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Message: [QUOTE="mscanlo, post: 4973983, member: 830"] I'm no expert, but NYT did a study that highlighted how much revenue ESPN was receiving from cable subscribers who don't watch sports (I.e. non-sports viewers are highly subsidizing ESPN). I think ESPN receives around $10-$15 a month from you cable subscription. NYT concluded that ESPN would have to receive $50 per streaming subscriber just to break-even on their costs (if cable went away). I'm no expert in Tier 1/2 rights either, but I assume even network TV is hurting since all of them (I believe) have a conglomerate of channels that are at least somewhat exposed to cable subscriptions. It's a model that has been propped up with non-sports watchers. It will be interesting to see how the networks can solve it. I know personally, I love sports (like everyone on here), but paying $50 a month, or $600 a year, to stream ESPN, seems a little steep (Disney+/Netflix/etc, price increases already give me pause) [/QUOTE]