> The deal Apple has with MLS might be a good deal for Apple but I don’t think it’s good for the sport. Did you try to stream it before Apple got the rights to

> The deal Apple has with MLS might be a good deal for Apple but I don’t think it’s good for the sport. Did you try to stream it before Apple got the rights to MLS games? About 10 years ago MLS had an all-in-one streaming platform called MLS LIVE. Minor local blackouts, but other than that its the one stop shop. Then they shut that down and you have to follow a flow chart on how to watch anything. Is the game "local"? Are you "local"? Is it a "big" game that is streamed nationally? What does the magic 8 ball say for which local station has the rights to the broadcast? ESPN+ had some of the games but no where near all. Pirating the game was about 10x easier, as you just time in "free MLS stream". Apple TV is a single place to watch the games. No blackouts. No ouija board to figure out how to watch it. So much easier than pirating, the quality is good, and I can watch it where ever I want. Whether or not the deal was good for the MLS organization monetarily, I have no idea. But for consumers it has been really great in my opinion.