John predicts an internet home for niche sports would be YouTube Sports rather than an ESPN8-style Ocho (2016)
prediction · status: unresolved · last event: predicted (2016-08-23) · owner: John
In August 2016 John guessed that if an online home for niche sports ever emerged, it would be called YouTube Sports rather than ESPN8: The Ocho.
About: YouTube, ESPN8: The Ocho
| date | event | what | video |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016-08-23 | predicted | John suspects that if the internet ever builds a home for cult-following sports, it will be known as YouTube Sports rather than ESPN8: The Ocho. (hedged) | The Ocho! Sports I Want on TV 00:02:48 |
What is said about it
3 statements, by date (the events above are the turns of the thread; these are the details).
- 2016-08-23 · The Ocho! Sports I Want on TV — John says the 2004 film Dodgeball shows its championships on a fictional network, ESPN8: The Ocho; in reality they aren't televised and there's no ESPN8, though ESPN owns eight cable networks. — 00:00:53
- 2016-08-23 · The Ocho! Sports I Want on TV — recommendation: John points to a subreddit called The Ocho with highlights of lesser-known sports, from remote-controlled truck racing to tug-of-oars, which he finds incredibly entertaining. — 00:01:10
- 2016-08-23 · The Ocho! Sports I Want on TV — John submits that the Ocho would be a wildly popular cable network or streaming service, home to niche sports from Olympic ones to competitive log rolling and foot billiards. — 00:01:20