I'm probably wrong but wouldn't supply and demand dictate that with a shorter season you could charge more per game essentially evening out the revenue?
And you don't shorten the season to prevent playing hockey in June (which would be nice) you shorten the season to make each game more meaningful and thus more fun to watch. I'm sorry, even in a "hockey market" nobody is excited to see the Coyotes come to town 3 times a year.
32 teams, 8 team divisions
2 home/away within your division = 28 games
1 home/away for the rest = 48 games
76 games and you keep the playoffs as they are.
If you want to talk about a meaningless regular season look at what the "everybody but Edmonton" makes the playoffs scheme in the CFL has done. Yawn!
Last edited by kevman; 02-19-2014 at 10:51 AM.
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