Now that the hockey strike is over can anyone say they won? Not only will they never get the money lost back but we will be forced to watch a congested number of games and all the injuries that will come with that. And we will be forced to watch playoffs that reach into late June!
I don't know about you but late June I'm working in my garden and planning holidays. I lose interest after the end of May, but up to the end of May I am glued to the TV. Same thing in baseball, the "boys of summer" are playing into November! Yep, prime time for baseball, +1c with a wind chill and they want us to watch what should be the very best in this sport compete. And hockey, the players trying to skate on slush in June.
All this so they can get a few more games in and for the players to make a few more dollars. That is in the end what it's about, making money. Lots of money, not satisfied with good money, it has to be buckets of it. Who cares if we have to watch these games in what should be the off season, we want more money!!!!!!!!
This is a catch 22 for sure, as the only driving force to advertising on television is live sports. No one watches games taped, at least I can't. If it happened yesterday just show me the highlights.
It really is maddening to be caught up in a great playoff only to be turned off of it because of the weather.
Me, I think a shortened season would bring in as much money as they could charge more per game. The games would be more important making them more intense. That is the trouble with greed, they only see more as an option.
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