But why should anyone have to break the law to watch the Mets?

  • workerandparasite@lemmy.fmhy.ml
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    1 year ago

    This article really doesn’t say much of anything, does it?

    Either way, yeah I’d argue that for as bad as TV/movie streaming has gotten, sports have actually gotten worse. The NHL, for instance, requires ESPN+ but you can’t watch your local team. If you aren’t in your local teams area, you can’t watch any nationally broadcasted games on ESPN, TNT, or NHL Network, which accounts to many games a year if you’re a fan of a big market team.

    With that in mind, finding the right stream is honestly harder than many people say. No, lots of streams out there aren’t in high quality, many are choppy, and some will crash at random moments. Once you find the right stream, hold on to it close to your chest.

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      1 year ago

      We haven’t been able to watch our local NBA and NHL teams in 4 years on most major cable/satellite providers in the area because of a contract dispute (that’s what happens when the same guy owns every team AND the sports network). Last season, one of our team’s games was nationally televised on TNT - and you STILL couldn’t watch it in our area because of blackout restrictions. It was an away game that was not airing on the local sports network…it was literally only on TNT, and you still couldn’t watch it.

      Now even my 73-year-old dad is proficient in finding illegal sports streams.