Discussing the quality of the announcers, the camera work, or the production quality is fine.
Comparing hockey to other sports is just wasting your time.
NFL people watch the draft because they like the NFL and the draft and there are enough of them to warrant putting it on tv. The network makes money putting it on TV.
The NFL is popular, the NHL is not. The NFL makes money, the NHL doesn't.
Versus can only help out a little bit in helping the NHL but the NHL needs to do most of it themselves - that is a totally different issue though
- How does showing kids playing hockey make Versus money?
- Does showing hockey that is not the best in the world actually draw any fans to the NHL?
- Why aren't you writing this about CBS, CNN, The Christian broadcasting network or Fox news? They have no interest in showing kids playing hockey either.
The only way to show a network you appreciate their effort is to buy the products they are advertising and let the people know why you bought their products. If Versus is advertising Dodge, go buy a Dodge car and let the dealer know why you bought it.
If you don't have money to buy the product, they don't give a crap what you say.
Any promise of believing in hockey or saving hockey is just advertising nonsense. They are there to make money.
Period
Like I said earlier, you write well, I just don't see the point you are making. Hockey is on a crap channel because it is not popular.