[Montemurro] Expect to see fewer Cubs spring training games on Marquee this year. President of business operations Crane Kenney told Tribune it’ll “probably” be less than double digits for 32-game spring slate and definitely fewer than past ST. “A really hard decision.”

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1. Marquee can expect to see fewer of my dollars

2. Isn’t Marquee a paid subscription?

3. What’s the reason? What else are they going to play? Prevagen commercials or reruns of the compound?

4. What are they going to air instead???

5. What the hell is Marquee for if not Cubs games?

6. Not paying for Marquee this season anyway. Radio and Youtube highlights for me

7. Insane that Marquee doesn’t -at the absolute bare-minimum- just automatically make a point of broadcasting every Cubs game, from the start of Spring Training, until they win it all or are eliminated.

   I’m sure we’ll see high schoolers calling their school football games instead, which isn’t the worst thing, but like, c’mon. It’s supposed to be a Cubs-centric network.

8. Surely to make room for indoor pickleball content.

9. WGN creates one of the nations strongest and most loyal fan bases by showing all games in a single spot for free despite putting a shot team on the field for most of its history.

   Crane Kenny – “I’ve got an idea. Let’s do the exact opposite!”

10. Why even bother having a network?
    Where’s your wheelbarrows, Crane?

11. Uhh Ok. I dont need to have a subscription during spring training. Why even have your channel.

12. Note to Crane… we wont renew Marquee until April anyway

13. It’s circling the drain.

14. Looking forward to the games back to WGN.

15. Twats

16. Well, guess I won’t be subscribing until opening day.

17. How the fuck does Crane Kenney still have a job?

18. I don’t see marquee making it another 5-7 years. Guessing they will merge with CSN.

19. Won’t someone think of the billionaires?!

20. The CBA is going to eventually have to figure out TV. At the top is the Dodgers with an unlimited ATM, on the bottom 9 or so teams with nowhere to go, now apparently even us who are in the top 5-10 saying we can’t afford to broadcast but 1/3 of spring training. Not sure what MLB can do to NFL-ize their TV rights but they’ve gotta figure out something different.

21. Please just go back to WGN