I’m just adding to IdiotKickers, dhappy42 and others posts. Great thread.
Disney which owns ESPN has very high
carriage fees ($7.04) which people are objecting too. That does not include the remaining ESPN, Fox Sports, Golf channels and other sports related programming. Cord-Cutters and
Cord-Nevers are growing.
People are switching to streaming services like Netflix, Amazon Prime and Hulu which do not offer live sports and no commercials which contribute to the loss of viewership and advertising revenue. Pay for some sports on streaming devices is available.
It will be interesting when the CBA comes up again in 2020 and viewership (revenue) is declining. To quote behavioral economist Daniel Kahneman , “Negotiations over a shrinking pie are especially difficult because they require an allocation of losses. People tend to be much more easygoing when they bargain over an expanding pie.”
I usually dislike terms like “Peak” but in this case maybe “Peak ESPN” or “Peak Goodell” are not offensive to me.