With the Nets management team (more or less) running the Islanders, and the Islanders moving to their building in 2015, do you guys think the Isles will eventually follow the Nets over to the YES network? Originally, the Devils were supposed to be heading over there when the Yankees-Nets-Devils had the same ownership group, but they sold the Devils before that could be achieved, so the network has never had NHL hockey.
Technically the Isles are (and have been for as long as I can remember) contracted to be on MSG until 2031, but considering that the Islanders are almost never on MSG and often not even on MSG+ due to Knicks/Rangers/Devils getting higher priority, if I were them, I would want off the "family" of networks, and pay whatever it took to get away from Dolan's grubby hands. Can't do anything about Newsday, but that's another story.
It's going to be hard to attract new casual fans when the team moves, if nobody knows what channel the team will be on, or if they even have the channel.
Fox, not the Yankees, now owns the majority of YES, and the Nets/Islanders management team managed to double the amount of revenue the basketball team gets from the network last year when they extended their contract. It sounds to me like a more attractive destination. Heck, even SNY would be better.
I'm wandering, but the point of the thread is to ask...
1) Do you think the new management team will [whether by paying off Dolan or taking him to court] get the team off of MSG and over to YES/SNY?
and
2) Do you even want the Isles to leave MSG?
SNY may be a more attractive option, since the Mets season ends in early October and they don't have a NBA team to compete with for TV time, so when the Nets and Islanders are playing at the same time, there'd be a need for an overflow channel (a-la MSG2 and MSG+2) on YES, but not on SNY.
Technically the Isles are (and have been for as long as I can remember) contracted to be on MSG until 2031, but considering that the Islanders are almost never on MSG and often not even on MSG+ due to Knicks/Rangers/Devils getting higher priority, if I were them, I would want off the "family" of networks, and pay whatever it took to get away from Dolan's grubby hands. Can't do anything about Newsday, but that's another story.
It's going to be hard to attract new casual fans when the team moves, if nobody knows what channel the team will be on, or if they even have the channel.
Fox, not the Yankees, now owns the majority of YES, and the Nets/Islanders management team managed to double the amount of revenue the basketball team gets from the network last year when they extended their contract. It sounds to me like a more attractive destination. Heck, even SNY would be better.
I'm wandering, but the point of the thread is to ask...
1) Do you think the new management team will [whether by paying off Dolan or taking him to court] get the team off of MSG and over to YES/SNY?
and
2) Do you even want the Isles to leave MSG?
SNY may be a more attractive option, since the Mets season ends in early October and they don't have a NBA team to compete with for TV time, so when the Nets and Islanders are playing at the same time, there'd be a need for an overflow channel (a-la MSG2 and MSG+2) on YES, but not on SNY.
yep.
