Versus concerns in the Western Conference Playoffs
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| Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com found this 5/7/2008 on sports.yahoo.com [flag] |
In Dallas, the first four Western Conference Finals games between the Stars and the Detroit Red Wings will only be available locally on Versus; in Detroit, it's three of the first four. This has become a fairly bitter pill to swallow for the fans that do not have Versus currently in their cable package -- or as we like to call them here, "the majority" -- with one going as far as to ...
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Hockey fans vs. Versus
Published 5/7/2008 by George James Malik at Red Wings Snapshots - MLive.com
... business decision they made a few years back. Versus jumped on board with the NHL to make money, so you have to get on board with Versus if you want to continue to be a fan. The story's the same for Red Wings fans--Fox Sports Detroit won't cover the series as the broadcast rights switch over to the national networks for the third and fourth rounds, and only game 5, which is going to be aired on the CBC and NBC, will be on TV stations the non-Versus crowd can receive. Yahoo Sports' Greg Wyshynski has a good debate on the topic going, and I'm curious as to what you have to say ...
