Orlando can't even get on National TV in the playoffs!

cb4_89 · Post #41 » by **cb4_89** » Wed Apr 23, 2008 11:34 pm

yeah sixers/pistons is way better than celtics/hawks

JT3000 · Post #42 » by **JT3000** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:06 pm

greenbeans wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

market size doesnt matter, the amount of people who watch the game is all that matters. why is this so hard to grasp??

How do you think they estimate the amount of people who might watch?

Market size.

Duh.

Last Guardian · Post #43 » by **Last Guardian** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:54 pm

Magz50 wrote:Chill out. They'll be on next round.

Yea, against Detroit. So now we get to watch some nationally televised games, at the price of losing by 20.

tranjSAIC · Post #44 » by **tranjSAIC** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 1:58 pm

Kosta wrote:Wah, wah, wah...

You guys can get on national television when Toronto eliminates you in game 7.

lol, Isn't there some kind of rule about not talking trash until you win ONE game 1st?

AdamTheGreek · Post #45 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:11 pm

This truly is Canada's fault. No hate just fact.

Huskies1947 · Post #46 » by **Huskies1947** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:20 pm

Blame Toronto? Go ahead, I don't think any one in Toronto has sympathy for orlando or any mid-market US team. If Toronto was facing New York, Chicago, LA, Boston, or even Detroit they would be on national team.

Lets go Raptors... disney sucks!

Post #47 » by **MagicMadness** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 2:29 pm

Their [Toronto/Orlando] Game 1 was the matinee presentation on national cable TV Sunday and drew the smallest audience of the first six games at 1,730,000.

Link

MagicalMan · Post #48 » by **MagicalMan** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:22 pm

greenbeans wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

market size doesnt matter, the amount of people who watch the game is all that matters. why is this so hard to grasp??

So it doesnt matter that 75% of the people tune out after the first quarter when the "big market teams" are up by 20 pts?

MagicalMan · Post #49 » by **MagicalMan** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:24 pm

MagicMadness wrote:
Their [Toronto/Orlando] Game 1 was the matinee presentation on national cable TV Sunday and drew the smallest audience of the first six games at 1,730,000.

Link

im sure the early start had something to do with it. Hard to expect west coast viewers to get up and watch a game at 8:30am on a Saturday.

AdamTheGreek · Post #50 » by **AdamTheGreek** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:37 pm

It was Sunday so we missed out on the church goers.

That's also why Tuesday's Game 2 was an actual sellout.

greenbeans · Post #51 » by **greenbeans** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:38 pm

JT3000 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

How do you think they estimate the amount of people who might watch?

Market size.

Duh.

fanbase can extend WAY beyond just the local media market.

AWalkerREMIX · Post #52 » by **AWalkerREMIX** » Thu Apr 24, 2008 4:42 pm

It's because they're playing against the worst team in the playoffs.