NBC really needs to get rid of Doc and Edzo, they're awful........it really is time for some new blood on the network.......I'd take Gary Thorne and Bill Clement over those two any day
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i dont mind doc. i love his goal call.
but forslund is def my fav. he should call most of the games
but forslund is def my fav. he should call most of the games
smithformeragent
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Other than the NFL, you don't really see much variety in any of the professional sports when it comes to national broadcasts. Look at the teams that are on Subday Night Baseball. You never see the Orioles, Blue Jays or Rays.
Therick67
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But Edzo gave us 'tremendously tremendous'. I try and use that line at least once a day..
crimsonace
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If NBC could do this they would
This is not accurate. There's no way NBC would ever televise Dallas and Nashville in the regular season, even if they were playing Chicago
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crimsonace
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True, but there are more than six teams getting air on Sunday Night Baseball. Sox/Yankees, of course, are on nearly all the time, but the Cubs, Dodgers, Cardinals, Giants, Mets, Nationals (just in the NL, which I watch more of) get significant run, and teams that are good and interesting (say, the Orioles and Pirates of late) will at least get a look every now and then on SNB.
NBC has great variety with Sunday Night Football in a much shorter season. Even if it seems to be the NFC East Game of the Week most weeks, the Pats/Colts/Broncos/Steelers/Packers/Bears also get significant run, and you'll see teams like the 49ers, Ravens and Saints in a semi-regular rotation.
talkinaway
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The NFL has actual rules that dictate how often teams get nationally broadcast.
My general impression, and I could be wrong, is that football fans are far more likely to watch a neutral football game than hockey fans are to watch a neutral hockey game. Look at football scheduling - you get double-headers every week, meaning people are, ostensibly, watching one game flow right into another. NBCSN does do doubleheaders occasionally, but I don't think people in the east generally stay up for the 10:30-1 AM game. Nor do I think people in the West rush home early for the 4 PM game.
If you put on a "rivalry" regular season Kings vs Ducks game, I'm out. If you put on an anti-rivalry Bruins vs Coyotes game, I'm in.
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My general impression, and I could be wrong, is that football fans are far more likely to watch a neutral football game than hockey fans are to watch a neutral hockey game. Look at football scheduling - you get double-headers every week, meaning people are, ostensibly, watching one game flow right into another. NBCSN does do doubleheaders occasionally, but I don't think people in the east generally stay up for the 10:30-1 AM game. Nor do I think people in the West rush home early for the 4 PM game.
If you put on a "rivalry" regular season Kings vs Ducks game, I'm out. If you put on an anti-rivalry Bruins vs Coyotes game, I'm in.
The reason is simple - GAMBLING and with this generation FANTASY.
Years ago I would watch say a Colorado/Detroit game as there was so much bad blood between the teams you would expect something to happen. Now not so much.
hoss75
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Not really. Most of the country outside of New England will watch neutral sporting events. Especially college sports.
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