The comments below are also the reason we don't see College Hockey 97 for
Sega and Ninetendo!  (yet we see football and basketball).  It's a
percentages game.   Hell - I'd pay more $$$ even for a College Hockey game
for my Sega or my Nintendo 64  8-)   But it ain't gonna happen  *sigh*
 
Brett
 
 
>Face it, folks, college hockey only has a regional interest, making it
>unlikely that a national network is going to get all that excited.
>Personally, I remain unconvinced that the geographic expansion of hockey
>is going to be a long term success, but let's say that it is.  you don't
>see college baseball on national TV much, either.  Other than the
>College World Series, you only see it on regional cable networks, i.e.
>just like hockey on MSC, PASS and NESN.
>
>College basketball and football are unique in the sports pantheon.
>There are no significant minor leagues in these sports to provide
>dilution.  They developed national followings decades ago, before the
>explosion of sports offerings now in front of us.  And they're played in
>all of the markets.
>
>There is no college hockey played in any of the top media markets in the
>US.  Nothing in LA, nothing in Chicago, nothing in Houston, nothing in
>Philadelphia, etc.  Nothing even in NYC; they seem to do their best to
>ignore ANY goings on in Albany and parts north.
>
>It's not a conspiracy.  It's not that all of the decision makers are
>morons or biased.  If you aren't already a committed fan like we
>are, college hockey just doesn't have anything that raises it up enough
>to make the population at large take notice.  We are stuck in a
>popularity backwater.  Thank goodness for the Internet.
 
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