Plus this was a crappy Stanley Cup between teams from Nevada and Florida
and hockey is highly tribal.
In two non-hockey markets.
My issue with the announcers is that they pick and stick to a narrative ... regardless of the action sometimes, often they're way off.
They have roughly equal distribution but FS1 has never reached ESPN's status with casual sports fans. The 2.75 million audience for a mid-tier Bowl Game is mostly casual fans who put it on in the background during Holiday activities. I'd guess the % of people with pay TV who know what channel ESPN is by memory is 2-3 times higher than those who know what channel FS1 is. I'm one of them.
Yeah, I have both channels but for whatever reason when I flip on the TV my mind immediately goes to check what is on ESPN, while forgetting about FS1. Even though FS1 has a lot of good programming.
Nah, it was fun until they made goalies wear masks. More Gump Worsley please!
Let's keep complaining as long as they are winning those bowl games.I recall a lot of complaining about a crappy bowl slot location, crappy field conditions (true), crappy matchup opponent and yet somehow it keeps showcasing us.
The players enjoyed the swag, the location and the win. We are all happy with the bowl win!
And now people are still talking about us in June. Go Gophers!
Here is to another 10 win season or better!
Bingo! It’s the same with the NBA. When they decided to bleed their playoffs into mid June they abandoned a huge audience who would likely be interested but it’s now the off-season. It would take a major conversion to get them to change the model. MLB doing the same thing with World Series possibly bleeding into November. The greed at the expense of the game is discouraging and nauseating. For what it’s worth, I remember a Vikings super bowl on January 14.
This reminds me of the time when my dad pulled me out of school early on a wednesday to go to World Series game 6 at Met Stadium to see the Twins battle the LA Dodgers. Every single game of the 1965 World Series was a day game with start times between 2pm and 2:30pm locally. Those were the days...
Boot hockey is the only way I could play because I had weak ankles and never got a hang of balancing myself on skates!
Imagine the skill men's hockey players could display if they weren't allowed to hit each other.
Umm, if they put a game between Minnesota and Syracuse (2nd tier on a national scale) on ESPN this evening, a football-starved nation would give it better ratings than it got back in December.
I want whatever you're on!
Geezus. Society really has no future.
Plus this was a crappy Stanley Cup between teams from Nevada and Florida
Could 100% nearly all Wild fans not tuning into a single game out of sheer spite of Vegas.
Why do you believe that the same product, presented in an environment of much greater scarcity, would have much lower demand?
You assume there really was a demand for this game back in December. I tend to agree with the poster who said the game was on in the background for many households and weren't really paying much attention to the game or had a rooting interest in either team. It passed the time while the turkey and cranberries were being made!
I'm a fan of the women's game too, but you're nuts if you think there's more play making in the women's game. But you're a badger fan and their men's hockey product has been garbage the last few years, so who would want to watch that? And have fun watching Mike Hastings Mankato style hockey for the next few years. Should be lots of 2-1 barn burners.
So we know right there, that Colorado adds an additional 3M household viewers!
Has to be a big issue. I wonder what the ratings in those two markets were specifically. I'm guessing it isn't very good, especially in Miami compared to what it normally would be in one of the participating cities.
"Florida" here is Miami/South Florida.
I'd be quite shocked if actual overall ice hockey fandom and participation in Tampa is much better than anywhere else in Florida.
Agreed, it's too many little dots on the screen moving around and they're way too small when you zoom out to the All-22 view.
Yes, I use cannabis. It's awesome. I hope to try those tacos! I'm super excited to come back for a game this season now that Minnesota has smartly legalized.
Participation is a whole other thing. I'm just talking fan and TV viewing interest.
Lightning bumper and window stickers are everywhere down in the TB area. Bucs are obviously #1 but I would say Lightning are ahead of the Rays based on what I have observed on vehicles and apparel.
