We’re in an unprecedented time in Chicago sports. Not so much for all the losing fans have endured in the last year, but for their difficulty in watching it.
Never before has a baseball season begun without the primary cable provider in the market carrying Cubs and White Sox games. Comcast continues to air the Cubs’ Marquee Sports Network, but it has kept the Sox’ Chicago Sports Network off its Xfinity platform.
While Sox, Bulls and Blackhawks ownership deserve plenty of criticism for launching a regional sports network at a time when the industry is contracting, it’s time to ask what in the world Comcast is doing.