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4. MLB, NFL, NBA, NCAA all are going to fragmented systems that require multiple subscriptions to watch-he is messing up
Mon May 11, 2026, 03:15 PM
Monday

I'll preface this by saying that I am a transplanted Ohioan who lives in Iowa.

A few years back, I stopped getting satellite because it had become too expensive to justify. Plus, the Big Ten was putting a lot of games on Peacock, so I could watch Ohio State football games. A lot of locals did as well, as many Iowa games were on Peacock. It was cheaper than having the satellite and a bunch of channels that I did not want to pay for (Faux News is the biggest cuplrit as they were getting like $5-6/month from me and everyone else).

Then the Big Ten started splitting up its games -- some on ESPN, some on the Fox Noon game, some on Peacock (which were now the games that were two middle of the road or worse football teams). Still had Peacock -- but now I wasn't getting Ohio State.Made worse in that standard ESPN+ and Disney+ do not carry NCAA football -- need an upgarde or get FUBO for like $60/month.

The NFL has games on Prime, Peacock, Hulu, etc. They moved the NFL package to YouTUbeTV so you would have to get a youtube TV subscription in addition to the Sunday ticket to get to watch out of market games (Iowa considers the Packers and Bears our 'local' teams). If you root for a team in the NFC, you better hope they play against KC Chiefs every week if you hope to watch them play. (Bengals fan)

MLB still blacks out games even with MLB ticket. (FIL was a huge Tigers fan living in Indianapolis and they were in the blackout zone somehow with Direct TV)

Something needs to be done -- but him lying isn't helping.




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