re: 2023 MLS Thread

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Lol I don’t think this is an MLS being desperate for cash move. I think this is MLS looking at where consumers are going for content and the future is clearly streaming. They’re obviously gambling on this deal coming good in the mid/longer term. Maybe it does and the affiliation with apples streaming service increases fandom more than espn did, but I’m skeptical.

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It’s pretty common knowledge MLS operates in the red and it needed a massive tv deal bigger than this one to get it on track

But I don’t disagree with you on them trying to project to the future of sports. But they could have done it better. The ESPN deal had all the ground work laid out for them. They should have tried something with YouTube tv, that would have gotten them in way more homes and more accessible to watch

Most fans are pretty turned off on this. Only the true believers are going to invest in it.

The product isn’t good enough to go so exclusive that they think the masses will subscribe

Most of us have no interest in paying to see a bunch of teams we don’t want too.

There will always be legacy tv channels even if it’s all streaming