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We are living in the middle of the barn sports landscape, where the only thing bothering is not being able to watch live sports. The coronavirus outbreak has single-handed managed to wreck our lives into something we were not ready for. From not being able to meet our friends and family to not having enough space to enjoy live sports in all its glory, the pandemic has yet not normalized our lives after so many months. However, this does not mean that we cannot find the alternates to continue with our passion.
The coronavirus outbreak has been hard for everyone. Starting from the school going kids that have lost their routine due to the closure of schools around the globe to employees managing to work from home while handling their extended home duties. Not only are this but people that had a life outside their house now surviving in their home with nothing interesting to do. But out of all these people, the most affected are the sports fan.
Sports fans can be of two types; those who love watching sports and those who love playing sports. There is also a third type that loves doing both. But like we said before, the pandemic has wrecked the lives of many and so it has managed to damage all types of sports fan. Due to the closure of public gathering places and gym, people who love playing sports cannot go outside their homes to keep themselves fit and in-game, physically. And those who loved watching sports in stadiums, grounds, courts, and other places where sports events happen are locked up in their home because many sports events have been postponed due to the global outbreak.
The shift in Sports Watching
While the pandemic has been a challenge for people, it has also been a driving force that helped people innovate their lifestyle.
People have started bending their lives around the commands of the pandemic. From having robots delivering their groceries through contactless delivery mode to having virtual traveling to curb their travel lust, people around the globe are coming up with new ideas and ways to continue with their life in the coronavirus world.
Similarly, the sports fans started coming back to their basic watching mode, which is watching sports on television.
Before the coronavirus outbreak, people had little interest left in TV watching. This is because internet-streaming platforms managed to take over the dramas and movie entertainment aspect of television and news applications had taken away the leftover benefit from the television screen as well.
But only one thing that managed to bring people back to their roots was the sports. No matter how much tech-savvy we all become, we all know that nothing can replace the joy and comfort that comes with watching sports on a television screen.
And because of the coronavirus outbreak people have been more than delighted to have their cable TV service in the home, which helped them satisfy their sports passion by watching sports events from the past.
And not only this but in the United States, the cable TV service like Spectrum, Comcast, WOW cable, and many more kept the growing need for television entertainment in mind during the pandemic and introduced affordable cable TV packages for their customers.
Spectrum has its spectrum select , which a solid source of affordable cable TV entertainment for people all across America. The packages involve more than 175 channels including a free HBO Max subscription.
Sports Events Happening and Postponed
As the pandemic atrocities have started to settle down, some of the sports events are back to the ground.
For example, the Football league season in South Korea, after endless postponement, restarted on May 8. The event was held in an empty World Cup stadium in Jeonju. Nevertheless, it is still new content for a sports fan to watch safely on their television screens.
While the above was good news, what is coming next is not something that will make the sports fan happy.
The International Olympics Committee, along with Japan’s Prime Minister, decided to postpone the Tokyo 2020 Olympics.
However, the event is going to be held from July 23 to August 8 in the year 2020, hopefully.
Takeaway
These unprecedented times have been hard for those who have a passion for watching sports live. While there is little you can do about fulfilling your passion, there is a lot you can do to find a somewhat equal replacement, which is watching sports on the big TV screen.
