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gonna be a ton of bummed out dads and uncles if espn goes belly up.

This is a good thing. The sports themselves don't go away. This just means that the cable sports business model is less viable. Maybe now MNF, the hallowed American institution, will go back to network and be viewable by the rest of us.

Agreed. I see this as the death of the "forced bundle." People who don't care about football are now finding that they don't have to pay for it. They're cutting the cable.

Others can still watch it, mostly OTA, but through some paid options as well.

So only the artificial inflation of revenue due to the forced bundle is going away.

But happy wives (I know I'm generalizing here)

You think spending time together makes married people happier?

Wouldn't be much of a marriage if it didn't.

What a bizarre comment. You think spending time apart makes them happier? If so, why are they married?

Because they like spending time together but get tired of it when it's 24/7 for years on end maybe?

Because they had kids 20 years ago back when they were young and attractive.

*note that this is a joke, just like (I assume) the post you were replying to.

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