{"id":2407355,"date":"2025-02-27T07:46:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indycar-bucks-the-system-of-endless-sports-streaming\/"},"modified":"2025-02-27T07:49:29","modified_gmt":"2025-02-27T12:49:29","slug":"indycar-bucks-the-system-of-endless-sports-streaming","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/indycar-bucks-the-system-of-endless-sports-streaming\/","title":{"rendered":"IndyCar Bucks The System Of Endless Sports Streaming"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Findycar-bucks-the-system-of-endless-sports-streaming%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2407355&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The article discusses how the IndyCar racing series is prioritizing its fan base over financial gains by simplifying \u200dits broadcasting options. Starting this Sunday, IndyCar will air its races solely on Fox,\u200d avoiding the fragmentation seen\u2062 in many other sports leagues that require multiple streaming services and subscriptions. This contrasts wiht other leagues,such\u2063 as NASCAR,which is moving towards streaming-only broadcasts,complicating access for fans.<\/p>\n<p>The article also\u200b highlights \u200dplans from leagues like the NFL to increasingly shift broadcasts\u2064 to\u2063 streaming platforms, potentially\u200d limiting\u200b access for fans based on geographical \u2063restrictions.\u200d While \u2062IndyCar&#8217;s new broadcast agreement provides \u200bclarity and ease for viewers, it ironically results in\u2064 a shortened season, ending before the NFL season starts to\u200b avoid competition. IndyCar&#8217;s approach reflects a rare effort to cater to fans in an evolving sports media landscape that often prioritizes profit over accessibility.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>For once, a sports league appears to be putting its fan base over its bottom line. Imagine that.<\/p>\n<p>When the IndyCar season begins this Sunday with the year&rsquo;s first race in Saint Petersburg, Florida, it will do so with a new broadcast partner. But unlike most other <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/exclusive-dana-white-shares-how-gavin-newsom-shut-down-ufc-restart-meant-for-california\/\" title=\"EXCLUSIVE: Dana White Shares How Gavin Newsom Shut Down UFC Restart Meant For California\">professional sports leagues<\/a>, which have sliced and diced their television licensing rights to maximize revenue at the expense of <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/16\/nfl-sells-out-fans-trying-to-make-a-quick-buck-across-streaming-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">aggravating fans<\/a>, IndyCar has done the exact opposite.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>One Broadcast Network<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Fans who want to watch this open-wheel racing series have a relatively simple option: Tune in to Fox on weekend afternoons this spring and summer &mdash; that&rsquo;s it. No cable partners, no streaming services to mess around with, no trying to remember which broadcast partner carries which race. Just 15 Sunday afternoons (and two Saturday afternoons thrown in) between now and Labor Day on simple, over-the-air broadcast television.<\/p>\n<p>As I <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2024\/05\/16\/nfl-sells-out-fans-trying-to-make-a-quick-buck-across-streaming-services\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">noted last spring<\/a>, most sports, including other auto racing leagues, have moved in the opposite direction. For instance, this Memorial Day weekend will see NASCAR&rsquo;s Coca-Cola 600 &mdash; a &ldquo;crown jewel&rdquo; event of the stock car racing season &mdash; air on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nascar.com\/news-media\/2024\/05\/14\/amazon-prime-video-to-open-its-2025-race-coverage-with-coca-cola-600\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Amazon Prime<\/a>, the first time a NASCAR race will air solely via streaming, as part of a package of mid-summer races. For the last several years, IndyCar has broadcast one of its races (usually the Grand Prix of Toronto) and most practice and qualifying sessions solely via NBC&rsquo;s Peacock streaming service.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>These types of streaming-only scenarios have made it <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/business\/media\/sports-streaming-complicated-watching-fans-season-20c37c9c\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">difficult for fans to remember<\/a> which event airs on which channel &mdash; not to mention making it costly by forcing fans to purchase subscriptions to various streaming services if they wish to follow their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-on-american-greatness-we-dont-seek-to-bury-the-wrongs-we-face-it\/\" title=\"Biden on American Greatness: \u2018We Don\u2019t Seek to Bury the Wrongs, We Face It\u2019\">favorite sports teams<\/a>. For instance, NASCAR is requiring fans to pay for the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bobpockrass\/status\/1790788848361836588?s=46\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Max streaming service<\/a> to receive access to in-car camera footage and, as mentioned above, a separate Amazon Prime subscription to view five races, including the Coca-Cola 600 on Memorial Day weekend. By contrast, IndyCar&rsquo;s signature event, the <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2017\/05\/26\/many-americans-love-indy-500\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Indianapolis 500<\/a>, held the same day as the Coca-Cola 600, will again air on broadcast television, this time on Fox after decades on ABC and a recent six-year stint on NBC.<\/p>\n<h2>Other Sports Planning to Frustrate Fans<\/h2>\n<p>If you think the current situation regarding broadcast access to live sporting events is bad, two recent stories suggest worse to come. For starters, news emerged that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/other\/sunday-afternoon-nfl-games-could-soon-be-heading-to-netflix-in-potential-seismic-shift-in-sports-tv-viewing\/ar-AA1zjvOU?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=DCTS&amp;cvid=4c05ded1e4c441bb9c88b1dc62c4b65d&amp;ei=14\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Netflix may bid for rights<\/a> to Sunday afternoon football. While the National Football League&rsquo;s current deals with CBS and Fox end in 2033, the league can re-bid its TV contracts in 2029. With the prospect of generating more money, you&rsquo;d better believe the NFL can and will do just that.<\/p>\n<p>On a much-related topic comes word that beginning with the 2025 season this fall, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-us\/sports\/other\/starting-in-2025-no-nfl-games-will-be-exclusively-broadcast-on-traditional-tv\/ar-AA1zxf6m?ocid=msedgntp&amp;pc=DCTS&amp;cvid=6dfa84bb78ea4080be2abc14ab6f698b&amp;ei=22\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">no NFL games<\/a> will be broadcast exclusively via traditional television, with all having some streaming option. This development goes part and parcel with the news about Netflix bidding for the rights to Sunday afternoon football, as it lays the groundwork for the NFL to yank football from over-the-air television.<\/p>\n<p>One might think that allowing people to access football games via their phones or tablets might make for better viewing for fans, and on its own, it would. But because the streaming access will be geolocated, fans will only be able to watch the team based in their local market, meaning that fans of the Buffalo Bills who live in Florida, for instance, will be out of luck. Couple that news with the possibility of the NFL migrating more games to subscription streaming services and it&rsquo;s more of the same &mdash; greater inconvenience, greater expense &mdash; for fans.<\/p>\n<p>Although IndyCar&rsquo;s new television contract provides clarity on where races will air and restores access to practice and qualifying sessions via Fox Sports, it does have some downsides. The fact that neither the league nor its broadcast partner wants to compete for eyeballs against pro football means that the racing season will now end on Labor Day, before the NFL season begins. But at least one <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">pro sports league designed<\/a> its new <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/private-equity-funds-approach-italys-serie-a-to-explore-media-rights-deal-sources\/\" title=\"Private equity funds approach Italy\u2019s Serie A to explore media rights deal ...sources\">media rights deal<\/a> with the ordinary fan, rather than the almighty dollar, in mind.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p>      Chris Jacobs is founder and CEO of Juniper Research Group and author of the book &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/1645720020\">The Case Against Single Payer<\/a>.&#8221; He is on Twitter: <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/chrisjacobsHC\">@chrisjacobsHC<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>IndyCar prioritizes fans over profits with new broadcast deal<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":521,"featured_media":2407356,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Indycar-1280.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[24656,51211,7297,23251,51212],"class_list":["post-2407355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-broadcasting","tag-indycar","tag-innovation","tag-motorsports","tag-sports-streaming"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/Indycar-1280.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407355","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/521"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2407355"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407355\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2407359,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2407355\/revisions\/2407359"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2407356"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2407355"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2407355"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2407355"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}