Yep. Live sporting events are the only thing keeping 40 million American households from cutting the cord.
Eventually, a subscription-based streaming service "SportsFlix" or some such, will cut a deal with all the professional and college sports for live streaming of everything. They'll charge $29.95/month and that'll be the end of the networks.
I’m waiting for College Football to basically become two conferences (Big Ten and SEC), and then each will sign a mega contract with Amazon Prime, HBO Plus, etc.