Check out what reporter Mark J. Burns just revealed:
This is really a major and worrisome drop for Bettman and the NHL.
Bad news.
In summary, as my colleague Vincent Fournier mentions, the ratings are really not good in the U.S. right now, and the NHL's popularity is in free fall.
Bettman is only in the 2nd year of a 7 year contract with Disney & Turner, and they will obviously have to right the ship, because they can't afford such declines in ratings every year.
This already bodes ill for the much valued TV contract Bettman signed.
How do you explain this phenomenon?
Remember that in a recent press conference in Montreal, Gary Bettman said that everything was going well on this side.
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1 FEVRIER | 229 ANSWERS We have just learned some disturbing news for Commissioner Gary Bettman Do you think Gary Bettman is putting too much effort for nothing in the USA? | ||
Yes | 208 | 90.8 % |
No | 21 | 9.2 % |
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