@Bliss @altucker

Don’t get me started on MLB blackout rules. 😠

@whonat @altucker
Players and sports teams got too greedy.

In HS when MLB went to cable I refused to pay to watch. Instead i listened on radio. When they went to exclusive subscription & imposed local blackout periods I stopped listening because as a college student I couldnt afford to pay high cable prizes.

During the pandemic I cancelled cable, as did millions of ppl who lost jobs. my cable is still off. For many gaming became more fun. Now 1/3 of home games are back on free tv 😀😂🤣

@SaltyVeruca you're right. It's inevitable.

@altucker It's a shame but here we are.

@SaltyVeruca @altucker Prime having exclusive rights to Thursday is one thing, but a playoff game? To the folks behind that executive decision I say, the timing of an experiment conducted on the population says a thing about your values. Also, Rome’s Colosseum was built to appease the people. Holding a game there and saying only the folks that pay, or can afford, this monthly tax can attend. It’s just gonna piss off some folks.

@clong @altucker Didn't say it wouldn't piss people off but not enough or not the right ones. Playoff games aren't even part of Sunday Ticket. Normal ticket prices aren't affordable for mainstream fans anyway yet people pay exorbitant amounts to attend games complete with parking prices, concessions,etc. It's what the market will bear and football culture here is an impossible boot.

@SaltyVeruca @altucker I get ya. There’s a budget I enforce on Only Fans too.

@clong @altucker It's the whole culture period. Phones, entertainment, things we think we have to have. New way to live until it's not I guess.

@SaltyVeruca @altucker and a g*d d**am free trial would’ve been a brilliant f**king idea.

@clong @altucker NBC'S desperate attempt to save a flagging stream service. If they wanted to reach people, they'd have put it on Prime. Far more people have that.

@clong @altucker Also, you're not wrong. They just know they can win this.

@SaltyVeruca @altucker Hail Mary x 3.

@clong @altucker Prime is going to get at least one playoff game and continue with Thursday nights, per the owner's announcements.

@SaltyVeruca @clong thanks for the follow up. Any mention of Peacock?

@altucker @clong I didn't hear, no. I'll keep an eye out for any articles and the like. I don't see the next season being vastly different than this past one but who knows when there's money involved?

@SaltyVeruca @clong I just read that the Eagles opener in Brazil is being broadcast exclusively by Peacock. God, that's annoying.