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ESPN sucks

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If it weren't for the American Dodgeball Association of America championship, it would be on the ESPN-8, "The Ocho"!!!
 
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I wish it was Billy Jaffe doing the game instead of Melrose. Jaffe is hands down the best analyst in the business.
 
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1990 title game was on delayed (like 1 week later) tape on E$PN. I watched it live on the 10' dish.

IIRC the semis were on RSNs (Prime Ticket comes to mind).
 
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joecct said:
1990 title game was on delayed (like 1 week later) tape on E$PN. I watched it live on the 10' dish.

IIRC the semis were on RSNs (Prime Ticket comes to mind).
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I remember Michigan's games in the semifinals in '92 and '93 being on P.A.S.S. (Precursor to FSN Detroit)
 
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QU/UM said:
I wish it was Billy Jaffe doing the game instead of Melrose. Jaffe is hands down the best analyst in the business.
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Jaffe is good. I wonder if Melrose will even bother to learn the players names this year...
 
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A bit off-topic but...

Why why WHY does ESPN NEVER show NHL highlights during SportsCenter? They'll show highlights from every MLB, NFL, and NBA game the previous night, but not hockey!!! :mad:

Basketball is nowhere near as exciting as hockey. Coincidentally, the last time the National Championship game was bumped to ESPN2, it was also in Tampa.
 
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Don't forget that the 2012 semi-final between FSU and Union was relegated to ESPNU. I believe 17 people watched that one on TV. Sarcasm aside, the estimated # of viewers was around 150,000, perhaps a quarter of the estimated viewers of most of the semi-final broadcasts of the last few years. Now moving a game from ESPN or ESPN2 to ESPNU meant a lot of people who perhaps would have watched did not, but moving one from ESPN to ESPN 2 will not cost more than a handful of viewers the chance to see the game, as ESPN2 is in virtually the same number of homes as is ESPN. At the beginning of the 2015/16 TV season ESPN was in 92.94 million homes versus 92.85 million for ESPN2, a difference of fewer than 100,000 homes. Based on the numbers of people who normally watch the final on Saturday night, this means there may be a few hundred people in the entire country who might have watched but will have no access. Other than perception, there stopped being a real difference between ESPN and ESPN2 years ago. That perception is the ONLY reason something like Monday Night Football remains on ESPN.
 
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Rainman said:
A bit off-topic but...

Why why WHY does ESPN NEVER show NHL highlights during SportsCenter? They'll show highlights from every MLB, NFL, and NBA game the previous night, but not hockey!!! :mad:

Basketball is nowhere near as exciting as hockey. Coincidentally, the last time the National Championship game was bumped to ESPN2, it was also in Tampa.
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Because the average viewer of ESPN Sportscenter doesn't give a frog's fat a55 about hockey but eats up the NBA or the NFL like a pig eats slop. I always find myself amazed as to what amazes others about what stuff is on TV. If there were 5 million people who wanted to watch hockey highlights, ESPN will show it. If there are 500 people who want to see it, ESPN won't.
 
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WeAreNDHockey said:
Don't forget that the 2012 semi-final between FSU and Union was relegated to ESPNU. I believe 17 people watched that one on TV. Sarcasm aside, the estimated # of viewers was around 150,000, perhaps a quarter of the estimated viewers of most of the semi-final broadcasts of the last few years. Now moving a game from ESPN or ESPN2 to ESPNU meant a lot of people who perhaps would have watched did not, but moving one from ESPN to ESPN 2 will not cost more than a handful of viewers the chance to see the game, as ESPN2 is in virtually the same number of homes as is ESPN. At the beginning of the 2015/16 TV season ESPN was in 92.94 million homes versus 92.85 million for ESPN2, a difference of fewer than 100,000 homes. Based on the numbers of people who normally watch the final on Saturday night, this means there may be a few hundred people in the entire country who might have watched but will have no access. Other than perception, there stopped being a real difference between ESPN and ESPN2 years ago. That perception is the ONLY reason something like Monday Night Football remains on ESPN.
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Exactly right. This change is really virtually meaningless. And also, ESPN does a terrific job with this tournament -- they do have people at that organization who love hockey, and those people are doing excellent work. I have no complaints with ESPN's coverage of the NCAA Tournament, aside from Buccigross and Melrose.
 
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ZYanksRule said:
Exactly right. This change is really virtually meaningless. And also, ESPN does a terrific job with this tournament -- they do have people at that organization who love hockey, and those people are doing excellent work. I have no complaints with ESPN's coverage of the NCAA Tournament, aside from Buccigross and Melrose.
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What might have been if Tom Mees had survived.
 
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I just wish we could get Gary Thorne back...I like Buccigross' love of hockey but he is just not a hockey play by play guy.
 
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ZYanksRule said:
Exactly right. This change is really virtually meaningless. And also, ESPN does a terrific job with this tournament -- they do have people at that organization who love hockey, and those people are doing excellent work. I have no complaints with ESPN's coverage of the NCAA Tournament, aside from Buccigross and Melrose.
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For how long have you been employed by ESPN and/or Disney or one of its subsidiaries? Most of ESPN's people don't even bother getting pronunciation guides from the teams, or if they do, they're not making use of them.
 
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Rainman said:
A bit off-topic but...

Why why WHY does ESPN NEVER show NHL highlights during SportsCenter? They'll show highlights from every MLB, NFL, and NBA game the previous night, but not hockey!!! :mad:

Basketball is nowhere near as exciting as hockey. Coincidentally, the last time the National Championship game was bumped to ESPN2, it was also in Tampa.
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Why do you care what Sports center is showing. I checked out of that program a LONG time ago. For the playoffs, its definitely the NHL Network for me
 
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billmich88888 said:
George who?

Gary Thorne has "the pipes" for hockey. Buccigross 'whispers' too much when there is a missed scoring opportunity/close call
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That and I just don't think he's a real play by play guy. There is a big difference between recapping/reading highlights and calling a live game on play by play for hockey.
 
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