[fullmetal]

If you offer too much choice, you're going to get a subset of the population who will all go watch the game at a friend's place and chip in for the cost of the game.  At some point up the bundling tree, the luxury of choice will convince those consumers to each get their own subscriptions to a vast number of games for personal convenience/choice.

Perhaps conference-level bundling is the way to go.

Personally, I have no cable, netflix, or hulu.  I just watch Stanford sports at sports bars...or in person :)

As for where the recently laid-off reporters will go, I agree with OutsiderFan that the transition will not be easy.  ESPN's layoffs were an early nod to recurring slashing recurring costs of a changing business model.  The implication is that smaller sports networks will face the same challenges soon if not already, and that's what makes the transition for those reporters more difficult.

[fullmetal]

If you offer too much choice, you're going to get a subset of the population who will all go watch the game at a friend's place and chip in for the cost of the game.  At some point up the bundling tree, the luxury of choice will convince those consumers to each get their own subscriptions to a vast number of games for personal convenience/choice.

Perhaps conference-level bundling is the way to go.

Personally, I have no cable, netflix, or hulu.  I just watch Stanford sports at sports bars...or in person :)

As for where the recently laid-off reporters will go, I agree with OutsiderFan that the transition will not be easy.  ESPN's layoffs were an early nod to recurring slashing recurring costs of a changing business model.  The implication is that smaller sports networks will face the same challenges soon if not already, and that's what makes the transition for those reporters more difficult.