I do not know about the rest of the country, but when my local city team is playing the game is always on a local channel. No cable needed for that
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So you're defending spending hundreds of dollars a year for one or two channels you'll watch for the race, another 10ish channels that you could find interest in, and then another 80 channels that you skip right over every time? While in my experience using cable, I usually realize I'm watching something interesting on one of the local channels anyway... If I want to watch a sporting event I'll usually just stream it online and HDMI it to the TV.
No, I'm defending having cable because there is something I want to watch that's on cable.
ya got to remember, most of the media big shots on here aren't paying for it..their parents are.
That's funny. And I suppose the nursing home pays for your cable.ya got to remember, most of the media big shots on here aren't paying for it..their parents are.
Well said. I don't care if people don't have cable. It's the constant bitching about cable that annoys me. Hear the same thing around here with the Packers. The Milwaukee metro market is one of the lowest with cable penetration, I read somewhere years ago. Every time the GB Packers are on ESPN or NFL Network, it's constant bitching for a week.
you are not paying for nothing and you are upset about what others say who are?
go ahead and start paying your parents bill, and then you can complain about the constant bitching
I don't live with my parents. I'm in my mid-20s. I've been self-employed since I was 18. I pay a bigger percentage of taxes every year than you do. You're an old man who can't afford cable and resorts to pirating cable streams of sporting events on the internet and you accuse me of living with my parents? Maybe you should move in with your kids if you can't pay your bills.you are not paying for nothing and you are upset about what others say who are?
I have a business. Internet and cell phone are expenses I write off on 1040 Schedule C. I also started my own IRA with BMO Harris this year, so I don't end up like you when I'm your age.
But the cable companies have made it clear that they aren't going to offer a la cart cable because then everybody would just buy 5 channels for some pittance and they would go out of business. The CEO of DirecTV said at some conference that he sees his company as a boutique curator of entertainment, not just a dumb pipe like the water company or the electric company that brings you a utility service at the lowest price. The gazillion channels are here to stay, unfortunately.
Having a means of communication i.e. mobile devices and internet are a necessity in this day & age. Sitting on your ass watching TV is not. Plus if you're smart, and have a phone with internet capability, you will not pay for an internet bill.
There is a difference between not being able to afford cable, and choosing not to be a sucker.
That I all agree with.
That's a special investment
I'm hoping for both as well, along with Ricky Craven.
If the move to NBC does happen next season as rumored how is that really going to affect you?
ESPN has been great with NASCAR as far as I'm concerned. They have every single race that they are contracted for on one of their channels. If anything comes up, like last weekend, where there is a conflict they've got another source to broadcast on. As far as their coverage outside the race itself, I couldn't really give a crap. If they don't promote in on Sports Center or have NASCAR specialty shows, so what. I don't need them to catch up on the news. I get all of the news that I need on Twitter or on here. We are more up to date than any of those shows anyhow.
A move from ESPN to NBC is simply another set of numbers to push on my remote on Sunday and I still don't have to get off my a$$. That is, unless I need to get up and go over to my computer to bitch about it. We can simply all regurgitate the ESPN hate threads and substitute NBC in it's place. In the overall scheme of things nothing is really going to change for the avid NASCAR fan. The rest may have to lean how to use their television guide.
