The year was 1963, in Massachusetts there was a voter issue about legalizing "pay TV" so people could see baseball home games, etc......
It got voted down.
To this day, I remember the song the anti ads used:
Pay TV you're not for me,
You'll take away what I get free.
I am one of the people who doesn't have cable TV, so I don't get ESPN. And now, every single major college football bowl game is shown only on ESPN. Up to and including the national championship game.
They were right.... it did take away what we used to watch for free.
It got voted down.
To this day, I remember the song the anti ads used:
Pay TV you're not for me,
You'll take away what I get free.
I am one of the people who doesn't have cable TV, so I don't get ESPN. And now, every single major college football bowl game is shown only on ESPN. Up to and including the national championship game.
They were right.... it did take away what we used to watch for free.