I have mention it to management and some of the personalities on 960 at various events through town. I do think the show and a business minded community like Calgary could benefit from a behind the scenes look at the business side of sports or hockey.
Have Brian Burke come up on talk about how to handle contract negotiations and all the things that are taken into consideration outside of what a normal fan knows.
Have someone talk about how the business side of radio, tv and broadcasts, tv right values etc.
Have someone come in and talk about what goes into the schedule planning and how teams deal with fatigue, travel, chartered flights, practice vs rest and recovery days etc.
Have someone like Ryan Van Asten, Flames strength and conditioning coach come in and discuss what goes into an off day from a workout perspective, challenges some players face as new players in the NHL or older players in the NHL, diet and meal planning for the team. Good and bad habits that same players have and how and off-season training program comes together etc.
You can still have lots of hockey talk and vary it a lot without talking about the same things over and over again. Yes we know Johnny has sick moves, yes we know Chucky mixes it up, yes some 4th liner or some 7th d man is getting benched.
TSN 1040 out in Vancouver has a segment once a week dedicated to the "sports market". I listen every one in a while and I enjoy the topics at hand. It changes things up.
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