| ▲ | elif 4 hours ago |
| Only possible if you are fine missing an arbitrary 1/3 of live sports events. |
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| ▲ | nkrisc 4 hours ago | parent | next [-] |
| Believe it or not, some people live fulfilling lives without viewing any sporting events. You can live without watching whatever the latest show is. |
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| ▲ | setr 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | Believe it or not, some people live fulfilling lives without viewing any television. You can live without watching whatever the latest show is. | | |
| ▲ | nkrisc 9 minutes ago | parent [-] | | 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. |
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| ▲ | Carrok 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I am fine missing all live sports events. I think many other people are as well. |
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| ▲ | Forgeties79 4 hours ago | parent [-] | | 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 |
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| ▲ | dylan604 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| 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. |
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| ▲ | forshaper 2 hours ago | parent [-] | | 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. | | |
| ▲ | linuxftw an hour ago | parent [-] | | The longer people stay, presumably the more they spend. Seems like a good match for a bar. |
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| ▲ | sailfast 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| I’m sure they will let you buy ESPN separately. |
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| ▲ | kjihygfcnkkbh 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] |
| That’s a bonus. |
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| ▲ | testing22321 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-] |
| 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. |
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| ▲ | ndriscoll 3 hours ago | parent | next [-] | | 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. | |
| ▲ | mitchdoogle 3 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | Isn't that even more true of watching movies and tv? | |
| ▲ | b33l an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | | watching other people fuck their dreams up | |
| ▲ | AshleyGrant 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | | 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. |
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