I’m with you, PhilJSmith.
I’m a lifelong Sox fan. When CHSN came along, I got rid of my big cable TV package. All I ever watched on it was regional sports—and those were now available OTA via my antenna.
Imagine that: free regional sports! But then something odd happened. “Antenna?” the people said. “What is this, the ’70s?” They couldn’t be bothered with that.
So they demanded it be put back on big cable. They demanded to pay for it! Well, the people got what they wanted—CHSN made a deal with big cable and sunsetted the OTA signal.
Now the options are:

Go back to big cable and get the highest-tier package for $150 a month (which I will never do), or
Pay $30 a month to stream it—with commercials (which I refuse to do).

So, as Phil so eloquently put it: “EAT MY SHORTS!” We all need to band together and tell them to eat our shorts! Stop paying and stop watching. It’s the only way, folks.