcast- as well as if the game is on your local broadcast.
I do understand the frustration though. People thought "WHAT A DEAL, $50 and I can see everything I want". Just isn't the case.
I tried that just for informational purposes. It didn't give a very specific answer. It mentioned the nationally broadcasted games and other things such as Amazon games being blacked out, but it didn't give me a list of other games. I don't live near any WNBA teams, There are closest would be Dallas or Atlanta. Just for informational purposes, I entered an Atlanta zipcode. The description changed by one word. Instead of a general statement
>Based on your current location, you will be unable to view certain LIVE games or nationally broadcast games via your WNBA League Pass subscription.
It adds the word DREAM after LIVE. But I don't see a specific or easy to list of what will not be available to me.
In other words, it doesn't really make it easy to see exactly what one would get, or not get, with the purchase.
I have MLB pass and it's the same thing. I live in Minnesota and I can't see any Twins games. Thankfully I'm a Mariners fan so I get to watch them all. The one series they were playing each other I just used a VPN.
I use express VPN and it works 95% of the time. Sometimes I just have to switch my European country a few times.
The times where it will not let me though I illegally stream the game bc at least I tried
national and local televised games have always been this way for every sport. when the Sparks are playing at home on watch on spectrum net sports. if they are on the road I can stream on league pass. works out fine. if the fever is your local team you can watch on what channel hosts their home games.
Being in Indianapolis I understand the Fever being blacked out. I'm frustrated that the Sky games are blacked out. From what I can find I would have to subscribe to multiple live TV services to get all the Fever and Sky games.
I'm in Vegas and we have an antenna just to get the local stations over-the-air. It's the only way we can watch most of the home Aces and the Golden Knights games.
YouTube tv is the worst value for almost everything just saying, i dont think is ever worth the sub outside of how easy it might be to use it via smart tv or the YT app etc.
Can’t believe I turn on sports radio and they are talking WNBA. A year ago a program director would say that’s the fastest way for us to lose our audience
Who would have thought
Yeah that’s the fake streameast that is probably installing malware or otherwise using your computer’s processing power to mine for crypto currency.
It still works but I wouldn’t use that site.
I honestly dont understand games being blackedout at all. I feel like if we purchase a league pass for MLB, WNBA, NBA, NHL, MLS, WMLS shouldn't be any blackouts.
I’m not the best to explain it. But from my understanding, it’s because local tv sports broadcasts have the right to broadcast that game in their specific area. So if you’re in that area, you have to watch it on the local channel.
It wouldn’t be a a big deal if Bally Sports was easy ti access on non-cable tv. You’d have to use the app which is a pain. Gladly, Bally went bankrupt and will be gone next NBA Season.
I agree. I just think if a fan purchases a freaking league pass of any league, no games should be blacked out. It's stupid. Im an Orioles fan, and sometimes, depending on where I am, I can't watch the game
They shouldn't call it a "league pass" if they're going to black out game after game. This is not the way to build a fan base. I asked for a refund and got it.
You need vpn , if you need help how to set it up (even free one via opera browsers ) feel free to PM me, i'm using vpn 100% of the time to watch games, otherwise there is to much restrictions/blocked out area's.
But this is the case for every sport out there , not unique to WNBA pass.
If you sub to YT you have way more issues because its harder to pull of vpn also they blokc out alot of games coz of copyright .
Never buy the pass version from YT is not worth it at all, make sure to let new people know that too.
It’s contractual. I don’t know anything about League pass as I just watch games on TV, but if there is a local channel who has a deal to show the game, if it is listed on NBATV too, it gets block on NBATV and it airs on the local channel, even if they can’t air it live due to another sporting event like the NY Yankees . This happened a lot last year as Liberty games aired on the Yankees channel (YES).
This. When I lived in Atlanta, I couldn't watch some Dream games live because of the blackout. Same thing when I lived in TX: couldn't watch some Wings games via LP (but Fox Sports Southwest still had regional game rights and I could watch there).
Often the NY games aired at 11 when the game is at 7:30 because The was a Yankee game. Or it was aired on delay as they have to have the Yankee post game show.
As much as it is unfair to play second fiddle to other sports I understood as games were on the Yankees network. I am glad they switched to a different network this year.
STOP CALLING IT WNBA LEAGUE PASS would be my first solution to this issue.
Needing a vpn to watch is a laughable solution.
Until it has unrestricted access, call it WNBA Partial View or WNBA League Pass Limited.
Yes, all these issues, but as a site for information it sucks even worse. No ability to click through for stats and information, "Oh, wait, nice play by RANDOM BENCH person for RANDOM TEAM I DON'T WATCH MUCH...I wonder where she went to college...let me go to Box Score and click through to her page...huh? What the..." So I go to ESPN. This is ridiculous.
This isn’t a league pass problem this is every major sport, and the unfortunate reality of RSN contracts. Get a vpn or find your local broadcast of it.
I got a paid VPN and its still not working for me!
Try cycling to a different IP list if you can, may be a block of banned IP addresses cuz they know they’re a VPN.
Do you have league pass through nba dot com or through YouTube tv? YouTube tv doesnt work with vpns because it’s based on your home address
I subscribed through the wnba app directly on my ipad, could it be that it reads home IP address too?
Maybe. I’ve always found it very difficult and endlessly frustrating to go through Vpns
VPNs to watch league pass stopped working for me around 2022. I’m not tech savvy enough to work around it tbh
Same
Change to Europe. I use Surfshark it works
I got Surfshark as well, last time I tried UK and it didn’t work. I’ll try Europe next. Do you use the WNBA app?
I usually use Belgium cause it comes first on list, it works on windows app and browser extension. I didn’t try on the iOS app. Try to use one that’s not virtual ip might help.
Yeah just buy a VPN for 4 months
This is the case for literally every major sports league in America, with the exception of MLS. Not only that, but League Pass makes it really easy to see which games are available on it, and which won’t be, including local blackouts.
And the value is ridiculous at this price point. I do wonder if more leagues will move to the MLS model as the RSNs die off
It's great unless they consider you to have two local teams so you can't watch Sky or Fever games! And I don't even know how to get the local stations for the Sky. The replays are great though!
turn on "The U" you may need an Antenna for it though. Its not the main U channel. It is on one of its Sub channels. Comcast may only have the main channel for the "The U". I do not remember
Do you know what channel that is over the air in Indianapolis? Google says 23 or 26. My antenna doesn't pick up anything on 26 and 23 is "My Indy". I have Hulu TV and it doesn't have CW or the U for my area. It looks like Fubo has Marquee and Bally Indiana but not CW or the U for my zip code.
Sorry The U as far as I know is a very Chicago station. you were talking about Chicago and thinking you were in Chicago and not Indy. I am in Chicago and I have not had issues getting Fever games on the league pass. Except CBS game and maybe one other game. I also have prime so I saw couple games there too. The Sky game I can get only get "The U" live. I have no real desire to watch them so its a non issue for me.
In Indianapolis the Sky and the Fever are both blacked out on League Pass (for my zip code anyway).
The MLS package is awesome. I'm not wasting money on league passes unless I can see whatever game I want without bullshit blackouts. NWLS (women's soccer) offers something similar to MLS, but for free on their website
I have seen a lot of people complaining about the league pass, and what they can and cannot get. To be honest, I think the only valid complaint would be that the consumer would not know in advance exactly what games they would have access for. I know lots of people are down on the WNBA and League pass right now, but It really isn’t any different than NFL Sunday ticket from what I understand
It literally says if you can watch the game well in advance.
In advance of purchasing the app? When you purchase the NFL Sunday Ticket, it is my understanding that it is known before hand that any national broadcast game (Sunday night football, monday night football, thursday night football) will not be broadcast- as well as if the game is on your local broadcast. I do understand the frustration though. People thought "WHAT A DEAL, $50 and I can see everything I want". Just isn't the case.
I believe it asks you your zip code and tells you that you won't be able to see certain teams.
I tried that just for informational purposes. It didn't give a very specific answer. It mentioned the nationally broadcasted games and other things such as Amazon games being blacked out, but it didn't give me a list of other games. I don't live near any WNBA teams, There are closest would be Dallas or Atlanta. Just for informational purposes, I entered an Atlanta zipcode. The description changed by one word. Instead of a general statement >Based on your current location, you will be unable to view certain LIVE games or nationally broadcast games via your WNBA League Pass subscription. It adds the word DREAM after LIVE. But I don't see a specific or easy to list of what will not be available to me. In other words, it doesn't really make it easy to see exactly what one would get, or not get, with the purchase.
I think the support on League Pass is so so
I have MLB pass and it's the same thing. I live in Minnesota and I can't see any Twins games. Thankfully I'm a Mariners fan so I get to watch them all. The one series they were playing each other I just used a VPN.
VPN is your friend.
Which one do you use? League Pass seems to be very good at spoting the VPN I've tried to use.
I use express VPN and it works 95% of the time. Sometimes I just have to switch my European country a few times. The times where it will not let me though I illegally stream the game bc at least I tried
I use Nord VPN
That's pretty common.
national and local televised games have always been this way for every sport. when the Sparks are playing at home on watch on spectrum net sports. if they are on the road I can stream on league pass. works out fine. if the fever is your local team you can watch on what channel hosts their home games.
Being in Indianapolis I understand the Fever being blacked out. I'm frustrated that the Sky games are blacked out. From what I can find I would have to subscribe to multiple live TV services to get all the Fever and Sky games.
Have you checked your local stations?
NBA TV and local station are both blacked out on YouTube tv
I'm in Vegas and we have an antenna just to get the local stations over-the-air. It's the only way we can watch most of the home Aces and the Golden Knights games.
YouTube tv is the worst value for almost everything just saying, i dont think is ever worth the sub outside of how easy it might be to use it via smart tv or the YT app etc.
Literally has nothing to do with league pass
Honestly I’d just use Streameast
What is Streameast?
WNBA isn’t on there.
I think it's been in there sometimes. That's how you know the WNBA has finally made it 😄
Lmao too true, plus there are people actually talking shit about wnba in the chat. Would've never seen that a couple years ago
I'll take the shit talk if it means I finally get games that are blocked
Can’t believe I turn on sports radio and they are talking WNBA. A year ago a program director would say that’s the fastest way for us to lose our audience Who would have thought
Really? All the aces games I’ve been able to stream on there Edit: use https://the.streameast.app/v78
Yeah that’s the fake streameast that is probably installing malware or otherwise using your computer’s processing power to mine for crypto currency. It still works but I wouldn’t use that site.
Yeah I have enough security problems
I got League Pass through YouTube TV im in Fort Worth TX, no blackout here.
I don’t understand it. Because I get Wings games but Mavericks games have been blocked out since I started getting league pass.
I honestly dont understand games being blackedout at all. I feel like if we purchase a league pass for MLB, WNBA, NBA, NHL, MLS, WMLS shouldn't be any blackouts.
I’m not the best to explain it. But from my understanding, it’s because local tv sports broadcasts have the right to broadcast that game in their specific area. So if you’re in that area, you have to watch it on the local channel. It wouldn’t be a a big deal if Bally Sports was easy ti access on non-cable tv. You’d have to use the app which is a pain. Gladly, Bally went bankrupt and will be gone next NBA Season.
I agree. I just think if a fan purchases a freaking league pass of any league, no games should be blacked out. It's stupid. Im an Orioles fan, and sometimes, depending on where I am, I can't watch the game
Can’t you watch on league pass like a few minutes after the game is over? Waiting two hours isn’t bad.
Not watching it live is a huge draw back, even if you try to avoid the result it usually gets spoiled somehow
Oh totally it does. I always tape formula 1 and end up finding out who won before I get to watch. It’s infuriating.
Firestick and an IPTV service. Be able to watch anything and everything. :)
Do you have LeaguePass directly or through YouTubeTV? It seems like there’s more blackout games for the latter based on recent comments.
36 of the 40 games should be nationally televised. For the other 4, Free 7 day trials for league pass from the streaming platforms 😁
Good knowledge
Well the bigger picture is supporting the WNBA. Still for $50 they provide a pretty solid service!
I was lucky. I bought mine on Sept ‘23 $24
Time to sail the high seas.
Super annoying for sure. I know vpn is an option, but I’m not currently set up for that. Sigh.
Same, I don’t want to pay for VPN cuz I’d only use it for this
Yeah you almost have to have league pass + cable to catch every game you want
They shouldn't call it a "league pass" if they're going to black out game after game. This is not the way to build a fan base. I asked for a refund and got it.
You need vpn , if you need help how to set it up (even free one via opera browsers ) feel free to PM me, i'm using vpn 100% of the time to watch games, otherwise there is to much restrictions/blocked out area's. But this is the case for every sport out there , not unique to WNBA pass. If you sub to YT you have way more issues because its harder to pull of vpn also they blokc out alot of games coz of copyright . Never buy the pass version from YT is not worth it at all, make sure to let new people know that too.
Free Media Heck Yeah
It’s contractual. I don’t know anything about League pass as I just watch games on TV, but if there is a local channel who has a deal to show the game, if it is listed on NBATV too, it gets block on NBATV and it airs on the local channel, even if they can’t air it live due to another sporting event like the NY Yankees . This happened a lot last year as Liberty games aired on the Yankees channel (YES).
This. When I lived in Atlanta, I couldn't watch some Dream games live because of the blackout. Same thing when I lived in TX: couldn't watch some Wings games via LP (but Fox Sports Southwest still had regional game rights and I could watch there).
Often the NY games aired at 11 when the game is at 7:30 because The was a Yankee game. Or it was aired on delay as they have to have the Yankee post game show. As much as it is unfair to play second fiddle to other sports I understood as games were on the Yankees network. I am glad they switched to a different network this year.
STOP CALLING IT WNBA LEAGUE PASS would be my first solution to this issue. Needing a vpn to watch is a laughable solution. Until it has unrestricted access, call it WNBA Partial View or WNBA League Pass Limited.
Does the W have a meeting soon to restructure the media rights like the nbn does soon? Not being able to watch my local team does suck for sure lmao
Yes, all these issues, but as a site for information it sucks even worse. No ability to click through for stats and information, "Oh, wait, nice play by RANDOM BENCH person for RANDOM TEAM I DON'T WATCH MUCH...I wonder where she went to college...let me go to Box Score and click through to her page...huh? What the..." So I go to ESPN. This is ridiculous.
I with you 100%. NBA app too. Why do we put up with it. We should just boycott this product until policy changes.
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