From: paulm@meaddata.com (Paul Marchant)
Subject: Re: ESPN Followup
Organization: Mead Data Central, Dayton OH
Date: Thu, 3 Sep 1992 13:24:04 GMT
Distribution: na

In article <1992Sep3.122302.27548@cs.rochester.edu>, hoebel@cs.rochester.edu (Lou Hoebel) writes:
|> In article <Sep03.040044.58615@yuma.ACNS.ColoState.EDU> mmb@lamar.ColoState.EDU (Michael Burger) writes:
|> >Some details:
|> >
|> >--25 regular season games (mostly on Fridays)
|> >--up to 37 playoff games
|> >--Full Stanley Cup Finals
|> >--$80 million over 5 years (comprable to $50/3 year with Sports Channel
|> >   parts of America)
|> >--Provisions for future network TV coverage
|> >--First game will be Oct. 6 (Tue.) - Phila. vs. Pitt. (Lindros vs. Lemieux)
|> >
|> >Enjoy
|> 
|> I'm not sure that this is a great deal for hockey fans that already get
|> good coverage. It might be good for places like Tampa or SanJose that

Probably not good for you, but great for me, here in Dayton. Only
opportunity to see NHL games was to bar hop til you found a place that
would give up one tv for hockey. SportsChannel was not part of many
cable companies' offerings in the MidWest. We are glad that ESPN got
the NHL back.

|> don't have decent coverage. Last year I had great viewing options.
|> SportsChannel NY gave me NYI, NJ and MSG gave me the Rangers. We also
|> get HNIC. SOme occasional late games from from SC Chicago and their
|> wonderful anchor at his wonderful set. A choice of over 10 games a week
|> and almost every night! wife? child? thesis? my job....? huh? what?
|> But I only play two nights a week.
|> 
|> I could care less if X million homes in Houston, Miami or Atlanta
|> now have access to hockey......the sport ain't gonna make it done south!

It definetly won't make it if they don't get the oppportunity to see
it. There are somewhere around 10 minor league teams whose home lies
in the South. Those that have been around for a couple of years have
found great attendence. I think you'll see interest in the NHL
increase as a result of this, the minor league's expansions into the
south, and Tampa's team.

|> How many Super Speedways are there in CanadaLand...right. Its a religion
|> down south...Petty is a diety, the names are Foyt, Earnhardt and Waltrip.
|> Not Igor, Ivan and Mario. Visit Alabama or Texas and tell me if hockey'
|> is going to make it there...or Arkansas or Tennessee or Georgia or
|> South Carolina or Arizona...hey gary!..got any ice there?
|> 
|> Orgeon? Washington? Idaho? The NHL could get better viewing numbers
|> in Europe on tape delay. Do people in Connecticut even watch ESPN?
|> 
|> ....now onto my second cup of coffee
|> ->Lou
|> 
|> 
|> -- 
|> ->Louis Hoebel
|>   Computer Science Department 	hoebel@cs.rochester.edu
|>   University of Rochester       {ames|rutgers}!rochester!hoebel
|>   Rochester NY 14627            716 275 5414

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