Scoogs
Registered User
go kim johnsson said:Hey!!!
It's not June 1 yet!!!
This isn't exactly a bad thing.
Too bad ESPN didnt wait for June 1st to roll around, they dropped it today.
go kim johnsson said:Hey!!!
It's not June 1 yet!!!
This isn't exactly a bad thing.
SneakerPimp82 said:Gorgeous, so unless you have a satellite or subscribe to Comcast, you're basically f**ked as far as seeing any regular hockey. Beautiful.
WC Handy said:ESPN hasn't done jack to expose hockey or get people interested in the game. What makes you think they would start now? Hockey always has been and always will be something ESPN puts a half assed effort into.
Steve L said:Does anyone think think could be a Bettman/ESPN bluff to pressure the NHPLA into a settlement?
All of a sudden the NHLPA may have to rush to get a deal done, when they do, ESPN will magically agree to a new TV deal for less than they were offering before and both Bettman and ESPN win at the expense of the NHLPA.
Or am I giving Bettman/ESPN too much credit here?
SneakerPimp82 said:Well stated, I think if multiple networks are able to pick up the NHL(nfl has fox, abc and cbs, nba has tnt and abc and nbc) and make it available in different formats, that might be the best possible solution remaining. Granted the nhl won't get as sweet a deal as the other major sports, but it's a start.
WC Handy said:The NHL has had 5 minutes since this news was released to discussion options with other networks. Perhaps we should wait and see before jumping to this conclusion.
TiesRLikeWins4Us said:Good.. I hate ESPN.
I hope the NHL gets on Spike.
TiesRLikeWins4Us said:Good.. I hate ESPN.
I hope the NHL gets on Spike.
SneakerPimp82 said:But it's the current situation, which network is gonna pick up the NHL without robbing the league blind or making another half-assed effort at presenting the NHL product? It's not just about getting a network to show the games, it's properly portraying the product...as you said in your ESPN statement.
Niftyone said:Didn't they try this in the late 80's where foxsports or some arrangement of local cable sports carried the games? I remember it being a disaster and didn't they basically beg ESPN to take them back
WC Handy said:I suppose I'm just confident that there is a network (or two) out there that will treat the NHL better than ESPN did.
Oh not this argument again. What more did you want them to do?WC Handy said:ESPN hasn't done jack to expose hockey or get people interested in the game. What makes you think they would start now? Hockey always has been and always will be something ESPN puts a half assed effort into.
WC Handy said:I suppose I'm just confident that there is a network (or two) out there that will treat the NHL better than ESPN did.
Scugs said:This isn't all Bettmans fault. The NHL has told the NHLPA that once something like this happens, the pie is going to get alot smaller.. The NHLPA doesnt seem to think so, but they'll see soon enough.
McDonald19 said:If thats the case then I hope Fox Sports steps up and buys the NHL rights for 10 years and starts a national sports network.
Dr Love said:Oh not this argument again. What more did you want them to do?
WC Handy said:I image that the NHL would go on ESPN for free before they'd agree to go on Spike. The stigma that would be attached to the league for being on that station probably isn't worth the money they'd offer.
TiesRLikeWins4Us said:Good.. I hate ESPN.
I hope the NHL gets on Spike.
FLYLine4LIFE said:Yea im sure networks are lined up trying to get a sport where ratings are garbage and are in the middle of a lockout that could go on for another year. NHL really ****ed up this time. Still a good idea to try to destroy the Union bettman? You had already won the war.
hockeytown9321 said:Ha! the NHL is in no position to choose. They'd be lucky if Viacom offered them the same deal NBC did for the national TV deal.
Blame the NHL for not negotiating that into their contract. ESPN has a contract with the NCAA to show X amount of basketball games. If it'll bring in better ratings, and thus, more money, then there's nothing wrong with showing a mid-major game over a hockey game. ESPN is a business, it's not here to cater to you.WC Handy said:To start with, a little bit of constitency in their scheduling. Wednesday Night Hockey might as well have been named "Wednesday Nights where we don't have a mid-major basketball game to show Hockey".