I've seen the "everone needs to get paid" chorus in this. While I would agree with something that is a service there is nothing wrong with charging a fee, a la RedHat's update, this seems different. I mean, the NHL and NFL webcasts are just webified versions of Radio broadcasts, complete w/ commercials. If MLB is going to do this, it seems that the "service" is already being paid for by the commercial time. If MLB broadcasts w/o commercials what exactly am I spending 10 bucks on? Some chatter between innings? To listen to the broadcasters talk about what they REALLY think (actually, that may just be worth it sometimes...)? Criminal may be too strong a word, but "low class" seems to fit. MLB is taking the "Broadcast Rights" a little to strongly in doing this. It's going to fail miserably, and it should.
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I've seen the "everone needs to get paid" chorus in this. While I would agree with something that is a service there is nothing wrong with charging a fee, a la RedHat's update, this seems different. I mean, the NHL and NFL webcasts are just webified versions of Radio broadcasts, complete w/ commercials. If MLB is going to do this, it seems that the "service" is already being paid for by the commercial time. If MLB broadcasts w/o commercials what exactly am I spending 10 bucks on? Some chatter between innings? To listen to the broadcasters talk about what they REALLY think (actually, that may just be worth it sometimes...)? Criminal may be too strong a word, but "low class" seems to fit. MLB is taking the "Broadcast Rights" a little to strongly in doing this. It's going to fail miserably, and it should.