When I was talking to my friends about my crazy plan to quit cable, a lot of them asked me how I will handle not being able to watch a lot of sports. Now, I consider myself a sports fan, but when I stepped back and really thought about it, it was easy for me.
I am not the type that has to watch Sports Center on a daily basis. I like to think that I watch Wild and Twins games at home, but in reality, I maybe only watch a handful of them. Both of those teams have occasional games broadcasted over the air. As for the Vikings, I get FOX and CBS, so watch them won't be a problem.
Golden Gopher Sports though is a whole new problem. They are not broadcasted and require channels like FSN-North or the Big Ten Network. But again, I seldom watched those games at my house. I was more likely to go to the bar or to a friends house to watch them. Additionally, with the money I am saving, maybe I can put some of that towards tickets for these teams I like.
My best advice for casual sports fans is that life will probably be OK without cable. The big thing is to look at what is broadcast locally.
If you are a rabid, gotta watch Sports Center daily, kind of sports fan. My best advice at this point is to stick with cable, there really isn't a good alternative that I can come up with at this point...
But don't give up hope. I am looking into services like MLB.TV, NHL Gamecenter Live, and others to see if we can cheaply get all the sports we want while also freeing ourself from the high prices of cable TV.
(P.S. Can you tell I am from Minnesota :P)
FSN is in the package after "basic 1", I think. I don't know if that includes HD feeds of FSN, but if you watch every Twins game, it might be worth it to add the next level of cable for ~$30/month (need to check on this price) from April to October.
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