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Message: [QUOTE="Hurleyman216, post: 3085576, member: 3517"] Yes, that’s exactly what I said and there are a lot of smart people working at these networks that understand this. ESPN is smart and with this new contract they know that they’ll lock in ESPN+ subscribers if fans have to tune into ESPN+ for a half dozen games or more. But once you’re paying $5/month for ESPN+, honestly why would you pay for cable? You can get almost every other channel streaming that you can get with cable for about $40/month. Streaming services are slowly crushing the cable companies which is why they’re all switching over to streaming. Now the only thing these companies like Comcast and Cox have is almost a Monopoly on internet. So one of two things (or both) are going to play out. First, as customers continue to cut cable tv, these companies will jack up the price of internet (this is already happening). Second, one or more companies will come out with a much cheaper way to stream content. It may be cell phone companies, but could also be satellite wireless internet which a number of companies are working on. Once someone comes out with $20-30/month high speed internet it’s game over for Comcast and the cable companies. Maybe they’ll be smart and displace their current services with cheaper ones, but historically these companies are greedy and it’s hard to do. [/QUOTE]