If your friends and family are watching on receivers that can be paused, ask them to pause 15-30 seconds to watch slightly delayed so that you can all watch together. The delay wouldn't matter as much then. You can use the game clock to sync up with each other. That's probably the only way you'll ever be able to watch without them being ahead of you. That's not a perfect solution, but if your friends and family are agreeable, it's better than what you've been having to do. If it's been happening for 10 years, Cox probably isn't going to change.