I'm a Patriots fan and their game is on ESPN tonight - this is one of the 10%-20% weeks for me. :( The NFL network Thursday night game earlier this season against the Jets was another (fortunately I was in the actual stadium for that one). Red Sox games are only available on cable (NESN). Because I "cut the cord" this year I basically missed the Red Sox season (although, quite honestly, my interest in baseball has waned over the years anyway).

It's felt like the tide has been going against OTA broadcast of sports for a while now, and that 10%-20% is growing instead of shrinking, so this story is a bit disconcerting. :-/

And, like almost everyone else here, I'd be willing to fork over cash for NFL Sunday Ticket and/or MLB.tv if it weren't for the archaic blackout restrictions... grr...