Watching any sports event live is one of the most exhilarating experiences for sports lovers. It can bring about the excitement that a match recording can never do justice to. 

However, for several reasons, many viewers may not be able to watch matches or other sports-related activities live. In such scenarios, live streaming sports is the best option. You can provide the audience with a live experience at their convenience and cost. 

Let’s look at a few more benefits of live streaming sports. 

1.    Audience Engagement

Live streaming sports can improve audience engagement. Although the audience may not be present physically at the sports venue, they can still get a good view of the stadium. 

For instance, you can provide a 360-degree view to the audience or offer a multiple-angle view. Thus, covering the sports event from every corner of the stadium. 

Apart from multiple angles, you can also improve audience engagement by other means. For example, live streaming allows you to stream other things, such as player interviews, training practices, and many more. 

Hence, live streaming any sports event allows you to increase audience engagement.

2.    Brand Promotion 

Brand promotion is crucial for sports organizations if they wish to stay in the public eye and keep the players relevant. 

You can market it on social media when you decide to live stream any sports event. This social media promotion provides visibility and exposure to sports organizations, as several sport enthusiasts would talk about the event on social media platforms. 

However, the sports event you’re live streaming must be available quickly to the viewers. There are specific free streaming sites like these sites, where viewers can watch sports live without much interruption or disturbance. 

3.    Expand Your Audience

Did you know that more than 150 million peopole in the US watch live sports events at least once a month in 2019? This statistic proves that you can expand your audience base significantly by live streaming sports. 

Live streaming sports provides the utmost comfort and convenience to the viewers. With the help of free sport streaming sites, viewers don’t need to pay anything to watch any sports event. All they need is an electronic device to stream the event. 

It’s also convenient for sports organizers, as they need not worry about the venue capacity. They can promote the event properly and expand the audience base by offering the option of live streaming.

4.    Better Audience Experience 

No sports lover appreciates spoilers. Now, the best part of live streaming sports is that viewers can enjoy the matches at the same time as they’re going on. 

Viewers don’t need to wait for hours to watch the event on a sports channel. This way, they can avoid running into any match-related spoilers. Thus, keeping their excitement and adrenaline rush intact provides a better audience experience. 

5.    Revenue Generation

Live streaming sports may seem like a massive blow to revenue generation. After all, it’s free for the most part. However, there are ways to generate revenue by live streaming sports, such as:

• Asking viewers to buy a subscription to your chosen live streaming platform
• Advertisements
• Pay-per-view option
• Including donation options on the live streaming page 

Hence, if you want to generate revenue by live streaming sports, it is possible too. 

6.    Cost-Effective Option 

The best part about live streaming sports events is that you can get all of the benefits mentioned above at a minimal cost. 

Apart from technical equipment, like a professional camera, you don’t require a lot to stream live sports events online. 

There are also various platforms today where you can live stream sports events. For instance, if you don’t want to live stream at a more significant level, you can always opt for social media sites, like Facebook. 

Apart from you, live streaming sports events are also affordable for most viewers. They can stream it on any device, such as a TV, phone, or tablet as long as they have a stable connection. Although, if you decide to live stream the event on a streaming service, they may have to pay the charges accordingly. 

Endnote

With the advancement of technology, it has become extremely easy to live stream sports. However, keeping its ease aside, live streaming sports events provides several other benefits to you and your viewers too. 

You can market or promote the sports event by live streaming it, and even generate revenue out of it. On the other hand, live streaming sports provide your audience with convenience, comfort, and affordability. Thus, you can easily extend your audience base. 

Barry Bonds might be one of the most controversial figures in baseball, but other than attitude, that wasn’t the story when he was a Pittsburgh Pirate.

A First Round Pick (Sixth Overall) in 1985, Barry Bonds had the pedigree of a superstar, as the son of Bobby Bonds. Bonds made it to the Pirates the following year, and began 1987 as a starter in Left.  It was evident to anyone watching the Pirates that Bonds was a rare five-tool player, though it was equally apparent that he could be a handful for those who had to deal with him.

Bonds had good years from '87 to '89, but they underwhelmed compared to what was expected of him.  This changed in 1990 when he finally made his first All-Star Game, led the NL in Slugging (.565), OPS (.970), and won his first Gold Glove and Silver Slugger.  Bonds also won his first MVP and took the Pirates to the NLCS, a pattern that he repeated over the next two years.

The star had another great year in 1991, leading the NL in OBP (.410), with 25 Home Runs and 116 RBI, and was the runner-up for the MVP.  Bonds followed that with his best season in Western Pennsylvania, securing a second MVP with 34 HR, 103 RBI, and a league-leading 127 Walks.  Bonds also was first in the NL in OBP (.456), Slugging (.624), and OPS (1.080).  The awards continued with a third Gold Glove and third Silver Slugger.  

As great as he was, the Pirates fans and media were not enamored with Bonds, and with impending free agency, it was expected that the slugger would leave small-market Pittsburgh.

Bonds signed with San Francisco in1993, and he became the most feared offensive player, perhaps ever.  Over his tenure in Pittsburgh, Bonds smacked 176 Home Runs, 556 RBI, with a Slash Line of .275/.380/.503.  As of this writing, Bonds is the only two-time MVP in franchise history.

Max Carey made his Major League debut with the Pirates for a pair of Games in 1910, and while they did not know it then, they acquired the best base stealer in franchise history.

Carey played in the Outfield, where he would have likely won a few Gold Gloves had they existed when he played.  Carey was not a power hitter but was a competent contact hitter, who batted over .300 six times, was a two-time leader in Walks, and collected 2,665 Hits over his career, most of which as a Pirate.  Once Carey got on base, that was where the real magic began.

In 1913, Carey led the NL in Stolen Bases (61), and he would lead the league in this fleet-footed metric nine other times. Carey swiped 688 bags as a Pirate, which as of this writing, is a team record.  In his last full year in Pittsburgh, Carey led Pittsburgh to a World Series win, though he was released during the following year following a conflict with management.

Carey was chosen by the Veterans Committee in 1961 for the Baseball Hall of Fame.

Although Wilbur Cooper is considered one of the best pitchers in the history of the Pittsburgh Pirates, it was so long ago, and his legacy is often forgotten. From 1917 to 1924, Cooper was at his best and regularly in the top ten in virtually every pitching category in the National League. He was the first left-hander in the NL to hit 200 wins, but his overall total in that department did not exceed much more than that. 

Advanced metrics have given Cooper a bit more of a look again, but at the very least, he should be remembered with greater fondness in the Steel City than he is currently. Had he played for a World Series team, he probably would be.