Sidebar: The Goodbye Girl might be the only film ever to have a Best Actor Oscar-winning performance (Richard Dreyfuss) that wasn't even the best performance in the film as ten year old Quinn Cummings steals the film!
And after that performance, Quinn Cummings would act in ONE film (a supporting role in 1987's medicore Listen to Me) ever again! Incredible!I
I recently received an email from YouTubeTV for the upcoming renewal of the NFL Sunday Ticket package and as a subscriber of the package since 2004 in the days of Directv owning the rights, I've never thought about not renewing.
We have now reached the point of considering ending that purchase and it's a bit scary.
YouTubeTV now wishes to recieve $378.00 plus Maryland taxes (22.80) for Sunday Ticket for a total of $400.80 for the upcoming season and I'm starting to think that it's not worth it to see the Browns win four or five games.
That's a lot to watch bad football.
I've always thought that if you buy Sunday Ticket, the Amazon/Netflix/Peacock games should be included with the package, but they never will, as the streaming folks buy these games to attract the hardcore fan, not give them away for free.
You may be wondering why it's scary.
Well, I've written about my loss of interest in baseball and without even a lousy team to care about, I could see my NFL interest sliding if I'm only watching either Baltimore or Washington games each week.
I'm not saying that it would but it could.
Just like I'm not saying that I won't cut Sunday Ticket, I'm only saying perhaps.
At a time in my life that I need more to be interested in, not less, that's a little scary.
It would also mean less Browns coverage here because I generally don't feel comfortable writing about games/teams that I'm not watching.
If I'm not watching, then I'm not adding anything original to the proverbial conversation and I wouldn't write as much.
It is similar to why I don't write often about Newcastle United, although the reason is a little different as I watch all the games but I don't know nearly enough about soccer/football to feel like I would be adding anything to that coverage.
I'd be lying if I said it wasn't about the money, that does have something to do with it but it's also about the money-grubbing NFL and about the absolute ineptness of the Cleveland Browns and my lack of faith in Andrew Berry to make any moves to change the franchise's direction.
It's getting harder to justify paying that amount of money to watch crappy football but even harder is to give it to a business that gives you back nothing but anger and despair.
But one never knows because after all, goodbye doesn't mean forever.
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