HDTV Expert - Are Pro Sports Leagues Killing The Golden Goos

Started by 720pete • Sep 8, 2011 • 4 posts

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#1 Sep 8, 2011 at 10:06 pm

Are the rights for sports programming getting too expensive for everybody?

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#2 Sep 9, 2011 at 12:51 pm

Yes.

#3 Sep 10, 2011 at 12:46 pm

Isn’t Versus owned by NBC?

#4 Sep 11, 2011 at 12:43 pm

When the games stop being freely available to everyone, the universal popularity will be lost. Boxing used to be on TV a lot, and was widely popular. Now, boxing is only on PPV and premium channels, and nobody follows it any more. The same thing will happen to the other sports if they stop being shown on free TV.