Site Membership Upgrades during Football Season

[HornSports Staff]

It feels GREAT to say that it is finally GAME WEEK!  

#21 Texas will open their season against #23 Louisiana at 3:30 PM this Saturday at DKR (Game will be televised on FOX).  And with it, the Steve Sarkisian era officially begins in Austin.

It's an exciting time for Texas Football, and it's an exciting time for HornSports as a site as we are offering some different options to our members, guests and lurkers, only for the duration of football season to enhance your experience as a member in our community and on our site.

Why? 

HornSports will always be FREE - we pay the bills through advertisements via the USA TODAY Sports Network.  But, we've had some folks reach out over the years with suggestions, ideas and thoughts about making the site ad-free, etc.

So we created some options - which are, dare we say CHEAP but allow you to support the site while getting an enhanced experience on the site.  These options will only be available through the duration of football season.

Options:
Plus Membership - $5.60 for the football season
Premium Membership - $20.21 for the football season

There will be no rebilling after the season is over.

There is no obligation for anyone to purchase/upgrade to a season membership if you like what you get in HornSports now!

If you choose to upgrade, we appreciate your support - it allows us to increase and enhance the services we provide our members.

Thanks again to ALL OF YOU for making our community a solid, respectful one.

Click the link below to learn more about each season subscription option.

https://www.hornsports.com/membership_options/

 

 

[UTfish]

I lost the option to like a comment when I upgraded. Anyone else have a problem after upgrading?

[Aaron Carrara]

24 minutes ago, UTfish said:

I lost the option to like a comment when I upgraded. Anyone else have a problem after upgrading?

Received your message and will have it fixed shortly!

[UTfish]

It's working now. Thanks Aaron!

[Aaron Carrara]

3 hours ago, UTfish said:

It's working now. Thanks Aaron!

You got it.  Appreciate your support!

[MBHORNSFAN]

DONE....

[Sirhornsalot]

I upgraded and suddenly I notice a few more features. Is that right?

[longhorn_mig]

Gettin' that upgrade...

[HornSports Staff]

[Baron]

I thought the premium service was ad free? The three main stories have a continuous running screen with ads.

[HornSports Staff]

13 hours ago, Baron said:

I thought the premium service was ad free? The three main stories have a continuous running screen with ads.

The video that plays is likely what you are referring to...  We will take care of that!  Thanks for bringing it to our attention! 

[Baron]

7 hours ago, HornSports Staff said:

The video that plays is likely what you are referring to...  We will take care of that!  Thanks for bringing it to our attention! 

It isn't a big deal. You guys are the best when it comes to UT coverage.

[Baron]

I take back the 'it doesn't matter' part. When I scroll down a mini player pops up with an ad running.

[Drb522]

So pay the fees or you can’t read the free information due to huge ads covering them up?  So the site isn’t free now 

[UTfish]

14 hours ago, Baron said:

I take back the 'it doesn't matter' part. When I scroll down a mini player pops up with an ad running.

I'm getting that, too.

[Aaron Carrara]

Hey guys, we should have that fixed by this weekend.  The video player works off of a tag that USA TODAY provides and we’re having them change it for us so that we can implement it for non-premium folks.  Thanks for your patience -it will be fixed soon!

[PTA]

Have the emails and exclusive content already started?

 

[Aaron Carrara]

Y’all bear with us on the video ads and other ads showing/not showing.  They are working on it this weekend and it may get a little wonky while it all gets sorted out.  Thanks for your patience!

[PTA]

Thanks to whomever got the email to me!

[Aaron Carrara]

On 10/7/2021 at 7:14 AM, Drb522 said:

So pay the fees or you can’t read the free information due to huge ads covering them up?  So the site isn’t free now 

I think what you saw was a result of the HUDL video not being responsive and as a result it took over the entire page.  

[Aaron Carrara]

Those video ads on articles should be fixed as well as all the others, we are told.  Let us know if that isn’t the case.

Thanks again for your patience - we appreciate all of you!