My TV (5 years old) has a digital tuner in it. I get some of the major sporting events like NFL, CFB, NHL, NBA, MLB, etc. I rarely watch them. If you really want more than 3 or 4 NFL games per week, you do have to pay for cable. But that only gets you 1 or 2 extra games per week. I get a handful of CFB games, but if you want to select from the dozens available, you have to pay. During the World Cup I watched the games on Univision for free. I thought the Spanish commentary was more authentic anyway :). The Olympics are available for 8 hours a day. There are tons of network shows. Really, you have to be a more extreme user of live TV or cable station-produced shows (and not be willing to just watch them later on Netflix) to have OTA and Netflix not meet your wants.