Would you vote with your eyes?

[champs99and04]

I don't think it's a matter of sending a message. People will decide whether something is worth the cost. If not enough people are buying a package/tickets, that will demonstrate that its price was too high. Given that prices keep rising, I don't think that message has been sent yet.

In theory, this is how it should work. But unfortunately it's become way too easy for ticket brokers to inflate the perceived value of these tickets, which then has a trickle down effect on the initial pricing.

The other thing I worry about when it comes to the future of consumer sports - which is directly related to my first point, and your second one - is growing income inequality. 17,000 fans willing to pay $40 a ticket can take your business a lot further than 24,000 fans willing to pay $20. The bidding war for content being fought by streaming services is just a reflection of the same principle playing out on a larger scale.

Eventually, I have to believe a reckoning is coming where the value of some of these franchises begins to erode. It might not be for another generation, but sooner or later some of them are going to run out of customers.

 

[jibsey]

Get MLB TV + a VPN like Nord and you're all good.

But you're right, it's ridiculous.

Especially for a sport like MLB that should be doing everything possible to make it as easy as possible to watch games for the consumer. They are NOT the NFL and even die-hards like me are getting sick of the lengths you have to go to watch a single freakin game.

Does this work for Yankees on MlB in Connecticut? I tried this a couple years ago and it didn’t work. Anyone know which VPN definitely works with MLB I am all ears.

 

[shizzle787]

This gets into the discussion of ESPN selling a streaming version of the channel for $30/month. I can't see myself signing up for that.

I watch the NFL, college football and college basketball, European club soccer, and summer soccer tournaments.

Every game my favorite soccer team plays is on Paramount+ which is $14/month without ads. ESPN lost the rights to the World Cup, Copa America, and Euros.

I'm a Jets fan and I only watch their games that are on TV. If I miss the Amazon Prime game, I'll live. So CBS, FOX, NBC, and the odd ESPN game.

All of UConn's home football games are on CBS Sports Network.

Most of UConn's basketball games are on FOX or FS1 with some on Turner or Peacock.

So why get ESPN?

For people like me who watch football, college basketball, and soccer, most are not going to sign up for this $30/month plan.

 

[Ports21]

Does this work for Yankees on MlB in Connecticut? I tried this a couple years ago and it didn’t work. Anyone know which VPN definitely works with MLB I am all ears.

I use it for the Redsox in MA, so I can't see why I wouldn't. I use NordVPN.

It didn't work for me out of the box, but after talking with their support we found a way around and have not had an issue since.

 

[WillB4]

Or you could pay about $200 for an IPTV package and get ALL the sports (NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLS) plus live cable and local affiliates - for a full year.

This is the way. Been doing IPTV for seven years and it is the best service out there. I mentioned it before and was shut down with replies stating that it is illegal. Have not missed a UConn men's or women's game since. Peacock, it's there, ESPN+, it's there, you name it it's there. I was searching for a Liverpool match one day, went everywhere, found it, the wife comes in and says what are you watching, I tell her, what language, Arabic. It's all there and cheap.

Or you could pay about $200 for an IPTV package and get ALL the sports (NFL, MLB, NBA, WNBA, NHL, MLS) plus live cable and local affiliates - for a full year.