All good points.
1.) Yes, Netflix is shedding subscribers at the moment, but adding live sports would absolutely help reverse that.
2.) Something like 70% of Prime subscribers use it to stream. How much? Hard to say. My main point was a majority of people have no trouble streaming, so it shouldn’t necessarily be viewed as a hurdle.
3.) Should’ve read more! Safe to say, it would be considerably more expensive to get cable for CFB games than to have a streaming option.
4.) Cable sub estimates were all over the place - some said 50m, others said 80m+. Lots pegged it somewhere in the 70s. The estimate I used included Hulu+ and similar streaming cable subs.
5.) Hard to say where the younger generations end up. I went through a period in may late teens/early 20s where I didn’t watch much sports at all. That said, it makes sense the audience would skew slightly older. I don’t think streaming-only is viable at this point, but I’m not convinced there would be a significant difference between FS1 and a streaming option.