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I stream all of my sports every weekend. I love football and soccer however, I refuse to get cable and then pay a premium just to get ESPNU and the NFL network. Email me and I can give you a list of sites that broadcast every game; the quality isn't HD but it is very watchable.

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Maybe its me getting older but the hassle just became not worth it. Finding sites that would be good for a couple of weeks then fall off in quality later on down the line was the norm. And my favorite, watching a big Boxing or UFC event with a clear stream until the main event comes on and everyone else decides to jump on and kill the server.

I did it for five years and now that I have cable again I don't think I'm going back.

I have cable and since I still can't watch all my teams, I resort to the illegal stream sites (almost every day once NBA season starts) and quality is just godawful. I'm sure we've all had that experience opening multiple tabs just to find the stream with the best quality only for it to go down a minute later.

I use my chromecast to put it on my TV but even then, I don't regret paying for cable whatsoever.

Well, yeah. Of course you can save a bunch of money by just refusing to pay for stuff, and finding illegal ways to get it for free. You can also save money by sneaking in the back door of a movie theater. The point of this article is that one kind of honest consumer is subsidizing another.

same. i've been able to find almost any live sports stream I wanted for the last 4 years.

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