Ugh… half of these posters are missing the theme here.
With horrible TV ratings numbers, the parties (League, Team Owners, local TV affiliates, and players) will make less & less money.
You all know how 30 second super bowl ads are bought for $1-2 million? Anyone know why? Because 100s of millions of consumers watch the game.
How much do you think that a 30 second ad in game 7 of the finals would be sold for, if only ~100,000 people were watching IN THE TEAMS OWN MARKET?
And, yes, buffalo is soooo in love with the Finals. In fact, 24,000 people tuned in. :bloated:
For the n00bs - less money is a bad thing. Less money means less payroll, which means cheaper players, which means shittier play, which means less ticket / merchandise / concession sales, which means less in arena ad revenue, which means Golisano will hemorhage money until its Adelphia Redux.
All the while leading to a league (and therefore the sport ITSELF) is about as successful & visible as curling.
Of course, all of this witty banter is hardly worth the pixels its displayed on… because the “real fans” are going to keep the league alive.
As we all know, the Sabres only went bankrupt last time because the Rigas’ refused to actually sell tickets & merch. :bloated:
I still <3 Jayb00st