Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83; site ucla-cs.ARPA Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxl!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!tektronix!hplabs!sdcrdcf!trwrb!cepu!ucla-cs!rick From: rick@ucla-cs.UUCP Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey Subject: Re: Canada Cup Message-ID: <1188@ucla-cs.ARPA> Date: Thu, 13-Sep-84 13:34:50 EDT Article-I.D.: ucla-cs.1188 Posted: Thu Sep 13 13:34:50 1984 Date-Received: Tue, 25-Sep-84 01:55:29 EDT Organization: UCLA CS Dept. Lines: 66 <==== yum yum ====> Hockey has never had success on American tv. In the early 70's both CBS and NBC (I think) tried broadcasting hockey (anyone else remember Peter Puck) once a week (usually on Sunday afternoon) but didn't have enough success to continue. The American public, for whatever reasons, doesn't like to watch hockey on television. [actually, i have a theory about this which accounts for the popularity of baseball and football and unpopularity of hockey and basketball on tv. both hockey and basketball require that the viewer pay attention all the time because they are continuous action sports. on the other hand baseball and football spend most of the time doing NOTHING; the action is limited to short spurts (in football you even know WHEN those spurts will be). the average american joe does not have the attention span to watch hockey and basketball. --- keep those flames and letters coming in!]. Anyway, people in the USA don't watch hockey on tv (except regionally). The Olympics are different for two reasons: 1) the 1980 gold medal team (we all know what winning a medal will do for interest), and 2) you hardly saw anything - the Olympic coverage was mostly highlights, they never showed a complete game. They sort of snuck the hockey cover in. The Canada Cup, on the other hand, does not evoke the same nationalism as the Olympics so why should they show something no-one will watch? Sad but true! And one further thing, why isn't anyone watching the games live either? Apparently the attendance has been pretty bad too. Date: Mon, 10 Sep 84 16:08:01 PDT From: Richard GillespieSubject: followup failed To: rick inews: Cannot open /usr/spool/news/.in018940 (w). Your article follows: Newsgroups: net.sport.hockey Subject: Re: Canada Cup References: <1121@ucla-cs.ARPA> <1132@ucla-cs.ARPA> <==== yum yum ====> Hockey has never had success on American tv. In the early 70's both CBS and NBC (I think) tried broadcasting hockey (anyone else remember Peter Puck) once a week (usually on Sunday afternoon) but didn't have enough success to continue. The American public, for whatever reasons, doesn't like to watch hockey on television. [actually, i have a theory about this which accounts for the popularity of baseball and football and unpopularity of hockey and basketball on tv. both hockey and basketball require that the viewer pay attention all the time because they are continuous action sports. on the other hand baseball and football spend most of the time doing NOTHING; the action is limited to short spurts (in football you even know WHEN those spurts will be). the average american joe does not have the attention span to watch hockey and basketball. --- keep those flames and letters coming in!]. Anyway, people in the USA don't watch hockey on tv (except regionally). The Olympics are different for two reasons: 1) the 1980 gold medal team (we all know what winning a medal will do for interest), and 2) you hardly saw anything - the Olympic coverage was mostly highlights, they never showed a complete game. They sort of snuck the hockey cover in. The Canada Cup, on the other hand, does not evoke the same nationalism as the Olympics so why should they show something no-one will watch? Sad but true! And one further thing, why isn't anyone watching the games live either? Apparently the attendance has been pretty bad too. Rick Gillespie ...!ucbvax!ucla-cs!rick rick@ucla-cs "Things are more like they are now than they ever have been before." ps - the american goalie is Tom Barasso.