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Originally Posted by iggy_oi
I imagine it would. If the finals are nationally televised there is clearly going to be more games televised in a 7 game series versus a 4 game sweep.
I was just using NBC as an example, it could definitely impact every tv deal but I’m not sure if their tv deals are based on rights for a specific time period/season or on a specific number of games. Considering individual teams don’t know how many games will be nationally or regionally broadcast every season I think it’s unlikely that regional tv deals are based on a specific numbers of games as those numbers would change every season.
Having a playoffs was probably the biggest issue there. It’s not as if they had to play the canceled regular season games.
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So your point is that you don't think the number of games available to televise has any impact on what the broadcast revenues will be? Your example that i bolded doesn't seem remotely similar to the situation of a significantly shortened season. Sure seems likely the regional TV deals would specify the number of games within a reasonable window.
Common sense tells me the networks and other rights holders would have negotiated the amount of content they were to receive but interested if you have some evidence to the contrary.