Hockey East: 2019/20 season is Joe Bertagna's last as commish

[ExileOnDaytonStreet]

Re: Hockey East: 2019/20 season is Joe Bertagna's last as commish

*stick taps*

[mookie1995]

Re: Hockey East: 2019/20 season is Joe Bertagna's last as commish

Adieu

[The Zlax45]

Re: Hockey East: 2019/20 season is Joe Bertagna's last as commish

Would certainly love a TV deal but I am not sure whoever the next commissioner is will be able to pull that off either. Different times.

Much different TV industry now than 20 years ago. I don't see why NESN or NBCSportsBoston would want to pay the production costs for broadcasting games with the minuscule ratings they would get.

[J.D.]

Re: Hockey East: 2019/20 season is Joe Bertagna's last as commish

Would certainly love a TV deal but I am not sure whoever the next commissioner is will be able to pull that off either. Different times.

[tape]

Re: Hockey East: 2019/20 season is Joe Bertagna's last as commish

Yeah, and I think a few people who have thought that pointed to the lack of a TV deal last few years

Which seems interesting to me considering how quickly he secured a TV deal after he started the job:

Bertagna made his mark immediately at Hockey East, engineering a multi-year television deal (SportsChannel New England) in his first month on the job. Shortly thereafter, leag ue tournament attendance rocketed upward, leading to the event's first-ever sellout in 2000.

[TovarishchLisa]

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“This is not a retirement” makes it seem like the league wanted to move on.

Yeah, and I think a few people who have thought that pointed to the lack of a TV deal last few years

[jjmc85]

“This is not a retirement” makes it seem like the league wanted to move on.

[TovarishchLisa]

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