Wednesday, October 3, 2007
N.H.(IRRE)L.(EVANT)
It has just been called to my attention that the NHL begins a new season this week.That's the National Hockey League.
Remember the National Hockey League? It had a team called the Hartford Whalers from 1979 until 1997.
Then the greedy owner of the team packed up his pucks and moved to the hockey hotbed of North Carolina.
The commissioner of the National Hockey League said something like, "Hartford? Where's that? Connecticut? Where's that? Between Boston and New York? Oh."
He knows where Columbus, Ohio is. And Nashville, Tennessee. Those less-than-major market cities have National Hockey League franchises.
He knows where Boston, Massachusetts is. That city has a team called the Bruins.
They used to be so successful, they started a minor league franchise called the Braves, and they sold out every game.
Boston was a hockey town. The Red Sox were just gaining relevancy, the Patriots were a joke, and the Celtics were second cousins.
But Bruins ownership, much like the National Hockey League itself, got greedy.
And now, the Red Sox have their Nation, the Patriots are a dynasty, and even the Celtics are getting more notice right now, and they're training in Rome. As in ITALY.
The National Hockey league has two national television outlets. A cable network called Versus. And a broadcast network called NBC. That's the National Broadcasting Company.
Know how much the National Broadcasting Company pays for the rights to the National Hockey League's games?
NOTHING.
Free programming. Sell some ads, make some money.
The NHL begins a new season this week.
Let me know who won when it's over.
On second thought, it doesn't really matter
Posted at 12:16 AM by Gerry
3 Comments:
THE NHL? I almost forgot...the fire isn't there any longer.
But it was last night, in Hartford, a night when 16,000 plus people came together as one, united in the joy of music. Music at its best. As only BRUCE & THE BAND can do it. Timeless....I LOVED IT!!
Oh! GO SOX!!!
I assume Bruce is a Yankee guy, but that could be forgiven.
You're right, but he IS forgiven.
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