NBC can EAD

Is this not an expected reaction to cord cutting?

Fewer cable subscribers mean less money from cable to the networks.

More people willing to watch stuff stream means opportunity to make money from them.

Add those two up and networks should be expected to try to build the paying set for streaming.

Sure

But that's making non cord cutters double up, because they are paying for NBCSN through cable and the Gold Package on top.

Also, in theory, I could be a cord cutter, and get NBCSN streaming (which I'd have to pay NBC for) and still not get all their games. This is still two tiers for cord cutters.

Yes. But I am a cord cutter paying for both.

I get NBCSN through my PlayStation Vue, for which I pay a decent amount each month. Then I get NBC Sports Gold for a much lower amount. I guess for me it is a matter of being willing to pay extra to get every single game. I similarly buy the MLB and NHL streaming packages so I can see all out of market games. And those packages are considerably more expensive than NBC Sports Gold.

Support Watford instead then.

If people supported lower level clubs like the big ones we wouldn't be talking about this.

I'm not sure how many sports you can watch every game on broadcast tv.

Just as soccer on TV starts

to get a viewing public, the people that televise the game decide to make it a niche sport again... because Santanta Sports had such success with that model!

Man, I had basically forgotten about Setanta Sports. *

Give me your $20 every Saturday morning, cheers! *

sadly, I ponied up. *

I agree. However, by inference,

perhaps they are not getting enough from advertising revenue to support replacing programming on sister networks with games between teams with lower viewership. That's disappointing, but given the overall quality of the product they provide, I guess i'll take the trade-off over the alternative (Fox, Turner, or lower quality product given less investment).

Or maybe they're just making a blatant revenue grab.

Admittedly, Arsenal is usually going to be on TV, so that colors the view slightly

I agree. And I pay for the gold package.

Sponsors aren’t going to pay much for a match between Wolves and Brighton. Anyone who wants to watch that game can contribute to NBC’s costs of televising it.

Sure

But NBC sports is getting my money whether I watch that match or not.

Now they want more money to watch it than the subsidy I'm already providing them.