Craig wrote: "There is nothing to stop the NFL or Major league Baseball from going direct to the consumer, rather than through a conglom." And they already have. Case in point, NFL, with live programming: http://www.nfl.com/combine/live And even the Super Bowl: http://techcrunch.com/2012/02/05/first-legal-streaming-super-bowl-a-success-but-audience-still-denied-the-real-show/ http://www.forbes.com/sites/erikkain/2012/02/06/superbowl-online-streaming-was-it-a-success/ Of course, the Super Bowl was produced with NBC. Dan