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I don't support piracy, but there are alternatives. The NFL's FAST channel NFL Channel very likely will have highlights during the game, and after the game, NFL Network will air NFL GameDay Final, a postgame show with highlights and analysis of the game.

I'd presume that, like with other primetime NFL games, you can also listen to Kevin Harlan's dulcet tones cover the game on the radio via the Westwood One Radio Network.

The crazy thing to think about this is, for an entire generation, this is what Harry Potter is going to be to them, and the movies will feel like the knock-offs. Or at least, not the "real" or "original" versions.

I've never watched or read Harry Potter, nor do I plan to, but this reality hit me when watching the new Little House On The Prairie adaptation, having both listened to audiobook versions of the original books and watched the NBC show as a child.

I've had multiple accounts banned over one or two posts that somebody didn't like. Months of posting, comments, engagement and contributions can effectively disappear from a community because of a couple of moderation decisions.

And the more you contribute, the worse the odds become. If you make hundreds or thousands of posts, eventually you're going to post something that one moderator somewhere doesn't like.

You don't need one moderation team to tolerate you. You need multiple independent moderators and admins, across multiple servers, to remain aligned indefinitely.

This is why free speech (or at least free speech adjacent) instances are important. They don't ban people nearly as frivolously. Build your communities on instances that are not hosted by bullies.

Although, I will say, your premise is a bit flawed here. Having more moderation isn't the problem, the problem is the type of moderators that are here on Lemmy. A lot of them are the same hall monitor types that were on Reddit, but even more strict!

Things have gotten better over time, especially with bridges. There are a few Bluesky users who talk about sports, and there's also sportsbots.xyz which mirrors sports-related X accounts to the Fediverse. Also, @NBA@lemmy.world is a pretty poppin' Lemmy community that talks about everything and anything NBA-related.

Honestly, the best thing that all of us can do are post about the sports we're watching, and use the appropriate hashtags so that it's easier for sports to trend and for us to find each other.

on ESPN Sports Nirvana · c/hqpromos · -2 pts · 18d

The funny thing about this to me is that watching ESPN, both at its best and at its worst, feels nothing like this. Unless you're watching golf.