After living with the cable for 40+ years, and just recently cutting that cable, I've found that the inconvenience of having 3 or 4 OTHER services whose cost is now nearly equal to my previous cable bill, is not all it's cracked up to be... Beginning to regret that decision...
The problem is that maintaining only a traditional cable package
will never provide you any of the games that are exclusive streaming content. There are at least 5 platforms (sure I may have missed a couple) that have exclusive games that are not available on any cable subscription:
1) Peacock - one NCAAF game a week; Premier League games, WWE, etc.
2) Apple TV - Exclusive MLB games; home of MLS (who cares though); Waiting for them to jump on other leagues
3) Prime TV - Exclusive Thursday Night NFL Football Game
4) Paramount+ - Exclusive home of Champions League Futbol and other international futbol leagues-> waiting for them to join on NCAAF
5) ESPN+ - Exclusive home of NHL out-of-market games; NCAAF and NCAAB exclusive games; exclusive UFC matches; and the list goes on
AND
6) YouTube TV is exclusive home of NFL Sunday Ticket (one of only reasons for many people to maintain DirecTV over the years)
Reality is that having only a cable subscription is a thing of the past. I cut the cord 4 years ago and now have 6-7 streaming platforms (a couple free through T-Mobile phone package) as well as Fubo to replace my traditional cable package. Mixed in with cost of upgraded unlimited internet, my cost is roughly the same as when I had internet and cable bundle with Xfinity. The overall content that I receive is much better (more sporting games for me and entertainment content for the wife and kid). While it stinks to have so many different apps to open, I will never regret dumping cable. Almost $200 to get one to two channels that are on their premier package is insane. The streaming market has forced traditional cable to adapt or die (running so many promos to keep customers), and I would not be surprised to see it near extinct in the next decade or two.