http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/slowly-but-surely-the-sports-bubble-is-popping-22566 Celebrity sports gossip since 2001 Fri, 25 May 2012 23:09:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/slowly-but-surely-the-sports-bubble-is-popping-22566#comment-65561 BarneyRubble Sun, 01 Mar 2009 02:24:28 +0000 http://www.sportsbybrooks.com/slowly-but-surely-the-sports-bubble-is-popping-22566#comment-65561 I'm not too sure if focusing on gate receipts is the right way to analyze pro sports financials. The major league sports make most of their money via TV contracts. Therein lies the primary problem with the NHL: lousy TV contract. The NHL could contract down to eight teams which would result in higher revenue per team, but it won't change the fact that the NHL product is simply uninteresting to the American TV viewership. I'm not too sure if focusing on gate receipts is the right way to analyze pro sports financials. The major league sports make most of their money via TV contracts. Therein lies the primary problem with the NHL: lousy TV contract. The NHL could contract down to eight teams which would result in higher revenue per team, but it won't change the fact that the NHL product is simply uninteresting to the American TV viewership.

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