Who is talking about cutting people off? We are talking about having more choices is all.
I am all for more options as long as everyone gets access to games but there are people that don't care if some other region has no access to games as long as they can stream the games themselves. I gotten into few arguments over that. Alaska for example. One of the comments responses i gotten was basically those Alaskan people should just move and live somewhere else if they want to watch sports. At that point i just stopped responding to comments on the issue. (reddit and facebook for that matter)
It a very very complicated issue that not everyone really understands not even If fully understand it completely. Right there is no RSN in the PNW that address both problems. Btw look at the colorado's main RSN Altitude and comcast mess. People with comcast still can't not watch any sport teams that are on that Altitude network and the RSN and Comcast are currently suing each other over the issue. If that never ending money dispute between the networks and the providers never ever actually exist in the first place maybe we would be on NBCSNW instead of root sports.
Even if root sports were on multiple streaming options, the whole network and service provider dispute over money can happen with any streaming services too and what ever streaming service people are on that provider can cut access off from anyone if they feel like the network is going to charge them too much money.
And that has happened with youtube TV and several RSNs. And the network and service provider ended pointing figures at each other and getting people to go complain at one another over the issue. Its a very very annoying mess. I hope that comcast/Altitude court tells both sides to knock it and puts the issue between network and provider to bed temperamentally
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As long as streaming and TV networks are basically tied together (they really need to be separated) there can never be a solution that doesn't involve at some point people losing access over money disputes.