Driving down from NKY to Boone in the rain today, I started thinking about our discussions concerning the value of ESPN (often + for all but football) versus the streaming broadcasts we've been experiencing for several years. As the devil's advocate, here are a few points to consider in Favor of streaming.
1. ESPN is a pay to play network, it is achieved by some TV deal or some other Streaming outlet. ESPN+ costs about $6.00 per month. So there is no Free ESPN that I am aware of.
2. Most everyone has Internet, and if I'm correct, even segments of our population who can't afford DirecTV and other outlets get internet free, or assisted. Facebook has no fee, so if your son is playing football and you are hard-strapped to pay to get ESPN, you can watch your son for free.
3.Stadium is a Sinclair outlet with digital channels in most (I think 60 or so) midwest and southern cities. Games from Stadium are also often on Facebook. Both digital TV an Facebook Stadium broadcasts are most often free for viewing.
4. CBSSN's Facebook presentations are also free.
5. One could come to the conclusion that for parents, families, friends, and other supporters, streaming outlets are actually better financially and availability wise for a large segment of our population. What is missing is the advertising of the broadcasting of the games to non-aligned casual watchers; which I think there are very few of any more because there team is playing somewhere too.