I love hockey and grew up watching it and i miss a couple of yrs and they go on strike and then a ncaa softball game gets higher ratings then the game 1 of the stanely cup. I just don't understand how the NBA which i find boring can be so much more popular than the NHL, and MLb are u kinding me its takes em like 5mins just to throw one pitch. WTF is going here!!!!
2006-06-13 14:08:48 · 10 answers · asked by LIBoy05 2 in Sports ➔ Hockey
No Idea. NBA sucks.
Baseball is ridiculous..even when not tainted by 'roids.
Only two sports: NFL and NHL.
2006-06-13 17:58:34 · answer #1 · answered by nezhy 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I think there are several reasons. For one, a large percentage of American kids don't grow up playing ice hockey. The ice time and equipment costs make the sport virtually inaccessible for people of modest incomes. I believe not being exposed to a game in your youth leads to not caring about it later in life. Also, I think the media "star factor" is in play. NHL players are generally affable and unlikely to command national attention like, say, Terrell Owens. Another big factor is, of course, the TV coverage - which is almost nonexistent.
2006-06-14 05:22:16 · answer #2 · answered by nappyjim4 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
They didn't go on strike. The owners locked them out.
Attendance is up in every NHL arena this year, the cap is going up 10 mil.
Not everyone has OLN, so that contributes to poor ratings.
Everyone I know is watching and going to hockey, so I can't understand how hockey isn't popular.
2006-06-13 16:44:40 · answer #3 · answered by Mish 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hockey is a passion here like soccer is a passion in the rest of the world. I guess the USA like to have their own sports like basketball and baseball and American Football hmmm. Everyone I know is glued to the screen for the Stanley cup if not they are watching world cup. Hockey and Soccer rule forever
2006-06-13 15:01:25 · answer #4 · answered by Neilman 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only reason Game 1 got better ratings is that it was on OLN and it isn't carried by every cable company - whereas ESPN is much more popular and even now the games are on NBC.
Hockey is still popular. It would be a lot more popular if Bettman wasn't dumb and happier than a pig in poo about it being on OLN. Lots of us don't get that stupid channel.
2006-06-13 14:19:09 · answer #5 · answered by clonesfan37 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A sport that requires so much power and finesse at the same time is too confusing for an American's mind.
2006-06-17 06:19:36 · answer #6 · answered by PEF 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it was very popular.... but the lockout killed it... the NHL had trouble getting a TV contract... it might still be popular the lockout did in the popularity.. now there's no exposeure with it being covered on unknown and unwatched networks
2006-06-14 04:54:10 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It takes a special kind of person to appriciate the beauty that is hockey.
2006-06-13 15:06:56 · answer #8 · answered by hockeyrocknchick 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Toooo warm in most places!!!!!
2006-06-13 14:11:42 · answer #9 · answered by Padmaja S 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the GUYS are not as sexy...and NO SEXY ACCENTS :)
2006-06-13 14:29:32 · answer #10 · answered by dp 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋