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Old 10-02-2011, 11:43 AM   #81
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I expect The Score will be out of business within 18 months. I wish Sportsnet already was, but it will inexplicably limp along.
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Old 10-02-2011, 04:16 PM   #82
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I expect The Score will be out of business within 18 months. I wish Sportsnet already was, but it will inexplicably limp along.
Keep in mind the Score doesn't spend a lot of money. They have minimal talent that don't demand a lot of money. The broadcast rights they do have are inexpensive. I'm not saying they're making money, but I don't think they're totally out of it either.

This is just pure speculation on my part, but I don't think they're in that much trouble. They've been running the same programming lineup for the last few years and I haven't seen or heard anything that would lead me to believe they are going to fold.
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Old 10-02-2011, 04:38 PM   #83
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Tim and Sid are leaving The Score, they announced it on their podcast last month. Sid is still hosting this season of Drafted, and Tim is doing play by play for the rest of the OUA season, but after that they're moving on... Rumour has it that they'll be the new afternoon hosts on Fan 590.
Wow, that's terrible news! First I've even heard about it. Ya that's a huge blow to the Score, wonder what the reason is. Didn't even realize 24 in 30 was cancelled, that show was pretty entertaining to listen to. Just lack of viewers or what?
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Wow, that's terrible news! First I've even heard about it. Ya that's a huge blow to the Score, wonder what the reason is. Didn't even realize 24 in 30 was cancelled, that show was pretty entertaining to listen to. Just lack of viewers or what?
I imagine that it was partly because of their Sirius station getting cancelled which is what the show was made for. A lot of their podcasts that were radio shows got cancelled too, Red Heat only does weekly NCAA and NFL picks now, no more Puck Daddy Radio, no more Morning Jones... Footy Show is still in podcast form, but Tim and Sid Uncut was my absolute favorite podcast.

If you wanna hear some awesome stories about The Score and the people that have worked there give the final Tim and Sid podcast a listen, pretty hilarious stuff.
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I expect The Score will be out of business within 18 months. I wish Sportsnet already was, but it will inexplicably limp along.
You wish Sportsnet was out of business? Don't like those 60 Flames games you get to watch?
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You wish Sportsnet was out of business? Don't like those 60 Flames games you get to watch?
Another network would pick up those rights within a day. They're not doing us a favour by making money off advertising dollars.

"Get" to watch implies we're privileged to be able to pay money to watch a sport on TV. Doesn't work.
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Well, before Sportsnet made that new channel there were those 10 or so super awesome PPV games each year...
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Another network would pick up those rights within a day. They're not doing us a favour by making money off advertising dollars.

"Get" to watch implies we're privileged to be able to pay money to watch a sport on TV. Doesn't work.
Who exactly is picking up 60 games a year? Wouldn't be CBC or TSN. So we're left with ...
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Old 10-02-2011, 10:26 PM   #89
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Keep in mind the Score doesn't spend a lot of money. They have minimal talent that don't demand a lot of money. The broadcast rights they do have are inexpensive. I'm not saying they're making money, but I don't think they're totally out of it either.

This is just pure speculation on my part, but I don't think they're in that much trouble. They've been running the same programming lineup for the last few years and I haven't seen or heard anything that would lead me to believe they are going to fold.
The Score also has Renee Paquette...that's enough to keep them in business.
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Wasn't today the re-brand? If so... thumbs down.


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Who exactly is picking up 60 games a year? Wouldn't be CBC or TSN. So we're left with ...
TSN just picked up the Jets local rights, why wouldn't they want Calgary's?
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And I agree, the new website is complete garbage.
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the old website was garbage too. Basically, I never went to the old website, and it doesn't look like I'll have any reason to start.
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Could someone explain to me what the former Sportsnet logo was supposed to be? It just kind of looks like the Orca Bay logo to me, which you know, makes me hate it on a visceral level.
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Wow. Ghetto website. It's like TSN circa 2003.
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Could someone explain to me what the former Sportsnet logo was supposed to be? It just kind of looks like the Orca Bay logo to me, which you know, makes me hate it on a visceral level.
To me it looks like a stylized image of a player carrying a ball.
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Wow. Ghetto website. It's like TSN circa 2003.
Agreed .... what is with the huge chunky and clunky fonts?

It fits with Sportsnet's paradigm though; a low budget rip off of TSN.
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TSN just picked up the Jets local rights, why wouldn't they want Calgary's?
They probably would want them. But without Sportsnet to compete for the rights, I doubt they'd pay very much, which might impair our ability to ice a salary cap team...
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