Quote:
Originally Posted by Sidney Crosby's Hat
They're not ridiculous. You can watch games on television.
It protects the team's lucrative regional TV deals. Those deals would be worth much less if the NHL opened it up with no blackouts.
|
What if you don't want to pay $70 a month to essentially have access to Sportsnet and TSN to watch hockey? Isn't that what Gamecenter is supposed to provide?
Lucrative local TV be damned, price Gamecenter to provide access to all games and share that revenue to the teams of who people are watching. Hell, charge companies to advertise on it and use that for revenue as well or else show Sportsnet ads and negotiate similar deals.
Ultimate bottom line is that the NHL should say to regional broadcasters that there will be no blackouts unless the broadcasters offer an option to watch the game live on the internet through their own site.