First World Problem Alert: $4.99 Price To Watch ESPN+'s Early PGA Coverage Is Apparently A Major Crime

The price of a Starbucks latte.

A Triple-Triple at In N Out.

The student rate for a month of Spotify.

All seemingly good deals.

$4.99 for a month of ESPN+ so that you can watch the pre-ESPN PGA Championship coverage?

The end of the world!

I’d pay $4.99 a day for the next 12 years just to never hear the TNT theme music. Or the neverending promos. Or the mediocre coverage.

Sports fans want to cut the cord because cable is too expensive and ESPN provides something of incredible value with a rejuvenated vibe, yet as Alex Myers notes for GolfDigest.com, a recurring theme of day one of a new deal meant lost of moaning about the subscription price.

As I noted for The Athletic prior to the PGA, ESPN is paying more than CBS in part to add more live sports to ESPN+, their streaming solution for cordcutters and other great stuff. The Worldwide Leader is already delivering on day one with all-day coverage and a great chemistry with main announcers Scott Van Pelt and David Duval.

Now, there is one issue: a cable subscription is needed to watch ESPN’s coverage via the app, a problem that admittedly needs work.

But no promos for Castle, Bones, Rizzoli & Isles, Major Crimes and…you get the point. This is not a major crime.