First, I do not want to give away my full resume but I did not work for Direct or AT&T. They have the market cornered on the sports bar with the NFL Sunday Ticket. In fact, they still have a commercial version of the Sunday Ticket even as it has gone over to Google/YouTube for individual consumers. I do not have the exact viewership numbers on RSNs and league networks. Those numbers vary based on market. For example, the best ratings for Bally Sports RSNs is in Atlanta because the Braves are so popular. ESPN and the ESPN family of networks (2, U, News, SECN, ACCN) used to be untouchable for cable programming and Disney knew it. That is why so much of your monthly video bill goes directly to them. The distributors, Comcast, Charter, Cox, Direct, Dish and others essentially pass through the programming fees to the subs. When ESPN charges $5 per month per sub to Comcast, you have that already baked into your Xfinity bill. Like it or not. There are a whole lot of folks out there that would be furious to know that they directly pay for Fox News or CNN or MSNBC just by being a cable/satellite subscriber. I see the point where someone had a challenge about the "10" networks that someone watches outside of sports. Charter/Spectrum now has a choice package that allows the subscriber to select the channels they want, which I think is up to 15 + local programming (ABC, CBS, FOX, NBC, etc). If I had the power, I would buy that package, select my channels (including Bravo so Mrs. CobbCounty can watch the Real Housewives and Below Deck) and then go with the sports streamer. My bet is that you come out ahead on cost.