DeWitt thinks Diamond bankruptcy might fix broken broken broadcast model
March 18, 2023
DeWitt thinks Diamond bankruptcy might fix broken broken broadcast model
9 comments
Nice to see that DeWitt hates the local blackouts as much as we fans do.
It really can’t hurt, can it? MLB isn’t going to let games not be broadcast.
For a moment, I had hope, but then I remembered that the new model will be created by the owners and the commissioner.
I mean you want more fans…. Put local games back on channel 11. Find other revenue streams
The fact that owners are publicly talking about this gives me a little hope.
I don’t use MLB.TV because of the cost. I only want to watch the Cardinals. I don’t want to see any other team
I cut the cord many years ago. I would happily pay to stream Cardinals games, but that’s impossible without giving into extortion and getting a cable subscription. So I find pirated streams online and watch those instead.
Likewise, I absolutely refuse to get DirecTV for NFL Sunday Ticket. Sports leagues that think they can extort me into spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on things I don’t need or even want will simply lose whatever money they could have made off of me. As time goes on there are fewer people giving into the extortion and there are more people like me.
If Cardinals start own streaming platform and sell broadcasting rights to networks and subscribers it might make them more money and better for fans everywhere.
It usually takes destruction of the old before any meaningful change takes place.
9 comments
Nice to see that DeWitt hates the local blackouts as much as we fans do.
It really can’t hurt, can it? MLB isn’t going to let games not be broadcast.
For a moment, I had hope, but then I remembered that the new model will be created by the owners and the commissioner.
I mean you want more fans…. Put local games back on channel 11. Find other revenue streams
The fact that owners are publicly talking about this gives me a little hope.
I don’t use MLB.TV because of the cost. I only want to watch the Cardinals. I don’t want to see any other team
I cut the cord many years ago. I would happily pay to stream Cardinals games, but that’s impossible without giving into extortion and getting a cable subscription. So I find pirated streams online and watch those instead.
Likewise, I absolutely refuse to get DirecTV for NFL Sunday Ticket. Sports leagues that think they can extort me into spending hundreds or thousands of dollars on things I don’t need or even want will simply lose whatever money they could have made off of me. As time goes on there are fewer people giving into the extortion and there are more people like me.
If Cardinals start own streaming platform and sell broadcasting rights to networks and subscribers it might make them more money and better for fans everywhere.
It usually takes destruction of the old before any meaningful change takes place.