Melrose Munch
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I hope this happens soon. And I hope it is over 500 million, so it can become the primary source revenue.
I hope this happens soon. And I hope it is over 500 million, so it can become the primary source revenue.
Was the FOX Contract not 250 million?
I don't think people ignore it. They just felt like ESPN never made the league a priority. That was certainly the case by the end of the prior deal when NHL2night was cancelled and most games were shifted to ESPN2 with little promotion muscle behind them.
FWIW Fox probably spent more time promoting the league and more effort than anyone else. They worked awfully hard at it and spent the money to prove it. Unfortunately they were constantly derided because of the FoxTrax puck. Fox has probably been the leagues best US tv partner even if Disney bid more for the rights. Just seems like Fox cared and worked harder than the other networks.
I'd rather them stay away from Fox. They have the worst sports coverage among networks and cable channels that currently produce sports shows. Crappy looking studios, crappy music, crappy video feeds, crappy graphics, most mistakes, etc. I'd stay with NBC/Versus and see if you can get on another cable channel as well.
I don't think people ignore it. They just felt like ESPN never made the league a priority. That was certainly the case by the end of the prior deal when NHL2night was cancelled and most games were shifted to ESPN2 with little promotion muscle behind them.
FWIW Fox probably spent more time promoting the league and more effort than anyone else. They worked awfully hard at it and spent the money to prove it. Unfortunately they were constantly derided because of the FoxTrax puck. Fox has probably been the leagues best US tv partner even if Disney bid more for the rights. Just seems like Fox cared and worked harder than the other networks.
I don't even know what channel TruTV is on.
I'd rather them stay away from Fox. They have the worst sports coverage among networks and cable channels that currently produce sports shows. Crappy looking studios, crappy music, crappy video feeds, crappy graphics, most mistakes, etc. I'd stay with NBC/Versus and see if you can get on another cable channel as well.
So I was looking around for some details on the TV deal with versus and came across this picture:
Have you ever seen Bettman this happy?
Fox was still new to sports and trying to prove themselves and gain traction. Them having hockey wouldn't be as a big a deal for them now and frankly Fox sucks at sports.
You are doing exactly what I said...ignoring what ESPN did for the NHL. The NHL would not have been so big in the 90's without ESPN making it one of their top priorities.