very true iceberg...hence why the make it so hard to leave....:rant:but i can remember years ago (which i am sure you do as well) when you could a la carte get sports packages...man they tore up the cable market esp people in apt's or didnt have locals in their areas to buy into their sports packages....I had the NFL ticket for years sub only to it and had dish network for programming....can't remember if they had MLB Extra the same way....I guess I am upset that is no longer offered but even more upset is the $30 is the lowest level package...sure wish they would have one of the "not advertised" $9.99 10 news channels packages like at Dr's offices for someone like me who only wants them for the sports like they only want me for my $