The Rangers/Knicks TV Conflict
Richard Sandomir at the New York Times takes a look at why the NHL and NBA had no choice but to put the Rangers and Knicks in direct conflict with each other on television during the playoffs...
"Hatze Petros described what would happen if action was taken to avoid a conflict with the Knicks and Rangers games on Saturday afternoon. That could have been done by flipping Game 1 of the Capitals-Rangers series with Game 1 of the Devils-Philadelphia Flyers series, which is scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. on NBC.
But that would create back-to-back games for the Rangers and the Capitals on Sunday and Monday. "Why kill your sport to avoid going up against another sport?" he said.
To avoid back-to-back games, Game 2 of the series would have had to move from Monday to Tuesday and Game 3 from Wednesday to Thursday. But that would have put Games 2 and 3 of the Rangers-Capitals and Devils-Flyers in direct competition. That would then bleed into the N.B.A.: Game 3 of the Rangers and the Devils series would have to face off against Game 3 of the Heat-Knicks series — likely to draw sizable viewership because of the size of their markets and stars like LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony."
Sandomir adds that another potential conflict looms as Game 6 of Rangers-Capitals and Game 5 of Knicks-Heat are both scheduled for Wednesday, May 9.
...i understand that it's not always easy to set up a schedule that works for everyone, especially when you're talking about two seperate professional sports leagues trying to come up with an agreement. But for the Rangers and Knicks to possible have three conflicts in one round is inexcusable in my opinion.
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"Hatze Petros described what would happen if action was taken to avoid a conflict with the Knicks and Rangers games on Saturday afternoon. That could have been done by flipping Game 1 of the Capitals-Rangers series with Game 1 of the Devils-Philadelphia Flyers series, which is scheduled for Sunday at 3 p.m. on NBC.
But that would create back-to-back games for the Rangers and the Capitals on Sunday and Monday. "Why kill your sport to avoid going up against another sport?" he said.
To avoid back-to-back games, Game 2 of the series would have had to move from Monday to Tuesday and Game 3 from Wednesday to Thursday. But that would have put Games 2 and 3 of the Rangers-Capitals and Devils-Flyers in direct competition. That would then bleed into the N.B.A.: Game 3 of the Rangers and the Devils series would have to face off against Game 3 of the Heat-Knicks series — likely to draw sizable viewership because of the size of their markets and stars like LeBron James and Carmelo Anthony."
Sandomir adds that another potential conflict looms as Game 6 of Rangers-Capitals and Game 5 of Knicks-Heat are both scheduled for Wednesday, May 9.
...i understand that it's not always easy to set up a schedule that works for everyone, especially when you're talking about two seperate professional sports leagues trying to come up with an agreement. But for the Rangers and Knicks to possible have three conflicts in one round is inexcusable in my opinion.
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