According to The Wall Street Journal, DirecTV is offering refunds to fans upset by the recent NFL protests during the national anthem for the Sunday Ticket.
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Usually, customers are not able to cancel their subscriptions once the season starts, but DirecTV decided to change the policy due to the sensitivity of the issue.
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AT&T, the company that owns DirecTV, would not confirm the refunds to ESPN.
The cost for the Sunday Ticket is $280.
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An NFL spokesman told ESPN that ratings overall were up 3 percent for week 3 compared with week 3 last year, thanks partly to the game on Monday Night Football involving the Dallas Cowboys.