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OT: MLB Thread

lecoqsportif said:
CRTC ruling on pick and pay might blow regional monopolies out of the water. Consumer rights could be a big issue.
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Canada is headed the duopoly route of the U.S., it's only a matter of time - consumer rights are a forgone conclusion.

I get some 200 stations of crap, maybe use 8, 2-3 regularly, and pay ridiculous prices & I'm sure Comcast (post oligarchy) will be ripping me a new asshloe fairly soon.
 
And when all is said and done, we will have good attendance when the team is good and not so good attendance when the team is bad. Not different from a number of cities in MLB. I say let's get the team back and then we can worry about such "issues"
 
Sal_Butera said:
Canada is headed the duopoly route of the U.S., it's only a matter of time - consumer rights are a forgone conclusion.

I get some 200 stations of crap, maybe use 8, 2-3 regularly, and pay ridiculous prices & I'm sure Comcast (post oligarchy) will be ripping me a new asshloe fairly soon.
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A duopoly would work in this scenario. The Belleville-west deal is borderline totalitarian madness. There simply is no technological reason to maintain a monopoly.
 
Sal_Butera said:
Canada is headed the duopoly route of the U.S., it's only a matter of time - consumer rights are a forgone conclusion.

I get some 200 stations of crap, maybe use 8, 2-3 regularly, and pay ridiculous prices & I'm sure Comcast (post oligarchy) will be ripping me a new asshloe fairly soon.
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People are increasingly cutting the cable cord and the ridiculous prices. I get local channels with antenna and buy content from NHL and NFL. Watch Netflix and buy individual shows I like (ie Better Call Saul).

Having said that, the value of sports programming is that most people want to consume it live and thus are forced to sit through the ads.
 
Side note if pick and play is approved by CRTC in 2016, Quebecor will die - they don't have the wherewithal to take on Bell, who in turn will monopolize the Quebec a la carte menu.

I had read a quote from Junior Bronfman, post not getting the Habs in 2009. He wanted both Habs and a baseball team to form a partnership w TSN/RDS/Bell - in his words a "monetary bonanza"
 
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Krustchev said:
About 30k last season with a bad team. I expect close to the same this season. If new Montreal baseball team is that bad in year 6, I would expect less than 20k per game average.
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Nostalgia is a funny thing. Nobody remembers how cheap MTL tix were. They had no pricing power, even in the glory days.

Plus, no FA wanted to sign here, despite all the recent sweet talk from players about loving the city and never wanting to leave.

As they say, everything beautiful is far away.
 
Krustchev said:
About 30k last season with a bad team. I expect close to the same this season. If new Montreal baseball team is that bad in year 6, I would expect less than 20k per game average.
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Yeah, and 96 to 02 were almost hopeless years for the NL East because Atlanta was unbeatable, and everyone knew it.

Like the Patriots. :thumbsup(22):
 
CH1 said:
People are increasingly cutting the cable cord and the ridiculous prices. I get local channels with antenna and buy content from NHL and NFL. Watch Netflix and buy individual shows I like (ie Better Call Saul).

Having said that, the value of sports programming is that most people want to consume it live and thus are forced to sit through the ads.
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All that's gonna happen is Bell or Rogers will skyrocket the major networks in the a la carte menu, thus the consumer is getting the right of selecting what they want, but the monthly bill won't be that much cheaper, if at all. Just like heroin is a hard habit to break, comnsumers have been hooked on sports programming (for example) will bitch & moan, but fork it over.
 
I think MLB sells an app where you can watch every out of market game for $130.
 
All the more reason why Tampa is secure. The reason why Montreal would work, from a business model perspective, applies to every team in the league.

If Tampa ****s up, it'll be due to political knuckleheads.
 
Krustchev said:
About 30k last season with a bad team. I expect close to the same this season. If new Montreal baseball team is that bad in year 6, I would expect less than 20k per game average.
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After a first year honeymoon, normalcy will return, opening day will do well. the. not on Passover or cheap movie night. During the Canadiens playoff games attendance will be weak.

It will pick up after June 24 but drop after Labour Day, especially after years of pathetic failures.
 
I really do not understand how anyone can make a judgement on attendance on a stadium that is in prime location. They had pretty good years in the shit bowl. Some people have thick skulls and can only focus on the negative last few years when the team was sold away.
 
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