RE: ESPN Heading Towards Bankruptcy?

I have never payed for cable tell-you-vision, before, in my life. I only had access to cable programming (ESPN included) from about 2006 until 2016, and i only watched college basketball from November til April, nothing in between. I have happily streamed through third parties (none paid) to watch NBA basketball games, both regular season and playoffs/Finals. There are millions of other people all over the world who will never pay a cent to ESPN/Disney for the privilege of watching basketball. ESPN has no way to compensate for this, and no matter how hard they try, they will never win against piracy.