That more people CAN see it, is not the issue. Are people in Seattle lining up to watch Blazer games because they can? The bigger issue is to die-hard Blazer fan that don't have as many options, especially if you die another day every time you have to deal with Comcrap, and if they do have Root in Vancouver, it is more difficult than Portland. The Blazers are second to the Kraken when they play.....not exactly a Blazer's first situation.
Dude, there are MORE viewers than before. Thats kinda’ the end of the conversation to be honest. MORE viewers is good.
Except for the fact that Root puts half the Blazer games on their version of The Ocho. Got any ratings from Root and the other providers?
Listen my friend, on Comcast the sports channels start at channel 720 and go to 736. Roots' Ocho is 1253. 12... 53... So if someone is home on a Saturday night and starts to scroll through the sports channels to find something to watch they're not going to scroll from 720 and stumble on the Blazers. Your argument is that more people have access to the Blazers so the Blazers will get more fans. And I'm trying to figure out how? ESPN, ESPN 2, ESPN U are all in that 720 to 736 real estate. Roots 2 is not. And they didn't even bother to list it as a Trail Blazer game, just basketball. So sports fans aren't going to stumble onto the Blazers, only people who are looking for reruns of the Golden Girls.
Part of me wonders if the argument that there are more "viewers" is based on the access to the channel/games being improved from before vs the actual number of viewers who *watch* the game.
Yeah, that's what I was asking. Saying we CAN reach 6 million households is all fine and dandy. But if it's because we expanded reach to Seattle, Alaska, Montana and Idaho, how many new viewers are we actually gettng?
I visit washington and parts of Idaho and Montana occasionally, and I can count on my hand how many fans of the Blazers there are that I've run into. Not saying there aren't fans there, but the overwhelming bulk of Blazer fans live in the Portland area. To brag about Alaska, Montana and Idaho getting access to Blazer games is missing the point. They make up a minor percentage of the Blazer fanbase.
Me? Sure. But I was already a fan before the Root deal. I didn't just stumble onto a game and decide to follow them. Anyway, you can claim the Porn Hub idea as your own and tell it to your boss.
I wonder why Root even wanted the Blazers to making the best offer that the Blazers felt they needed to take.
I've never been on that site? Can you please explain what it is? Seems to have a lot of followers around here? Maybe post a link or something?
