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Originally Posted by Cannon Shell
VS is not a widely distributed channel. Fox, I believe has had hockey coverage the last few years. Remember the glowing puck? Hockeys 2 biggest problems with attracting new viewers are 1. It is a bad betting sport and 2. most of the players are foreign. Add to that the fact that most of the south is uninterested and view it as a northern sport and there is virtually no mainstream exposure.
I dont believe that the live gate is anywhere near the NBA's.
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VS in 72 Mllion homes. ESPN in 102 Million. I'll have someone in the lab check the NHL gate compared to NBA. I'd bet a sandwich on NHL.
As an aside, gambling was THE major factor that kept the sport popular and growing during the first 1/2 of the last century. Personally, I find nothing lousy about gambling on hockey.