Sports streaming didn’t nearly die from piracy. It nearly died from a bank run in Santa Clara.
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The era of buying every right, at any price, with other people’s money, ended in a bank run. Every future deal will have clawback clauses, escrow accounts, and “bank failure” force majeure. Sports streaming didn’t nearly die from piracy