Thanks for the reminder to re-up Ballstreams. Early bird $89 only good through 9/25. I think it jumps to $100 after that.
Also, remember that you're not paying $100 for a year-long subscription (e.g. 9/4/2015 through 9/4/2016), you're paying for a year's worth of
credits. This is a very important distinction, because Ballstreams allow you to freeze your account (which prevents credits from accruing).
That means you can do something like this:
October 2015: buy a year's worth of credits for $100. Use 9 months worth of credits watching the 2015 season (October '15 through June '15). At this point, you have 3 months of credits remaining. Freeze your account for 3 months. (I don't know about you guys, but I haven't touched my account since the playoffs ended.)
October 2016: at this point, you have 3 months of credits left over from last season. Now, instead of buying 12 months of credits for $100, you can instead buy 6 months of credits for $60. You now essentially get the 2016 season for $60.
Most people will never freeze their account. They would pay ~$200 for the 15/16 and 16/17 seasons. With freezing, you could get the 15/16 and 16/17 seasons for $160 total.
Of course, this is sort of a long-term view on Ballstreams. Personally, I think the site will be shut down sooner rather than later. Ballstreams is based out of the Netherlands, which has for a long time been a haven for piracy/etc. They've modernized a lot of their laws in the last couple of years. I'll ride this gravy train while it lasts, but I doubt it's still around, say, 5 years from now.
