“Darren, I love you. That being said, it’s not a real question. But, I cannot even watch UofA vs UCLA basketball. I need to get Peacock. My question is, will you send it to the higher ups that us middle-class people are getting pinched left and right. I am about over sports because I cannot afford to watch them. Worst part is I’m a full-time fireman with a second job.”
Dylan, thank you but we don’t even know each other. And I hate that you need a second job when you already have a “good” one, especially one that keeps people safe. I won’t get on my soap box here but safe to say, I don’t love how badly the paths between wages and cost of living has separated in this country, and it’s a problem for a lot of people.
As for sports viewing, I get that too. Part of the problem is that it was all out there, and then eventually put behind pay walls. Not a surprise, but it still stinks. That said, I am old enough to remember a time when all that we got to see was maybe three college football games or a couple of college basketball games on Saturday or Sunday, or two NFL games on Sunday and one on Monday night. Unless you lived in a baseball city, you got some Monday night baseball and a Saturday game of the week. So to me, all this availability is still extra. Once you get a taste though, it’s hard to ween off it. And that costs.