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[Novid]

Sorry, nerdos, but sports isn't killing TV, it's keeping it on life support. Networks don't care about you since you abandoned them long ago. Sports whores will pony up and you won't.

the man speaks the truth.

 

[Novid]

Regular television programming is just filler for in between sporting events.

Before 1993 this wasnt the case.

After 1993 though....

 

[Zebra]

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Perfection.

-As long as you do not give a shit about Football or Basketball, which are not radio compatible sports.

I was honestly surprised by how much I enjoyed radio baseball when I first tried it.

 

[Mudkips]

the man speaks the truth.

No, he doesn't.

The reason people are dropping cable is because of the price. For a much lower price they get most of what they need from Hulu / Amazon / Netflix.

The price is insane because sports networks demand $$$$$ per subscriber and force themselves onto subscribers who don't want sports. Additionally, they are the key players that prevent a la carte options.

 

[someday]

Nobody is "blackmailing" anyone, so stop with the hyperbole. They are charging what people are willing to pay, like any business does. I am willing to pay $50 for an iPad does that mean Apple is ripping me off by forcing me to pay $500?

And the issue about players being paid "generously" is irrelevant. They aren't paid what they are paid out of generosity, they are paid what they are paid because like any other person with any other job, they are worth what they make. If athletes making $20 million a year was excessive, then all the major sports would go bankrupt. Instead they are flourishing.

Perhaps blackmailing invokes something more serious, but what would you call it then? The thread topic is about fees increasing for everyone to support sports, regardless of whether you want it, and no way to opt-out of that fee if you want to keep your other channels. If you want cable, you have no choice but to pay the extra fees.

Normally I don't care what athletes are paid. If someone is willing to pay them, fine. If an owner is making billions or whatever, the guys doing the physical work should benefit as well. I just don't want to be roped into helping to pay for the NBA since I get nothing from them. These increases in fees are a part of that.

 

[Ninja Scooter]

Perhaps blackmailing invokes something more serious, but what would you call it then? The thread topic is about fees increasing for everyone to support sports, regardless of whether you want it, and no way to opt-out of that fee if you want to keep your other channels. If you want cable, you have no choice but to pay the extra fees.

Normally I don't care what athletes are paid. If someone is willing to pay them, fine. If an owner is making billions or whatever, the guys doing the physical work should benefit as well. I just don't want to be roped into helping to pay for the NBA since I get nothing from them. These increases in fees are a part of that.

You've always been doing this. People who don't care about Oprah's channel, or the Food Network, or TLC are paying those channels's way. It's the cable format. It's not blackmail anymore than any other business is.

 

[someday]

You've always been doing this. People who don't care about Oprah's channel, or the Food Network, or TLC are paying those channels's way. It's the cable format. It's not blackmail anymore than any other business is.

Basically you're saying "nothing to see here, folks." Then what's the point of the article or this thread if there is nothing different in how sports programming is affecting cable prices?