It would be great if that were to happen but I don't see that occurring unless there's a legislative change or other major style shake up to kill the automatic carriage fees for the RSNs.
http://www.foxsports.com/college-football/outkick-the-coverage/espn-has-lost-7-million-subscribers-the-past-two-years-112515cord cutting and cord trimming are already taking their toll on espn as people move to either skinny video bundles or unbundled OTT online options. The RSNs tend to be on the same packages as ESPN, so if ESPN has taken a 10% hit already, then RSNs are already going to be feeling that same pain, and every indication is it will only get worse and worse.
