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Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

mookie1995 said:
how come i go read about the deals for hea tv and don't see a $ anywhere? but i can go google "ACC tv contract" and see $1.86B over 12 years.
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I googled "Hockey East" tv money and got this result
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Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

mookie1995 said:
if versus wants to show ND games and signs a deal with them, that is their business. if versus wants to show HEA games and signs a deal with joe bag and ND takes 50% of the money, that is our business.

--of course, as i've said before... there is close to NO money for these broadcasts. the ratings are crap. you watch the BU package games? guess how much money BU nets from that? before you guess, put a "-" in front of your numbers. you notice nearly all the ads are for agganis arena, right? then a couple for the school with those kids heads spinning around. FOH have underwritten those broadcasts in the past.

rights come from selling commercial time. who pays for commercials for games that pull a rating that rivals 0.0?

how come i go read about the deals for hea tv and don't see a $ anywhere? but i can go google "ACC tv contract" and see $1.86B over 12 years.
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BINGO.

Been saying this from day 1.
 
Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

jcarter7669 said:
Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
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I'm not necessarily saying I want RPI, but I'd sure as hell rather have RPI over Quinnipiac (no hockey history, mediocre teams) or Connecticut (play at an MDC rink with less than 500 people in the building). None of the Ivies are breaking off from the ECAC to join HEA. RPI is actually a lot like UVM. Same type of arena (a great old barn with an awesome atmosphere) with a history of producing NHL players (mostly from 80s/early 90s) and have both began to peak recently.
 
Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

irishfan85 said:
I'm not necessarily saying I want RPI, but I'd sure as hell rather have RPI over Quinnipiac (no hockey history, mediocre teams) or Connecticut (play at an MDC rink with less than 500 people in the building). None of the Ivies are breaking off from the ECAC to join HEA. RPI is actually a lot like UVM. Same type of arena (a great old barn with an awesome atmosphere) with a history of producing NHL players (mostly from 80s/early 90s) and have both began to peak recently.
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But RPI is not from New England, which (no offense) is a bit thing for a lot of traditional Hockey East fans.....
 
Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

ericredaxe said:
But RPI is not from New England, which (no offense) is a bit thing for a lot of traditional Hockey East fans.....
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So you would take UCONN or Quinnipiac just b/c they are from New England and not RPI which is 30 minutes west of the border of Massachusetts? RPI has a hell of a hockey program. QU and UCONN do not. End of story.
 
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ericredaxe said:
But RPI is not from New England, which (no offense) is a bit thing for a lot of traditional Hockey East fans.....
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Heh, clearly the 32 miles to the MA/VT border makes RPI from a whole other world. Unlike South Bend which is right outside Boston.
 
Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

irishfan85 said:
So you would take UCONN or Quinnipiac just b/c they are from New England and not RPI which is 30 minutes west of the border of Massachusetts? RPI has a hell of a hockey program. QU and UCONN do not. End of story.
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I'm not saying I nescesarially would, I'm just saying that a lot of people feel that way, however with the addition of Notre Dame the dynamic has changed, for better or worse.
 
Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

ericredaxe said:
My preference (while I like Notre Dame) would have been to leave the league at 10 teams.
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I feel precisely the same way. I'm a big ND football fan, but have been a big Hockey East fan for two decades now. So my question, with ND being #11, you're Joe Bertagna, I'm Mike Lynch, I leave you a voice message saying "you're in charge, you pick #12." Who do you take?
 
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