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Originally Posted by Ashasx
For me the biggest issue is just production quality of games and building excitement. Games, even on Saturday nights, just don't feel special anymore.
Little pre-game talk, non-existent post-game. I can only speak to the impact Sportsnet has had in Canada, but the sport no longer feels bigger than the sum of its parts. And when you're in a situation like the Flames where the team, even if it wins, just isn't entertaining to watch - you don't have much that draws you in.
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I do think some sports are actually suffering from overexposure.
As a kid the only televised games were Saturday night games and the maybe 15-20 Flames games were on Channel 2&7.
So there was a lot of intrigue around each game, and you could only watch highlights on the evening or morning news.
Now you have all 82 games televised for every team. You have robust highlights available at the tips of your fingers, either in real time via twitter, or in 5 minute highlight packets online. And you almost have too many options to discuss things across various websites and forums.
Sometimes I wonder why I am going to spend 3 hours watching a game, when I can watch pretty robust highlight packages that show a game condensed to 5-10 minutes with all the key moments online afterwards.