https://www.fastcompany.com/90678385/cord-cutting-is-killing-the-casual-tv-sports-fan

I have been wondering about this casual viewer/listener/reader in general as more and more things go to a subscription model.

I feel like I personally am at "peak subscription" now that everything seems to require a subscription from traditional things (phone, newspaper) to things that traditionally did not (software, television, music).

Kinda related:

Check out how many independent minor league baseball teams have cropped up over the last 20 years.  We have one here and you can see some good baseball games real cheap compared to the majors.

Now if local TV stations would just make a deal to televise those minor league games I bet they could establish an audience.  Ditto local colleges for basketball.

Or I could be completely dreaming.

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Opinion | Baseball Is Dying. The Government Should Take It Over. - The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/04/06/opinion/baseball-nationalize.html

MLB has been helping kill itself with blackouts for years. I read this 2015 article earlier this week:
https://www.sportingnews.com/us/mlb/list/mlb-blackout-restrictions-mlbtv-vegas-charlotte-alaska-reds-giants-guam/1jj3qv6kebyyn16t7yftg8chsp

I can pay for mlb.tv and all the Braves games will be blacked out, even though I'm in another state. Makes absolutely no sense.