what do you think about that, there trying to sell the game in the US and the Stanley cup Eastern Conference Finals on a Saturday afternoon was cut short to show a stupid Horse race. I'm happy I have my CBC, but at the end of the period i wanted to see what Brett Hull and Ray Ferraro had to say and the game was cut for the race what a joke.
2007-06-12 07:15:16 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Hockey
dcfury202>>>>i don't like Hull i just want to see how his new career is going and for a good laugh, thats all.
2007-06-13 14:55:56 · update #1
yeah that was a bunch of BS. i really wanted to see the end of the game and i didnt have anywhere else to watch it. and they cut it for a fricken horse prerace show. why on earth would NBC be dumb enough to cut a eastern conference finals game for prerace. here in Minnesota that pissed about every single fricken person of in the whole state. theres no way u get more viewers from a horse race. most retarded thing i have ever seen.
2007-06-12 13:39:09 · answer #1 · answered by Justin 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well I suppose that just shows the American's priorities. That would never happen here in Canada. Its quite shocking that they would cut the Eastern Finals for a horse race but then again I'm shocked by many facets of American society. Frankly I don't mind sharing the game with them and there are many good American hockey people but generally I don't care if Americans love the game or not, we Canadians will always love it - and thats good enough.
2007-06-12 13:25:56 · answer #2 · answered by megalomaniac 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It wasn't cut in the Buffalo area, so I wasn't affected, but I could not believe that a playoff game in overtime would be cut short for the sake of pre-coverage of a horse race, no matter where it was broadcast. This is just one more in a long list of examples of how the NHL is being run into the ground. It breaks my heart.
2007-06-12 09:37:35 · answer #3 · answered by Cat Loves Her Sabres 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was kind of pissed off...it took me a couple minutes to figure out it went to Versus so I missed a little of the game. I do like horse racing but I thought it was rediculous to switch from such a good game.
2007-06-12 07:25:40 · answer #4 · answered by JT-24 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it wasn't even the real race for a while just old people talking about how they have nothing to do and make too much money. but the h*ll with Hull's opinion he's a complete tool.
2007-06-12 14:18:56 · answer #5 · answered by DC FURY 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The NHL is a joke. Hockey has become boring.
The fact is, NBC made the move because there are higher ratings for horse racing than hockey. Get over it.
2007-06-12 09:23:42 · answer #6 · answered by rgs_13 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
I was mad when it happened, but The thing that makes me the most mad is it was for the Horse racing PRE SHOW!!!!
2007-06-12 10:07:15 · answer #7 · answered by Nick T 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Many Americans are furious when "foreign" sports are on their TV channels. No word as to why they don't mind watching other Canadian-invented sports such as basketball and football, or the British-inspired sport of baseball...
2007-06-12 07:39:24 · answer #8 · answered by Bill W 【ツ】 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋
it is all about contracts, they must have agreed beforehand that they would cut it, and stupid bettman agreed, rather than try to find somewhere else.
2007-06-13 05:24:12 · answer #9 · answered by thegamerdug 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Gary Bettman ain't doing his job. What else is new?
2007-06-13 07:01:05 · answer #10 · answered by Icewomanblockstheshot 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋