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MagickMuffin

(18,360 posts)
18. Pro tip for today: Mute the talking heads
Tue Nov 25, 2025, 02:08 PM
Nov 2025


I do this with all the sports I tend to watch. Whether it’s football or baseball, which you have to pay to view which I’m not going to do. I didn’t even know baseball had switched to all pay to view.


But the worst offenders are Figure Skating. When you’re trying to watch the performance and listening to the music to judge the performance for yourself. However, starting with Dick Button, Tara Lipensky and Johnny Weir they never shut up. I mute them because it’s non stop talk. On rare occasions I can find a YouTube feed where there are no talking heads, and every skater gets to perform. Back when I first started watching I played my own music which turned out really good.

Here’s a rundown of pay to view sports that I’m aware of
Figure Skating (broadcast tv will show extremely limited viewing and mostly US skaters)
Baseball
Football (broadcast tv will show a few games per week but not as many as they used to)

Not sure about other sports.

But my question is:
Why did these bigwigs decide to make the viewing public pay for watching?
Are advertisements not worth it?
Did they decide more profits for their shareholders?

Those sports pay to view sports packages are expensive. The viewing public will have to decide food on the table or pay to watch a game!


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Isn't Monday Night Football exclusively ESPN now? flvegan Nov 2025 #1
Last few years it has been a mix of ABC and ESPN exboyfil Nov 2025 #10
It's Still A Mix ProfessorGAC Nov 2025 #12
12 of the 21 games on ABC or ABC & ESPN in 2025 exboyfil Dec 2025 #23
In Phoenix if the Cards play on Sunday, we get the game over the air AZJonnie Nov 2025 #2
Collinsworth's voice bugs me. It's nasally and he never shuts up. LisaM Nov 2025 #5
My thoughts on Joe and Troy is entirely based on having suffered through Collinsworth the night before AZJonnie Nov 2025 #8
Here ya go PCIntern Nov 2025 #9
If I didn't know better, I'd say that I wrote that! C Moon Nov 2025 #6
I have FUBO BidenRocks Nov 2025 #3
Wow! That's nuts! C Moon Nov 2025 #7
I may not be a sports fan sakabatou Nov 2025 #4
Way things are going you are probably exboyfil Nov 2025 #11
Is this really true? EdmondDantes_ Nov 2025 #13
Yes its true Tree Lady Nov 2025 #16
"Man, these corporations are friggin greedy" OldBaldy1701E Nov 2025 #14
I have an old $10 antenna (rabbit ears) and I get Monday night football on ABC and... 2MuchNoise Nov 2025 #15
This message was self-deleted by its author Jersey Devil Nov 2025 #17
Pro tip for today: Mute the talking heads MagickMuffin Nov 2025 #18
you could try radio, but that's usually out of sync with TV pstokely Nov 2025 #22
Also cut the cable and full circle Prairie_Seagull Nov 2025 #19
Oh gawd. I hope they don't do that. C Moon Nov 2025 #20
CBS, Fox and NBC televise games on Sundays, and that's twelve hours of free, over-the-air football. Xavier Breath Nov 2025 #21
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