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Post by Captain Obvious on Mar 20, 2024 14:19:03 GMT -4
If TVA Sports was able to pick up the broadcast of both the men's and women's championship games (and provide their own broadcasters), then surely TSN could have done the same. CBC had the rights. I don't understand how either CBC or U Sports benefits from CBC showing anything on a streaming service beyond giving exposure to sports that don't normally get any (soccer, volleyball as examples) so parents can follow their kids. We have to be talking less audience then a local newspaper. The advertising dollars would be non-existent. Regional and National football and hockey championships should be broadcast at a national level. It certainly was at one point. But sticking these things where there's no viewers just hurts everyone so I really don't see the upside with the CBC carrying any broadcasting rights and showing nothing on the actual CBC network itself. If these streams on CBC Gem or whatever were bringing in audiences we would know because they'd be jamming that info down our throats but the fact you won't find any measurement of that audience should tell us there's really very little to actually measure. based on the time and date of these events it would have been pretty easy to show them on TV, as was said earlier it's not exactly a busy time before MLB and after NFL.
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Post by lirette on Mar 21, 2024 22:38:26 GMT -4
This is pretty much true. University hockey is generally watched by people who went to the university, live in the communities like Fredericton where there isnt a Q team to compete for views or are just really hardcore hockey fans who want more product to watch. Now in saying that I may have watched if it was broadcast on a regular channel, but I cant say i had much interest in watching a team steamroll through a national championship without allowing a goal. I keep hearing so much about the quality of play but the same team winning every season without anyone even close isn't exciting in the least. Apparently they can bring back their entire roster next season....thrilling stuff. UNB is a perennial contender, but it is not like they win every year. This season was historic and deserves to be celebrated - I believe it was the first perfect season in USports history. Amazing accomplishment - no matter how strong your program is, a lot has to go right for a team to win 38 straight or whatever it was ... The more I think about it, the more I think it would be a perfect fit - younger team, needs to change the culture from one where losing and mediocrity is acceptable ... the Ottawa Senators should hire Gardiner MacDougall as their head coach this offseason. UNB has won 10 of the last 14 AUS championships and 5 of the last 9 national championships. Great accomplishment for them no doubt, especially a perfect season but I just can't see the excitement in watching a 15-0 goal differential run or whatever it was in a national championship. In the AUS playoffs it seemed entirely lopsided and teams could hardly even get shots on them. Bringing their entire team back again I can't be too crazy predicting another AUS and CIS championship next season.
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Post by Captain Obvious on Mar 22, 2024 11:22:17 GMT -4
UNB is a perennial contender, but it is not like they win every year. This season was historic and deserves to be celebrated - I believe it was the first perfect season in USports history. Amazing accomplishment - no matter how strong your program is, a lot has to go right for a team to win 38 straight or whatever it was ... The more I think about it, the more I think it would be a perfect fit - younger team, needs to change the culture from one where losing and mediocrity is acceptable ... the Ottawa Senators should hire Gardiner MacDougall as their head coach this offseason. UNB has won 10 of the last 14 AUS championships and 5 of the last 9 national championships. Great accomplishment for them no doubt, especially a perfect season but I just can't see the excitement in watching a 15-0 goal differential run or whatever it was in a national championship. In the AUS playoffs it seemed entirely lopsided and teams could hardly even get shots on them. Bringing their entire team back again I can't be too crazy predicting another AUS and CIS championship next season. Usually UNB turns over 1/3 of their roster every year, often guys don't stay 4-5 years and sign pro.
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Post by coleminer on Mar 23, 2024 11:09:43 GMT -4
I remember when the CIS Final would be one of the main stories on TSN Sportsdesk/Sports Centre. A different time though. Sports highlight shows aren't really relevant anymore. I still like them, but they ruin them by spending an inordinate amount of time covering the property they have the rights for and strangling out what they don't have the rights for. Unless they are paying a lot for your broadcast rights, they will choke you out, even if they show your games, like the CHL, CIS, etc.
Rogers and Bell ruined sports news watching in Canada when they put the focus heavily in what their rights were. It is now news + promotion centre/desk. Fuck you!!
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Post by Mika on Mar 25, 2024 10:11:21 GMT -4
I remember when the CIS Final would be one of the main stories on TSN Sportsdesk/Sports Centre. A different time though. Sports highlight shows aren't really relevant anymore. I still like them, but they ruin them by spending an inordinate amount of time covering the property they have the rights for and strangling out what they don't have the rights for. Unless they are paying a lot for your broadcast rights, they will choke you out, even if they show your games, like the CHL, CIS, etc. Rogers and Bell ruined sports news watching in Canada when they put the focus heavily in what their rights were. It is now news + promotion centre/desk. Fuck you!! A lot too is betting. Which is ironic given everything with Pinto, Ohtani, and Pete Rose.
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Post by Jack Bauer on Mar 25, 2024 10:27:34 GMT -4
I remember when the CIS Final would be one of the main stories on TSN Sportsdesk/Sports Centre. A different time though. Sports highlight shows aren't really relevant anymore. I still like them, but they ruin them by spending an inordinate amount of time covering the property they have the rights for and strangling out what they don't have the rights for. Unless they are paying a lot for your broadcast rights, they will choke you out, even if they show your games, like the CHL, CIS, etc. Rogers and Bell ruined sports news watching in Canada when they put the focus heavily in what their rights were. It is now news + promotion centre/desk. Fuck you!! Sports news watching simply evolved past the need for a 30 or 60 minute recap of the days events. Sports fans no longer need that...their mobile device has become that way to keep in touch. The younger generation is getting it via tik tok. The older generation on twitter and facebook. TSN puts their energy behind things like the WJHC but they do them well. Rogers has completely fucked up hockey though. Their national broadcast is almost unwatchable at times. Saturday nights is no longer must see or must hear opinions. The panels are mostly annoying and uninteresting and putting more into diversity vs star power.
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Post by coleminer on Mar 31, 2024 11:37:17 GMT -4
I remember when the CIS Final would be one of the main stories on TSN Sportsdesk/Sports Centre. A different time though. Sports highlight shows aren't really relevant anymore. I still like them, but they ruin them by spending an inordinate amount of time covering the property they have the rights for and strangling out what they don't have the rights for. Unless they are paying a lot for your broadcast rights, they will choke you out, even if they show your games, like the CHL, CIS, etc. Rogers and Bell ruined sports news watching in Canada when they put the focus heavily in what their rights were. It is now news + promotion centre/desk. Fuck you!! Sports news watching simply evolved past the need for a 30 or 60 minute recap of the days events. Sports fans no longer need that...their mobile device has become that way to keep in touch. The younger generation is getting it via tik tok. The older generation on twitter and facebook. TSN puts their energy behind things like the WJHC but they do them well. Rogers has completely fucked up hockey though. Their national broadcast is almost unwatchable at times. Saturday nights is no longer must see or must hear opinions. The panels are mostly annoying and uninteresting and putting more into diversity vs star power. Agree. The show's are small potatoes now. But while they are still putting a show out, it has become garbage. A harder watch than the dated format.
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