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I hope South Carolina never agrees to this greed.

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I understand from time to time mainly with the non-revenue sports you may have to Temporary subscribe to certain platform just to watch a game. I love the Philadelphia Eagles but I will not subscribe to Amazon, Netflix or whatever else the greedy NFL tries to do make me spend extra.

Just hoping the SEC will not go down this path.

 
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I don't know. I'm not sure why NFL fans feel they are entitled to watch EVERY SINGLE game their team plays. If they play a couple of games per year on a streaming platform you don't subscribe to, maybe that would be a good weekend to go camping, spend time with the kids, do some maintenance on your car, get some yardwork done, go to church, etc.
 
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Any enterprise that does not explore and or consider alternate avenues to increase their revenue is committing financial malpractice
SC included.
 
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Uscg1984 said:
I don't know. I'm not sure why NFL fans feel they are entitled to watch EVERY SINGLE game their team plays. If they play a couple of games per year on a streaming platform you don't subscribe to, maybe that would be a good weekend to go camping, spend time with the kids, do some maintenance on your car, get some yardwork done, go to church, etc.
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I'm old enough to remember when SC fans were lucky if the team was on tv for one game a year. It was pretty much the same for every team back in the day. You either went to the game or listened to it on the radio 90% of the time. One of the big pluses of a bowl game was seeing your team on tv.

NFL games used to be broadcast in certain areas for certain teams. The Redskins were always the team shown in Virginia and the Carolinas. The Falcons were only shown in Georgia if the game was sold out or nearly sold out. Otherwise, tv would "black out" the game within so many miles of the stadium. MLB would only have a game or two a week on tv until cable tv came around and Ted Turner put every Braves game on tv and WGN in Chicago put all the Cubs games on.

People today have a sense that they have some sort of right to see every game.
 
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Piscis said:
I'm old enough to remember when SC fans were lucky if the team was on tv for one game a year. It was pretty much the same for every team back in the day. You either went to the game or listened to it on the radio 90% of the time. One of the big pluses of a bowl game was seeing your team on tv.

NFL games used to be broadcast in certain areas for certain teams. The Redskins were always the team shown in Virginia and the Carolinas. The Falcons were only shown in Georgia if the game was sold out or nearly sold out. Otherwise, tv would "black out" the game within so many miles of the stadium. MLB would only have a game or two a week on tv until cable tv came around and Ted Turner put every Braves game on tv and WGN in Chicago put all the Cubs games on.

People today have a sense that they have some sort of right to see every game.
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I remember that time as well. However, that doesn't mean that I have to remain stuck in that time. I purchase the subscriptions that my budget can afford. Personal likes and dislikes also determine my subscription choices. I have Netflix, Amazon (Prime Video), and YouTubeTV. It seems the sports world is going with those 3 platforms. So, that's where I'm at. I'm not a Baseball Guy, so I don't need Apple TV or MLB.TV. I am not a Network TV guy. So, no need for Hulu or Paramount+. Another thing that a consumer can do is switch up their phone plan. I am not loyal to any of them. They all have some special where you can get some form of television subscription free for a year. Right now, I get Netflix for free through T-Mobile. Next year, I will switch to ATT, Verizon, or wherever based on the perks I get with the plan. So, you don't have to deny yourself if you are smart with subscriptions.
 
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Piscis said:
I'm old enough to remember when SC fans were lucky if the team was on tv for one game a year. It was pretty much the same for every team back in the day. You either went to the game or listened to it on the radio 90% of the time. One of the big pluses of a bowl game was seeing your team on tv.

NFL games used to be broadcast in certain areas for certain teams. The Redskins were always the team shown in Virginia and the Carolinas. The Falcons were only shown in Georgia if the game was sold out or nearly sold out. Otherwise, tv would "black out" the game within so many miles of the stadium. MLB would only have a game or two a week on tv until cable tv came around and Ted Turner put every Braves game on tv and WGN in Chicago put all the Cubs games on.

People today have a sense that they have some sort of right to see every game.
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I'm old enough to remember when you could listen to a USC football game on the radio and actually know what was going on. They had a guy that knew how to paint a mental picture and describe the action. The beatdown USC put on UNC was one I vividly remember hearing Bob call on air - October 24, 1981 in Chapel Hill. Good guys won 31-13. (y)

These days I can't deal with, "mumble, mumble, mumble... ARE YOU KIDDING ME??!!!!.. *burp*... yes, I'll have another one of those, please... *burp*... "

Most broadcasts are becoming like the spanish broadcasts of soccer games - a bunch of yelling and bombastic blather. I mean, who doesn't want to hear someone yell the word, "Gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaallllllllllllllllll!!!!!!!" continuously for about 2 minutes? Feels like my IQ drops about 10 points every time I hear it (and I'm not sure that's mathematically possible any longer).

The mute button is gold for most games these days.
 
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adcoop said:
I remember that time as well. However, that doesn't mean that I have to remain stuck in that time. I purchase the subscriptions that my budget can afford. Personal likes and dislikes also determine my subscription choices. I have Netflix, Amazon (Prime Video), and YouTubeTV. It seems the sports world is going with those 3 platforms. So, that's where I'm at. I'm not a Baseball Guy, so I don't need Apple TV or MLB.TV. I am not a Network TV guy. So, no need for Hulu or Paramount+. Another thing that a consumer can do is switch up their phone plan. I am not loyal to any of them. They all have some special where you can get some form of television subscription free for a year. Right now, I get Netflix for free through T-Mobile. Next year, I will switch to ATT, Verizon, or wherever based on the perks I get with the plan. So, you don't have to deny yourself if you are smart with subscriptions.
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Thanks for helping with my point. You decide what you want access to, and you pay for it and accept the cost as a cost of seeing what you want. You aren't out protesting against having to have multiple sources like the NFL fans at the beginning of this post.
 
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