Ridiculous isn't it.
I subscribe to the MLB (baseball) app. There's up to 15 games every day, from April until the end of September. Each and every one of which is available to watch live, as well as being able to start watching from the beginning at any point during the game, and the full game is available to watch within minutes of finishing.
Yes, our budget is rather smaller, but only 1 or 2 games a week compared to 100+ it should certainly be doable...