Fernando Ferrer, a seventh-grade teacher in Evanston, Ill., wanted to watch Argentina square off against Nigeria in the FIFA World Cup one afternoon last week, but it conflicted with his daughter’s birthday party at the mall.
So he scheduled his YouTube TV account to record the match and then took precautions for his foray into the outside world. He put a piece of tape over his mouth and taped a message on his shirt meant to deflect any mention of soccer: “Shhhh...World Cup DVR :)” As he walked through the mall to a pottery...