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Message: [QUOTE="WestCoastHusky, post: 4018839, member: 566"] There are other platforms that can do exactly what ESPN can do. There are other great streaming platforms like MLB Network, HBO, Amazon Prime, Netflix, Hulu etc etc. The ones with financial resources will want to hoard all the premium content. I suspect future will be teams going for their own streaming media deals while leaving all other sports in regional conferences. The incentive to do this is if their own media deal is bigger than what they can get from the conferences they are in. This way, big schools can schedule made for streaming matchups with whoever they like vs. stuck playing teams like Vandy no one cares about. This is kind of what UCONN is doing now, and it might be the future for many teams. Looking at my own monthly subscriptions, I just realized I am paying for the following every month: [LIST] [*]Xfinity Stream [*]Netflix [*]MLB App [*]ESPN+/Disney [*]Sling TV (just to get one foreign channel) [*]Another movie/drama paid channel [*]Amazon Prime [*]Just added Peacock just to get some on-demand Olympics content [/LIST] I also realized I don't watch half of this but I am paying for them for one reason or another due to kid or wife. It won't be an issue to add an UCONN subscription to all of this. It is just another app. I suspect many folks are and will be in the similar boat. [/QUOTE]