I think it's more that people are tired of having to pay all sorts of $ for cable packages. The sooner the networks and cable companies begin to realize the customer wants a more a la carte TV experience instead of pre-packaged garbage where you're paying for hundreds of channels you never watch, the sooner TV bleeding will get under control. There's no evidence people don't want to watch sports overall, they just don't want to watch sports in the mode that exists now.People don't want to watch sports. Live or otherwise. I guess there are other forms of entertainment now?
As if ESPN cares what's going on in their own backyard. Let's pay the worst, most inept power conference $10 million more if they agree to do absolutely nothing. Hope those Bristol kunts go down hard.I would love to see if there is some type of correlation between the loss of subscribers as in terms of location, just to see if there is a link to areas that have been left out of alignment. When we were in the BE, I was a college sports nut. Now I could give two ts about college sports...
I think it's more that people are tired of having to pay all sorts of $ for cable packages. The sooner the networks and cable companies begin to realize the customer wants a more a la carte TV experience instead of pre-packaged garbage where you're paying for hundreds of channels you never watch, the sooner TV bleeding will get under control. There's no evidence people don't want to watch sports overall, they just don't want to watch sports in the mode that exists now.
This is great news for the next AAC contract.
(Sarcasm on)
It's not necessarily that the consumer will save money net over a bundled package but the consumer will feel like they're getting better value for their money. The company trades a small overall discount to the existing consumer for attracting far more new subscribers.The cable companies exist to make money. If you think the consumer is going to save money in the long run, you will be sorely mistaken. Whether they increase the rates for all channels, or they jack up the rates for broadband, we will pay and, most likely pay more than we are now. Comcast and their like have deep pockets and will game the situation to their advantage.
This is both right and wrong.The cable companies exist to make money. If you think the consumer is going to save money in the long run, you will be sorely mistaken. Whether they increase the rates for all channels, or they jack up the rates for broadband, we will pay and, most likely pay more than we are now. Comcast and their like have deep pockets and will game the situation to their advantage.
I will enjoy it...in 20 years, I won't be here (stop already with the applause).
We are in the golden age of TV sports viewing. Watching multiple games on a HD big screen compared to when I would watch one game a week in grainy black and white on a 17 inch screen. In the year after I graduated from high school, there still was no football on Saturday nights.
When I was 20 (50 years ago), in the season, you could watch the eight national telecasts, along with a regional telecast in five select weeks set by the NCAA.
At a program like Southern Miss, or FSU, an athlete might not be on television in his career.
I am thankful for living in this golden age of TV sports...and whatever evolves in the future, I have faith that it will leave much to sports fans who enjoy watching on TV.
It sure as heck will beat the days when football games via radio was the southern football fans alternative to actually being at the stadium.