the valiant effort
settle down, bud
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I will celebrate the end of the Rogers deal with much vigour, but then wake up the next day knowing we’re going to get effed in the a no matter what.
CBC could do a game a week thing and maybe a playoff round but the full package? No way.
CBC needs to just go away. Waste of money
Can we get a CBC/TSN deal please? Screw Rogers.
What gets me is that, like...there's sports that are on the table that the CBC can buy into if they want to get back into the sports game on a budget. I'm sure the CPL would rather deal with a weekend prime time game during the summer months on the CBC then literal peanuts on OneSoccer. Ditto for the CEBL. But they just...don't.I caught some of the Vanier Cup last weekend on CBC Gem and it's just a shadow of what it used to be.
Not to say that they couldn't bring in some talent to improve things if they ever landed the NHL again, but I certainly don't expect that to happen. It feels like the NHL has gotten much bigger while the CBC has gotten smaller.
I agree, those could be the sweet spot for the CBC... relatively popular, could probably pull in a decent number of viewers, fairly inexpensive rights, but they don't touch it. CPL, CEBL, CHL, USports, I'm sure there are others.What gets me is that, like...there's sports that are on the table that the CBC can buy into if they want to get back into the sports game on a budget. I'm sure the CPL would rather deal with a weekend prime time game during the summer months on the CBC then literal peanuts on OneSoccer. Ditto for the CEBL. But they just...don't.
I’ve seen track and field, swimming, skiing, figure skating on weekends.I agree, those could be the sweet spot for the CBC... relatively popular, could probably pull in a decent number of viewers, fairly inexpensive rights, but they don't touch it. CPL, CEBL, CHL, USports, I'm sure there are others.
That is one unfortunate aspect of the sports broadcasting market in Canada... the top pro teams get blanket coverage (basically NHL, CFL, Jays, Raptors) but it drops off fast once you get beyond that.