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kdb209 said:I see you ignored my points about lost revenues from concessions, parking, and other ancilliary per game revenues. Are you going to increase the price of a beer 10% too to break even.
I didn't ignore anything. It was the exact same argument you made about revenue going down by 10% as a result of a 10% decrease in home games. It's just an incredibly short-sighted and terrible argument.
In fact, it's the *exact* same argument that led the NHL to leave FOX for ABC. The NHL was just as short-sighted as you are and jumped ship for a little more short term money, totally ignoring promotion, network-league relationships that had been built, quality of broadcasts, demographics, etc.
FOX had invested million and millions into the NHL and would have been loyal. FOX doesn't give away it's sports properties. But look... ABC flushed the NHL down the toilet the first chance it got. The NHL made a few more bucks in the short term but were forced to grovel at the feet of NBC or a zero rights fees deal. This is what happens with your short-term thinking.