They NHL has way outperformed the NFL in TV rights and any measure of revenue and interest...in Canada and many European nations.
Yes true, but since we're talking about the NFL we're talking about the US right?
They NHL has way outperformed the NFL in TV rights and any measure of revenue and interest...in Canada and many European nations.
I think if the Toronto Maple Leafs could break off from the NHL business wise (but still be a team that plays in it) they could get like FIFA money, Amazon would be like "shall we merge? We can go 20/80"Bettman was hired to get the NHL a lucrative US TV deal.
Do you guys think the NHL will ever get NFL-like TV deal?
What are the pros and cons from this perspective?
No.
Americans would need to like hockey that much and there's too much action for the average American to be enthralled with hockey like they are football.
Seems pretty obvious hockey wouldn't get that type of deal.
In 2 hundred years, the NHL might get the contract the NFL has NOW.Bettman was hired to get the NHL a lucrative US TV deal.
Do you guys think the NHL will ever get NFL-like TV deal?
What are the pros and cons from this perspective?
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I wish I could remember which sports radio show I was listening to a few months ago, but the host mentioned how they had some internal numbers which showed something like hockey had as many die hards (P1s in radio parlance) as the other sports but just doesn't draw in the casual fan.
Even among my hockey friends, a lot of them won't show interest in watching a regular season NHL game that doesn't involve their team (and barely more in the playoffs). But they'll plan their Thursday night around watching a mediocre NFL game because it might have some implications in one of their 10 fantasy leagues.
No. It’s the NFL.
Maybe MLB or NBA numbers though?
I was about to say, in 200 years the Earth will be so hot I'm not sure if they'll be able to produce ice.In 2 hundred years, the NHL might get the contract the NFL has NOW.
There is NO comparing the two. There is NO more perfect match in this world than the NFL, TV and, well, gambling. The NHL's not even in the same league - no pun intended.
I like NBA basketball but don't watch it because the last 2 minutes takes 30 minutes.No, and I have no interest in NHL games being well over three hours so we can have ads every time somebody farts like in the NFL. It's already bad enough with the hour-long intermissions in the playoffs so we can listen to guys in the studio cackle at their own jokes.
I never understood why people are interested in the league making more money. The league exists and your team exists. That's about as far as the league's financial well-being should concern you.
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I wish I could remember which sports radio show I was listening to a few months ago, but the host mentioned how they had some internal numbers which showed something like hockey had as many die hards (P1s in radio parlance) as the other sports but just doesn't draw in the casual fan.
Even among my hockey friends, a lot of them won't show interest in watching a regular season NHL game that doesn't involve their team (and barely more in the playoffs). But they'll plan their Thursday night around watching a mediocre NFL game because it might have some implications in one of their 10 fantasy leagues.
The difference is less about hardcore fan interest and more about the value of that particular form of presentation. Football works so well with TV presentation that that's always going to be of high value. Pretty much every other sport is at best having to play catch-up.Nope. Hockey will always viewed as a niche market in the states. No matter what some people hope or think. Football is a religion in many states
what perspective? You haven't provided one.Bettman was hired to get the NHL a lucrative US TV deal.
Do you guys think the NHL will ever get NFL-like TV deal?
What are the pros and cons from this perspective?
Honestly, it's not even that. It is hypothetically possible, in some kind of bizarro world, that someday football and hockey will be on a level playing field w/r/t total worth. But it won't be through TV revenue being level, because hockey does not translate to TV anywhere near as sublimely perfectly as football. And you can't fix that without fundamentally changing what hockey is.The two sports are on different levels in terms of worth.
Of course not.Bettman was hired to get the NHL a lucrative US TV deal.
Do you guys think the NHL will ever get NFL-like TV deal?
What are the pros and cons from this perspective?