1. Whenever I point out that sports on streaming is a problem, I always get told that “everyone has Netflix” and “everyone has Prime.” Inevitably, someone will also point out that Netflix has 80 million subscribers in the U.S. ESPN is in approximately 60 million homes.
I understand why people would think being in more households is a good thing, but that’s just not how this works. Sports viewership is different. Sports fans are creatures of habit. In addition, sports fans are getting gauged at every single turn when it comes to the number of subscriptions they need to watch games.
