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Looks like another long Lacrosse preemption

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Why thank god for ESPN3? They're the morons making it harder for anyone to see these games!
 
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Is there really a bigger market in lacrosse then hockey?
 
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Well it's hard for hockey to get any ratings on ESPN when it's never shown on ESPN.
 
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Yes. It was a cutesy way of Canada claiming hockey's birthplace over Russia's claim
 
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I'm not sure what the remedy is for this. They do this with almost every college sport they cover. The game before Virginia/Hopkins also went long, causing them to join that game in progress. This is how they schedule sports at ESPN.

And, correct me if I'm wrong, but ESPNU is showing over seven hours of college hockey today, compared to four hours of college lacrosse. They got unlucky with the game going into OT. If it doesn't go to OT, they're at the hockey game less than 5 minutes late. Not much you can do about a game going into OT.

If the college hockey game was on ESPN or ESPN2, the same thing probably happens. They're ALWAYS airing live games in a block like this on weekends. Sometimes, those games go long. The only thing you can do is delay the start of the hockey game until the lacrosse game ends, but then you're going to have to push the 6:30 game and the 9:00 game back, too. Not sure they want to do that, either.

Let me also add that the quality of the ESPN3 stream, at least on my connection, is virtually HDTV quality.
 
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ZYanksRule said:
I'm not sure what the remedy is for this. They do this with almost every college sport they cover. The game before Virginia/Hopkins also went long, causing them to join that game in progress. This is how they schedule sports at ESPN.

And, correct me if I'm wrong, but ESPNU is showing over seven hours of college hockey today, compared to four hours of college lacrosse. They got unlucky with the game going into OT. If it doesn't go to OT, they're at the hockey game less than 5 minutes late. Not much you can do about a game going into OT.

If the college hockey game was on ESPN or ESPN2, the same thing probably happens. They're ALWAYS airing live games in a block like this on weekends. Sometimes, those games go long. The only thing you can do is delay the start of the hockey game until the lacrosse game ends, but then you're going to have to push the 6:30 game and the 9:00 game back, too. Not sure they want to do that, either.
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It's called dual screen. OR you put the game that matters on and show updates to the other one. The game that mattered is the hockey game it's the playoffs for cripes sake. I bet Basketball playoff games don't get cut off.
 
ScoobyDoo said:
It's called dual screen. OR you put the game that matters on and show updates to the other one. The game that mattered is the hockey game it's the playoffs for cripes sake. I bet Basketball playoff games don't get cut off.
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This is a great point. In years past they utilized ESPN classic or news for over runs. Not this year. Boo for that :(
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
It's called dual screen. OR you put the game that matters on and show updates to the other one. The game that mattered is the hockey game it's the playoffs for cripes sake. I bet Basketball playoff games don't get cut off.
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When has ESPN EVER done that? I've never seen them go to a game in the first period over a game in OT. Because you're a hockey fan, you want the hockey game and who cares about the other game. Well, the other game was actually a really good game that went into OT. That's the protocol they follow.

The big complaint I think we should have is that they could have asked the hockey game to delay their start until lacrosse is over. They've done that with a college basketball game on ESPNU before. It was done during the Bracketbusters thing ESPN does.

I don't know if the NCAA would allow them to do that in a Tournament game, though.
 
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