Moobythegoldensock,

Up to 70 seconds of delay? Oh, the horror!

Meanwhile, my wife and I start games on Prime or ESPN an hour late and then fast forward through the commercials and half time.

Uprise42,

We’re talking seconds of difference, a minute at most. Who cares? Put your phone down during the game and watch the actual fucking game and it won’t matter. Don’t worry about who’s tweeting the last play. Just watch the damn game.

Hell, I record the games I want to watch and start them an hour late so I can fast forward through commercials and still end the game close to the normal time. So most of the game I don’t watch anyways.

That all being said, fuck YouTube and the Sunday ticket bullshit. Too damn expensive.

themeatbridge,

Gamblers care. Since sports betting was made legal everywhere, gambling is an enormous source of ad revenue for every pro sport.

givesomefucks,

Lots of people only watch because of fantasy football.

If the scores on the app/site load before the play is shown, it kind of defeats the purpose.

Live sports kind of need to be live.

foggy,
trachemys,

“ Think of cable as delivering all pieces in one truck whereas streaming must send different pieces through different delivery trucks," said Biao Chen, a professor of electrical engineering

And again, the Internet is not something that you just dump something on. It’s not a big truck. It’s a series of tubes - Ted Stevens (R-Alaska)

But seriously, if they aren’t as delayed as the pirate sites they are doing fine. ESPN’s streaming isn’t much behind live tv.

sorghum,

Thanks for reminding me of this gem. It never fails to give me a chuckle that the oldest senator at that time trying to explain the Internet

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