Incompetent negotiators at Disney and DirecTV should be fired

Negotiations between Disney and DirecTV broke down over the weekend, and Disney pulled its networks from being broadcast by DirecTV. We have not had DirecTV for many years, but because we are an AT&T U-Verse customer, we lost our access to the U.S. Open tennis tournament and other sports. It shouldn't take rocket scientists to negotiate a contract over TV broadcasts, since the customer will ultimately pay for any contract increases, and not the company shareholders. The incompetent negotiators should be fired for not being able to reach a deal by the end of the contract.

—Joseph Raymond Baldwin, 40241

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