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Very interesting article on the possible future of sports on tv
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Interesting, very good explanation of the situation. I will think long and hard on where my money will go when this happens.
So many options. At some point and time I'll make a decision. Suppose I'll be without some games. More golf time......
One thing on Hulu if you subscribe to the bundle with ads or no ads you basically get ESPN+ for free along with Disney +. You Tube does not offer ESPN+, you have to subscribe to it on ESPN. Just something to compare with YouTube.
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ill go back to my original way and use radio
Actually you can get the Sports pkg add-on with YouTube TV that offers all the ESPN / SEC Network, Red zone, NFL Network, etc for $11 / mo
I grew up listening to college football on the radio and enjoyed it.We only had 1 or maybe 2 college games per weekend on TV.
Now I’ve found myself listening to college football games on Sirius.Wouldn’t be the end of the world for me to have less games on TV
Now I’ve found myself listening to college football games on Sirius.Wouldn’t be the end of the world for me to have less games on TV
I've been using this for over a year now and I'm quite pleased with it. You can watch anything.
I couldn't read the whole thing, but I get the gist.
Nothing would be better for the sport of college football than if the whole thing came crashing down. It would be great to go back to the dark ages of one or two key games a week on national tv and regional broadcasts for the rest.
Nothing would be better for the sport of college football than if the whole thing came crashing down. It would be great to go back to the dark ages of one or two key games a week on national tv and regional broadcasts for the rest.
The writer takes way too long to make his point. The bottom line is a market correction is coming. The cost of sports, from the franchises to the athletes to the vendors to the personalities, is way overvalued.
And by the way, good riddance to the cable companies. Most of their content is garbage.
And by the way, good riddance to the cable companies. Most of their content is garbage.
Understatement of the year. At the end of each paragraph I'd think "ok, we're about to get the point" and then he'd just keep going.
Is this rate an introductory rate for new members? What is the total bill with extra boxes for additional TV etc.
I'm asking because I am looking at DT, I had that with satellite a few years back. Price was getting out of hand back then.
College football thrived in that format for decades. It would do so again. And it would restore some normalcy to the sport.
I didnt see a list of the channels other than you get 1000's from all over the world...I've been using this for over a year now and I'm quite pleased with it. You can watch anything.
There are no boxes it's Direct TV Streaming you just need internet, just like Netflix. $90, I have not seen the bill yet, there may be taxes and fees, and premium channels are extra!
Here is a list:
Supposedly has ESPN channels, SECN, Big10N, etc.
The catch: they say you should use a VPN
Sorry, I just looked at the bill, it's $99.99/mo. with a 3 month $30 rebate making it $89.99 for three months then $99.99 after that. I saw no fees or taxes added $89.99 total.
It’s thriving now I don’t see the problem. The players have some rights that they have long deserved in my opinion.
The main problem is that it's unsustainable, as the article points out (though it labors to do so). The spiraling cost cannot continue forever.
Market correction is coming. It could be wonderful but it won’t. It’s feasible to have every game streamed and packed stadiums with affordable attendance.
Imagine if coaches only made, get this $1 million a year instead of $5 or $10MM. ESPN and the other channels wouldn’t need to pay so much for rights that pay the leagues, and we the fans in turn wouldn’t have to shell out hundreds to watch games. Unfortunately greed will likely win. We’ve already seen it with attendance over the past fifteen years. Instead of a full stadium at $25/seat, the venues choose half full stadiums at $100/seat for max profits. The same will happen with broadcasting. Some fans will pay whatever the price, others will walk away and the future fan base will decrease. A great example is MLB broadcasting. They make the most money on those regional Bally sports fox sports networks, but a ton of folks don’t have access to those channels and would rather see out of market teams anyway. As a result there are fewer MLB fans than there have ever been.
Would love to see salaries decrease across the board for coaches and players because let’s be real, what person in the United States NEEDS a multi million dollar salary?
The salaries will stay high though.
I just hope the sports survive mostly as we know them.
Imagine if coaches only made, get this $1 million a year instead of $5 or $10MM. ESPN and the other channels wouldn’t need to pay so much for rights that pay the leagues, and we the fans in turn wouldn’t have to shell out hundreds to watch games. Unfortunately greed will likely win. We’ve already seen it with attendance over the past fifteen years. Instead of a full stadium at $25/seat, the venues choose half full stadiums at $100/seat for max profits. The same will happen with broadcasting. Some fans will pay whatever the price, others will walk away and the future fan base will decrease. A great example is MLB broadcasting. They make the most money on those regional Bally sports fox sports networks, but a ton of folks don’t have access to those channels and would rather see out of market teams anyway. As a result there are fewer MLB fans than there have ever been.
Would love to see salaries decrease across the board for coaches and players because let’s be real, what person in the United States NEEDS a multi million dollar salary?
The salaries will stay high though.
I just hope the sports survive mostly as we know them.
EVERYONE involved is desperately milking the cash cow. Eventually it will run dry. Things WILL come crashing down, but nobody seems to care about the long-term good of the sport, so long as they get their $$ before the collapse comes.
If a college coach making north of $10 million/year doesn't sound totally absurd to some people, they need to get their heads checked.
Yeah. I tried Hulu as well. But ended up with YTTV bc it was so much easier to navigate.
I had the bundle. I found that the only thing I ever watched on ESPN+ were the USC baseball games. I’ll probably pick it back up when baseball season comes around, but didn’t seem worth it overall.
YouTube TV added a nice multicast feature this year for college games. Had 4 games on the tv for most of the day saturday...except for the part of the game I watched. Only issue is it lags for a couple seconds when switching between games. The ESPN app has a GREAT multicast feature that works wonderfully and I used that all the time last year. I think it might only be on the Apple TV app, though. My nephew who uses Roku says his ESPN app doesn't have multicast.