let's face it: outside of monday night football, what do you have left? so what are you left with? MNF. and unless you have a your fantasy match up coming down to the wire OR your actual team is playing, most people are burnt out from sunday football, have to get up for work, and on and on it goes.
it's more the fear of chord cutters. ESPN has pleeeeenty of money. here's a chart from the WSJ in 2014 that shows how much cable subscribers pay for carrying rights:
as you can see, they're not struggling. what they are afraid of is people who will blow off cable subscriptions for other web-based alternatives (sling TV, apple's eventual model, etc.) in my opinion, skipper is waking up to see that most people CAN live without ESPN, even sports fans. let's face it: outside of monday night football, what do you really want ESPN for, especially if you have to pay extra for it? every cable network has a sports highlight show. the talking head shows? olbermann was the only one worth watching, and now he's gone. so what are you left with? MNF. and unless you have a your fantasy match up coming down to the wire OR your actual team is playing, most people are burnt out from sunday football, have to get up for work, and on and on it goes. skipper knows a day of reckoning is coming where they can't justify charging that $6.04 per subscriber, and when it does, they're in for quite a dilemma.
it's more the fear of chord cutters. ESPN has pleeeeenty of money. here's a chart from the WSJ in 2014 that shows how much cable subscribers pay for carrying rights:
as you can see, they're not struggling. what they are afraid of is people who will blow off cable subscriptions for other web-based alternatives (sling TV, apple's eventual model, etc.) in my opinion, skipper is waking up to see that most people CAN live without ESPN, even sports fans. let's face it: outside of monday night football, what do you really want ESPN for, especially if you have to pay extra for it? every cable network has a sports highlight show. the talking head shows? olbermann was the only one worth watching, and now he's gone. so what are you left with? MNF. and unless you have a your fantasy match up coming down to the wire OR your actual team is playing, most people are burnt out from sunday football, have to get up for work, and on and on it goes. skipper knows a day of reckoning is coming where they can't justify charging that $6.04 per subscriber, and when it does, they're in for quite a dilemma.
good, MTV was relevant in the 80's and 90's, you know, when they played Music Videos...
i was pointing to the mindless scripted jerry springer reality tv shows they run now... but you are right on that point as well
Thank you. It's probably good to assume whatever big Star Wars E Ticket is announced will be shared by both coasts so as long as we get that I'll be happy
Good point and I don't have a good answer, but, like anything else unless you are held at gunpoint, it becomes an individual decision. A tough one due to the fact that our society expects it, but, women do tend to continue with things for the sake of vanity. (men too, it seems) Not saying that is bad, but, it is the reason. I believe I read someplace that it was the invention of nylons that basically started that particular need to shave legs and it just held on. I do feel a bit of sympathy for people that are basically products of their environment and that is why I am taking a stand on being sucked into that social extreme. Just call me harry! At my age it is easier because I don't seem to turn near as many heads as I once did and probably wouldn't even if I were hairless or looked like Cousin It. There are very few perks of aging so I'll take my ability to not care and place it high on the list.Well, to be fair, women don't plant hair on their legs, either, but we're expected to shave them anyway. Just sayin'.
and he will be forced to train his indian replacement.
Jorts are for those living in Hamilton. . .
