# Stanley Cup Game 3 = LOWEST RATINGS EVAR

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**Created:** [June 5, 2007, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stanley-cup-game-3-lowest-ratings-evar/30422 "2007-06-05T17:26:07Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 6, 2007, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/stanley-cup-game-3-lowest-ratings-evar/30422/43 "2007-06-06T14:46:17Z")

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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.

> [@BuffaloNews](#):
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> WGRZ-TV may be one of the few NBC affiliates in the nation cheering the network deal to carry up to five games of the Stanley Cup finals in prime time.
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> After all, Buffalo is one of the few markets that is interested in hockey’s biggest prize.
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> Versus, the National Hockey League’s cable rights holder, reports that **Buffalo had the highest ratings in the country** for Anaheim’s victories over Ottawa on Monday and Wednesday.  
> Game One had a **3.9 rating here on Versus and a 1.6 rating on CBC’s** Hockey Night in Canada.  
> Game Two had a **4.8 rating here on Versus, a .3 on CBC**.  
> The **Los Angeles market averaged a 1.7 rating Monday, a .9 Wednesday**.
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> Because the population of **Los Angeles** is so much larger than it is in Buffalo, its Monday ratings translated into about four times as many households — **94,267 to 24,960** — as there were here. Versus said that Buffalo probably finished third in households Monday.

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

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