From Sunday Ticket Trial: ESPN Proposed 70.00 Full Season Package

Because bootlegging kinda sucks, frankly. Constant crappy streams make it so frustrating it's not worth it IMO and I've done it a lot.

I guess the NFL never heard of the long tail and sees itself as a luxury brand as opposed to a working man's game until it's convenient to use that angle.
My streams are not crappy. The only real issue for me is that the streams are something like 40 seconds behind the broadcast. Kinda minor in the grand scheme. Plus, the lady I’m dating has the Sunday Ticket and gave me her password, so I don’t stream football anymore, just PPV stuff. I politely turned down the offer, but she kinda forced me to take the password. So, I’m winning without contributing a single cent to the NFL.