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Derpadoooo t1_ja35hcz wrote

Reply to comment by Lord_oftheTrons in ATT Sportsnet Bankruptcy? by randoyinzer

I have the same opinion. I would gladly pay a subscription to watch all Pens and Pirates games, but local blackouts and other nonsense make it extremely untenable. I'm not getting an expensive full cable package just to casually watch local sports.

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Lord_oftheTrons t1_ja36km2 wrote

Hockey is crazy now, I have YouTube TV so I can get the TNT/ABC games, but don't have NHL Network games or AT&T games. So with YTTV and my VPN I can now watch all but the NHL Network games due to blackouts. I've spent money on the VPN and firesticks on all the TVs to enable this workaround and I'd rather just give the money to someone and just be able to watch the games.

It is so anti-consumer and they don't seem to care. Until it impacts them financially that will be what we have to deal with. Bring back KBL and I will give them $100 a season for every game.

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Financial-Pie2221 t1_ja5ekwx wrote

Look at what Apple TV did with the MLS. That is the future. Especially because T-Mobile gave it to customers for free and even if you had to pay it’s around $60. The NHL used to have their own version of MLB.TV, but then they sold the rights to ESPN+. MLB.TV could be the gold standard with they would fight to remove blackouts. Especially since cable tv is dying.

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Lord_oftheTrons t1_ja5gesr wrote

Yeah ESPN+ is great if they figure out the blackout games. I have it included with my Verizon plan.

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alexp8771 t1_ja62hs2 wrote

Yeah I have basically stopped watching sports entirely because I don’t want to put up with this bullshit. I wasn’t going to pay money for ESPN+ and still have blackouts.

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Chris19862 t1_ja441t5 wrote

That's why I quit cable....couldnt rationalize the 100+ a month just to watch a few sports games....I would pay 10-15 a month to just stream these events. But it seems companies would rather go bankrupt than offer these options

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