Recently we have seen two high profile sports football and basketball have lock outs that were shown everyday on sports center and seen by many as the "end of the world." But another sport is having a lock out and this is rarely shown on sports center and most people don't even know its going on, that sport is hockey. The sport has just announced their will be no games through the 14th of december and the all star game has been cancelled. For a sport struggling to survive already behind the much more popular sports this is the kind of thing that could really kill advertisement deals and the sport overall. The most amazing thing is that most people don't know that this is going on probably because the NFL and NBA seasons take the center stage on sports center. When the NBA or NFL were in lock out scenarios it just seemed to me that everytime I flipped to sports center something was being reported. Just like the NBA lockout stars are starting up contracts with over seas leagues the difference is for a lot of the players in the NHL those are their home countries. The sport is vastly more popular in those countries, the pay is equal if not better in some cases, and you get the chance to be a huge celebrity. Where as in America people might know the huge names and they get paid and treated well, but do the smaller guys get the same pay or recognition as their NBA or NFL counter parts? I highly doubt anything even close. There isn't a lot we can do to help this lock out be over with, but maybe this post will show just like we have been learning in class that the popular sports really do dominate all sports.
Do you think the NHL can survive this lock out?
Do you think that any NHL games will be played this season?
Matt Miller (T/TH 9:30-10:45)
1 comment:
Anthony Almeida (Tues/Thurs 9:30-10:45)
I was actually thinking the same when i seen the report on sportscenter a couple of days ago. With games now being cancelled untill december 14th the NHL is now on life support. I find it really funny that this past year when the kings were playing in the Stanley Cup it seemed everyone in LA was a die hard Kings fan, but now with lockout nobody seems to care. The NHL was already struggling as it was before the lockout but now as Matt mentioned the loss of all the endorsement deals is going to really hurt the NHL. Hockey is not one of the most popular sports here in the states, that was reflected by the NHL's tv ratings. Many teams were struggling to put fans in the stands and stay a float. Once again the greed of the NHL's executives is gonna damage the sport of hockey, lets just hope this last blow isn't a knock out punch.
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