There's a solution to this problem... I got it! I'll rent a room and put a bunch of giant TVs on the walls so it's even better than home. You'll be able to watch 5 or more games all at the same time. To make things better, I'll stock a local selection of the best beers and drinks. I'll even serve you better food like fresh french fries and chicken wings, not that crappy bag of potato chips you get at the store. In fact, you won't even have to get up to go get your drink, I'll hire some young college girls to do that for you...
So your solution to an expensive cable bill (which allows me to watch many sports from the comfort of my home) is to go to a bar, for hours, multiple times per week and pay for deliberately overpriced food and drink?
Are you cord cutting for economic reasons, or are you just opposed to cable companies in general? If it's the former, I think you need to rethink your plan.
When I was a student in Edinburgh in our last flat we decided to pay GBP 30/month for the "usual" cable channels and something like 5mbps internet (as at about 2005-7), and made the conscious decision to avoid pay the extra 10 pounds per month because we can always go to the pub to watch the SPL or the Premiership.
Thing is, we'd go to the pub every other week and shell out 3 pounds per pint each time, stay for 2-3 games (sometimes more as La Liga is often on later) which between 3 of us would usually top out at around 20-25 quid each saturday.
I'm not sure how the US works, but even if you're a "sparkling water, please" person it's likely that paying a little extra for the sports channels is works out cheaper than going to the pub.
Hmm, I would say it really depends. Fried foods are much easier to pull off in a commercial kitchen with a dedicated fryer, for example. If the weather is bad, grilling at home may not be an option but may still be in a restaurant kitchen. Et cetera.
