CHRDANHUTCH
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DUDE, NBC Universal has other contracts in play, not just the NHLTrue. how do i know? i provided a direct quote from the commissioner of the league, and not some anecdote from a different league.
DUDE, NBC Universal has other contracts in play, not just the NHLTrue. how do i know? i provided a direct quote from the commissioner of the league, and not some anecdote from a different league.
no, IUWhat does 1 NASCAR race that was moved to CNBC have to do with anything?
If anything, you're proving his point. If the NHL played during the Olympics, they would be forced onto CNBC.
no, IU
TOTALLY DISAGREE
no, and what NBC Universal network, that typically doesn't have Sports programming, would, it's hypothetical, MNN, I just know that USA/SyFy/Oxygen, to name three NBCU Properties, outside of NBC/NBCSN will be a part of the coverage.....Hutch,
Are you saying that if the NHL played during the Tokyo Olympics, that NBC would show the NHL?
Last time what happened?no, and what NBC Universal network, that typically doesn't have Sports programming, would, it's hypothetical, MNN, I just know that USA/SyFy/Oxygen, to name three NBCU Properties, outside of NBC/NBCSN will be a part of the coverage.....
the last time it occurred USA ended up broadcasting the NBCSN Feed.....
totally agreeLast time what happened?
It doesn't matter. The point is that NHL has to maintain a good relationship with NBC. For that reason, NHL won't conflict itself with the Summer Games. They just won't. If they did, it would be the playoffs which would be put on something other than the main channel. And NBC isn't paying what they are paying just say they have programming on their minor channels.
So, NHL simply won't conflict themselves with the Olympics.
totally agree
correct, exactly, to keep everything on schedule for 2021/22 AND return to "normal" business year....That's what everyone has been saying.
Further, the playoffs will be where by then, because the league might pause the regular season for the Winter Games, but they won't pause the playoffs.
That's why the season is scheduled at 56 games
Tokyo has nothing to do with the NHL Condensed schedule
I think you underestimate how much the NHL takes into consideration the Tokyo olympics. It's not about NHL playing in the olympics, it's about those that own the TV contracts not wanting them to overlap because they want to be able to televise both without them competing with one another.
false....
If the NHL played during the Olympics, they would be forced onto CNBC.
TOTALLY DISAGREE
NHL won't conflict itself with the Summer Games. They just won't. If they did, it would be the playoffs which would be put on something other than the main channel.
totally agree
Lots of comments made about avoiding the Olympics with the new NHL season but I think it's also obvious that the league wanted to avoid playing late into the summer.
This is a made-for-TV season. The playoffs last year showed that public appetite for watching hockey in the summer is limited even in a pandemic.
where did we all go wrong here
NHL will still make $$ off the TV deal regardless of how many viewers are actually watching. This has to do with more to do with NBC having Olympic tv rights than it does to do with ratings. If they could play more than 56 games and not have to deal with the Olympics then they would.
The NHL is up for a new TV contract and the viewership they pull off this season will affect how much they can get for that contract. The low ratings in the summer were not exactly beneficial to that.
As far as I know the language of the current NBC contract isn't public so we don't know the terms and conditions and we can't say what the NHL is going to be paid this season.
So probable response Thursday, Christmas Eve.
The Athletic said:The NHL told The Athletic that they have reached an agreement with the Canadian government to allow teams to play in their own facilities for the 2020-21 season.
"On the basis of our discussions in the past week, as well as our exchange of correspondence over the last 24 hours, we believe we are aligned and in agreement on the conditions on which each of our Canadian franchises can begin play in their own buildings for the start of the 2020-21 NHL season," Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told The Athletic's Pierre LeBrun.