So, it’s not so much that people are dropping ESPN but that they are dropping Comcast. No wonder, they have priced themselves out of the market. Between internet access and television I spend over $150 a month. I’ve seen that there’s a “youtube TV” coming which will off much of the cable content at a fraction of the price. I hope to make the switch. I don’t need any television, I could live with Netflicks alone, but my wife needs her shows.
They should hire Kapernick for the coup de gras. ESPN is no different than abc cbs NBC MSNBC and CNN-all political all liberal all the time. Maybe they can all don pussy hats and change their name to SJW Sports network.
Comcast sucks beyond believe. I moved from an area that had Optimum, which for the same price I had 5x the channels and better ones. Comcast same price and fewer channel and fewer good ones (No Science Channel, No Spike, etc). I watch the Mets, but other than that all winter I been watching is Fox News and Star Trek re-runs.
I am cutting once my contract runs out.
Right - all cable, really. Netflix, Hulu, etc are the big reasons. But I don't know how many people really miss ESPN. I have it & barely watch it because their website gives me enough info.
Bingo! We had just a middling package from Comcast (no HBO and the like) and were paying $108/month. We dropped them last month and went with a phone/dish/internet package and the whole deal is just $114/month.
Cable is pricing itself out of existence.