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Only possible if you are fine missing an arbitrary 1/3 of live sports events.

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Believe it or not, some people live fulfilling lives without viewing any sporting events.

You can live without watching whatever the latest show is.

Believe it or not, some people live fulfilling lives without viewing any television.

You can live without watching whatever the latest show is.

Agreed! When they make you start paying for ads, it’s time to do something else. I haven’t had a subscription to any TV service in years because of the ads.

I don’t care about whatever shows I’m missing.

I am fine missing all live sports events. I think many other people are as well.

Those people are already not paying for sports. That is a massive market, worth bikkuons and billions annually. People are not going to simply stop watching professional sports. Especially because historically that has always been very expensive

I've started going to local sports bars, I almost said pub, to watch events that I'm interested in seeing. After working from home for 8+ years now, it's also a nice bit of social interaction as well. I used to pay for Peacock specifically to watch Premiere League, but stopped since the team I follow kept getting bumped to their USA partner and not streaming on Peacock. Their 10-15 minute extended highlights are still available without a subscription, and they are good in a pinch for things I missed. I've now parlayed that sub over to Paramount+ to follow Champions League this season.

for some reason around here every bar has turned into a sports bar. Cocktail bar? Whisky bar? Brewery? Stripclub? They all have a bunch of screens and play sports now.

The longer people stay, presumably the more they spend. Seems like a good match for a bar.

My brother said that watching professional sport is watching other people live their dreams.

Don’t spend your time watching, spend your time making your own dreams come true.

There's probably something to be said for being inspired by people living their dreams. Like it was no doubt inspirational for many to watch Jordan living his dream of being a baseball player no matter what people expected of him.

Isn't that even more true of watching movies and tv?

Honestly, even if your brother is right, who cares? I find it quite enjoyable to watch other folks play sports. So I'm going to continue to watch live sports.

Which sports I watch may change over time, as companies like Disney (ESPN) ruin one sport after another with too many ads and especially too much in-game gambling content, but I'll likely keep watching sports.

watching other people fuck their dreams up

I’m sure they will let you buy ESPN separately.

Yes, so far that is possible.

That’s a bonus.

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