Watching Footy, were to next?

Last weeks court verdict,Optus vs Telstra, with regards to new media rights had me reminiscing of how lucky as a fan we are that we have so many avenues to watch our favourite sports.
My first memories as a kid were rushing home on a saturday from my brothers and i footy games & listening to Frank Hyde describe what had a happened in that afternoons NSW rugby league match.
 If we were lucky we would catch the last 20 minutes on ABC tv with Warren Boland at Lidcombe Oval or Redfern. Then it would be the legendary "the winners" with Drew Morphett with all the highlights of the VFL matches all played that saturday afternoon.
On to Sunday now & if you couldnt wait for Rex Mossop to say "its a high high Garry Owen" at 6.30pm on channel 7's match of the day replay, you would be huddled around the radio with your mates or brothers waiting to hear for the 'around the grounds".
The anticipation when Frank Hyde would say "there has been a try at Brookvale Oval" was enornmous. In that split second when they did the cross, I was praying to hear Tony Megahey say "Saints have run 80m to score with a brilliant try"
But in our house, as i am sure was the case across the country, we as a family decided before sunday night wether to get the score before the replay was on & the golden rule was "dont tell me the score". You would have the shits with your brother if he knew & would give out hints before the coverage.
Speaking of Rex & the coverage on 7,  when i hear Isaac Hayes "theme from shaft" i still think of Rugby League, as a kid that theme song was magic.
The footy codes were very simple to follow then, VFL was on saturday afternoon as was one Rugby League match. Sunday afternoon 3pm was the time slot for all the rest of the league games.
Channel 7 used 3 cameras to cover league, a side on shot and one each behind the goals.While the VFL had a side on shot only.
There was no thought by the various adminstrations back then on how to maximise revenue the tv medium brought in. But back then leagues clubs were swimming in rivers of gold and clubs didnt rely on media money like they do now. 
Fast forward to now and how we watch the games is totally different & technology has changed all that. I remember thinking my dads car was posh because we could listen to Rod Stewarts greatest hits in his tape deck in the car. I travelled through europe in the mid 90's with a discman & thought i was the shit. Now we can watch matches on our smartphones.
Pay tv enables us to watch nearly all sports live and if we cant, there are plenty of free websites that let us do so. Social media sites, such as twitter is brilliant in giving us running updates on whatever sport we want.
But is the romance of watching or listening to sport now gone, because everything is so accesable? I fondly remember living in London in the mid 90's and the only way i could get the footy scores there was get mondays TNT magazine. Now i just have to click the app on my phone. If i was a kid now & wanted to see Rex Mossop get hit in the head with an apple, i can instantly go to youtube, in days gone by i would have to wait till after the coverage.

I think even though the mystery is gone i would rather see it all happen live. What i am looking forward to next though is were technology can take us with sport.