re: Sling TV Releases Sports Package - $5 Per Month

ESPN et al are an outdated model and people are moving on.

You can continue to bury your head in the sand but there is a changing current.

Cable Providers are trying anything they can to sustain the model such as offering Sling TV to keep the more technological savy customers tied to them while keeping the people that don't really care about the cost yet or unable to see how they can get their content cheaper in the fold.

The numbers are in front of your face but you still continue to ignore them. Sure there might not be a 100% correlation/causation there as with anything, but to ignore the numbers completely is disingenuous.

It will be very interesting to see how this changes, but I'm nearly 100% certain that ESPN will offer it's content directly to it's subscibers in a cheaper and easier interface that will likely include MORE content such as streaming old games for free, etc.

The model is crumbling and the vaunted 200 Million market share or whatever you're tauting for ESPN that makes the change nearly impossible as you state is eroding as we speak.