re: ESPN3 shutting out 33 million people from live college football this year

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I don't like buying a different # of hotdogs and hotdog buns, is it then ok for me to steal 2 hot dog buns so i have 10 of each? I only need 2 batteries, not 4, so I will just steal 2 and tell the retail its their fault for not responding to my needs.

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terrible analogy.

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do we apply this standard to other industries?
I don't like buying a different # of hotdogs and hotdog buns, is it then ok for me to steal 2 hot dog buns so i have 10 of each? I only need 2 batteries, not 4, so I will just steal 2 and tell the retail its their fault for not responding to my needs.

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sigh

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Did it ever cross your mind, that maybe they don't make all this content available on demand, when ever and where ever some of you hippsters want, because its not profitable for them?

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I doubt that's the case.

The issue with cable networks is that they are too addicted to the teat of the cable business model, which is a dying model. Unfortunately, they are going to milk it until its dry.

ESPN enjoy getting $4-$5 per cable subscriber regardless of whether they watch ESPN or not. It's unfair to non-sports fan, and technological advancement is finally giving those people an alternative (i.e. cord cutting).

The future is on-demand a-la-carte programming. If my desire for that makes me a hipster then so be it.

If ESPN cannot figure out how to make that profitable for them, then they'll fail and someone else will move in to meet the demand. But I doubt that will happen....ESPN will eventually adjust when they have to, and to no one with a brain's surprise, they'll still be profitable.

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I don't like buying a different # of hotdogs and hotdog buns, is it then ok for me to steal 2 hot dog buns so i have 10 of each? I only need 2 batteries, not 4, so I will just steal 2 and tell the retail its their fault for not responding to my needs.

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Most hot dogs I buy now come in 8 packs. FYI

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H-Town Tiger

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Hey Mr. Morals.

So say I host a stream of the game online for my friends to watch.

Tell me how that is any different than everyone jumping in a car and coming over to watch at my house..

I'm not making any profit off of it.. I'm just hosting online as if I was hosting at my house.. It's basically like watching from my house with me, right?