Another good point here.I don't blame them for focusing on making money.
I do blame them for obtaining a monopoly on broadcast rights to a sport and then providing almost no coverage.
Yeah I know the NFL is a juggernaut and I watch my bears lose almost every week like everyone else, but you don’t need 3000 streaming NFL talking head shows.
No way those are getting any major viewership.
And look at the WWE Network. Peacock is paying billions and it’s worse that the regular wwe network. Making money doesn’t mean your search feature is awful and everything is cataloged in a hard to find way.
To also be fair, the federations have a part in the blame as well for not asking more questions and demanding better service. The smart ones have their own service and cut out everyone else entirely. MotoGP’s service is fantastic for example.
FIS is handicapped because the rights belong to every individual country. The new president is trying to centralize the rights, but it’s going to be an uphill climb.
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