[jfman]

Originally Posted by OLD BOY

The fragmentation of sport was already happening on pay TV. Sky had already split its channels in that way in preparation for any loss of rights.

Your expectation that the status quo would have been maintained had the streamers not come along is, well, fanciful.

Except that they are not higher unless you opt to subscribe to a multitude of more expensive streamers.

Which of course you have to do in order to maintain the depth and breadth of content that you had before fragmentation by loss making streamers.