There are models that work which fans are not taken to the woodchipper. For example, gone are the days of 50 dollars for a PPV for WWE (F), now its 5 dollars a month for a peacock subscription and you get any PLE for that month.
Ballys is basically doing this already, charging 20 dollars a month to watch the brewers, the issue with this is that in addition to a TBTV or hulu live account if you enjoy watching more than just the brewers in the summer.
The perfect answer is a return of something similar to midwest sports channel, a way to watch the brewers with any cable subscription. I don' t mind paying for premium content (the ability to watch the brewers, but don't appreciate being gauged.
(I just changed from youtube tv to direct tv stream this week, and the bill went from 65 dollars to 100, and really only getting ballys as an extra chanel.