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10-31-2012, 07:08 AM #1Assistant General Manager
NHL Lockout: Start of 2012-13 NBA Season Moves Hockey Further off the Sports Map
The new NBA season kicked off Tuesday night, with the Miami Heat hosting the Boston Celtics in a matchup of two of the most popular sports teams in any North American sport. And while professional basketball begins to dominate the sports landscape, along with the NFL, the current NHL lockout continues to put hockey on the back burner.
http://bleacherreport.com/articles/1...the-sports-map
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10-31-2012, 11:00 AM #2
Moves Hockey Farther off the map? How so?
Basketball fans don't give a damn about Hockey, hence the reason for failure in Atlanta. Basketball has lost so many fans in the last 8 years in terms of TV audience that they need Hockey to disappear or they won't be as viable.
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10-31-2012, 11:37 AM #3
I tend to agree, hockey and basketball fans are often not fans of the other sport. I know basketball is a distant 4th place on the sports landscape up here in Canada anyhow... although I'm sure it is greater here in Toronto with the Raptors (which I am taking an increased interest in this year, in light of no hockey). I would imagine this is more of a US-based story.
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