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Canada VS USA Hockey Today
Jaydc:
If your choice is between a network that has some coverage and nothing,obviously your going to take something rather then nothing.And espn is a major culpirt in this,so is nbc.Baseball doesnt have great ratings yet continues to be broadcast nationally.Preferences is one thing,some people like golf and nascar too,and that arguement is pointless people like whay they like.but hockey and soccer are basically blackballed in the american media.
J.D. Wykid, Esq.:
--- Quote from: Special Agent Jaydc M.D. on February 28, 2010, 05:03:54 PM ---If your choice is between a network that has some coverage and nothing,obviously your going to take something rather then nothing.And espn is a major culpirt in this,so is nbc.Baseball doesnt have great ratings yet continues to be broadcast nationally.Preferences is one thing,some people like golf and nascar too,and that arguement is pointless people like whay they like.but hockey and soccer are basically blackballed in the american media.
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theyre not 'blackballed' at all, its simply that hockey and soccer arent as popular as the top 3. does that mean that soccer and hockey are ignored like you said? hell no. far from it. they still sell out their arenas, sell millions in merchandise and have a big fan base.
and like javi said, every region in usa has different tastes. in la the dodgers and lakers run shit, even when hockey wins. in other parts of the county hockey runs shit, even if other sports win.
the problem is that you want hockey to be competing with nfl and thats simply not going to happen. shit, mlb doesnt even compete with the nfl...so who cares?
and shit, in some backwards ass places nascar is bigger than nfl, mlb, and the fucking nba.....it simply is what it is.
Jaydc:
look st the ratings olympic hockey and the outdoor classics receive when they have the sufficient network coverage and hype machine behind it.Obviously nobody can compete with the nfl in the states,the compact schedule is the greatest assest the nfl has over other sports as it makes every game extrememly imporant.You can lose your first 6 games and be elimianted.In baseball you could lose 30 games in a row and still win your division lol.Therefore the market isnt there for every game same with hockey.But you cant deny that hockey and soccer isnt covered like baseball and football.And I,as do many others believe it has nopthing to do with the sports themselves.But rather americans inability to accept something that isnt its own.Maybe not the american people,but the media and the government controlling it.Because cant watch what they dont know about and isnt adverstised.
big mat:
The only thing i dont like about hockey being not so popular in the states is that over 10 cities dont deserve to have a team because they're not natural markets for the sport. This is not us peeps or medias fault though, they have the choice to prefer one sport or another. It's the fault of commissioner gary bettman, he's a new yorker and he is really trying to move the sport from canada to the south. I dont know why he's doing so much bad decisions. Since hockey administration been in nyc it's been bad moves over bad moves. They could have signed with espn and they didn't. They lost exposure with that.
Now the dude is trying to pull to professionals out the olympics for the 2014 games. I think it's time dude gets replaced but it wont happens since he's making the owners lots of money thanks to canada's team and natural american markets like new york, new jersey and such.
I also have something to say to the guy who doesn't give a shit about other sport., Dont say fuck this sport and this sport. You just and ignant son of a bitch, downhill skying, snowboard and other sports are as exciting as hockey for a lot of people. I even enjoyed watching curling because is gave the sport a chance and understood it.
Congrats to the people of vancouver those games where the best i ever watched and i wish my city will get them one day.
Jaydc:
I can agree with gary bettman being an idiot.
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