Yes, end of argument.

It's exactly why I don't miss paying for cable or watch much live TV.

I have absolutely zero interest in any sports whatsoever. Even trying to watch the news you have to put up with ridiculous sports related stories weaved throughout.

Thank god for PBS.

But but but, concussions! Surely that one word instantly changes your opinion on sports and fills you with regret and shame and makes you no longer want to watch live sports.

The real problem isn't even live sports, it's live sports blackouts. If my NHL Gamecenter account (or similar service from other leagues) allowed me to watch local games, I wouldn't need cable.

I'm sure the leagues are incentivized to maintain local blackouts as a way to capture enormous deals with various sports networks, and also to drive gate revenue, but cutting out the league middleman does afford them the ability to do some nifty things, like directly charge consumers of their content.

Yeah, there's really no alternative, especially for football. For NBA I can get League Pass but anything that's locally aired is blocked so I'm forced to find some TV that airs it, at a local bar or what have you.