Sportsnet won't do Raptors next season

dagger · Post #1 » by **dagger** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:50 am

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/ ... columnists

Sportsnet is dropping NBA entirely.

CBC and TSN will be picking up its Raptor games. CBC will do 15-20 Sunday NBA games. Score will continue to broadcast the most games.

Sounds like Sportsnet will be the new Poker Channel

Sad we are losing those non-Raptor games although the Score is adding some.

Happy to get more Elliotte Friedman. Sad to be getting more Rod Black.

Such is life. The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.

Vlade Divac · Post #2 » by **Vlade Divac** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:52 am

That is sad!

J Dilla · Post #3 » by **J Dilla** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:54 am

This means sportsnet will televise more hockey games. There should be one channel covering all the games, I dont know why they dont have it like that.

EH15 · Post #4 » by **EH15** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:55 am

Who's gonna pick up the NBA games Sportsnet had?

Russ369 · Post #5 » by **Russ369** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:55 am

Am I the only canadian who despises hockey? I think its the most useless sport... Meh.

Kosta · Post #6 » by **Kosta** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:55 am

This is terrible news because Sportsnet covered a lot of NBA games on Raptor off days.

anon2222 · Post #7 » by **anon2222** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:55 am

Well that sucks. They used to show a lot of non raptors games on their networks. That means no more Jack (other than raps tv) and more of Leo?

Tha Cynic · Post #8 » by **Tha Cynic** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:56 am

Oh well, this just means one less channel for me to tune into.

Death Knight · Post #9 » by **Death Knight** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:56 am

Not more poker.........but more Hockey Central.

dagger · Post #10 » by **dagger** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:56 am

Score is going to increase its non-Raptor games. CBC and TSN picking up Sportsnet's Raptor games.

The Letter V · Post #11 » by **The Letter V** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:57 am

****.

Son of *****. Those ****** **********.

Mr. Perfect · Post #12 » by **Mr. Perfect** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:58 am

Sportsnet is a joke of a station anyways. They try to hard to impress the young crowd. Sportsnet Connected just makes me lol.

Vlade Divac · Post #13 » by **Vlade Divac** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:58 am

Than we should seriously start collecting signatures for petitions to Ottawa for allowing ESPN and ESPN2 in Canada

Vlade Divac · Post #14 » by **Vlade Divac** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 4:59 am

Russ369 wrote:Am I the only canadian who despises hockey? I think its the most useless sport... Meh.

You are not alone brother.

EH15 · Post #15 » by **EH15** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:00 am

dagger wrote:Score is going to increase its non-Raptor games. CBC and TSN picking up Sportsnet's Raptor games.

Score can't possibly match Sportsnet. They were good for at least 3 or 4 non Raps game a week.

Hypz · Post #16 » by **Hypz** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:00 am

OMFG TERRIBLE NEWS. CBC??? GODDDDDDDDDDDD

The Letter V · Post #17 » by **The Letter V** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:00 am

But they have a ton of NBA games during the week. Especially with all the regional channels showing different games.

****.

Russ369 · Post #18 » by **Russ369** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:01 am

E-H-1-5 wrote:-= original quote snipped =-

Score can't possibly match Sportsnet. They were good for at least 3 or 4 non Raps game a week.

Its true, cuz sportsnet had the pacific, western, eastern and all the other zoned channels...

Yay for basketball slowly dying! :clap:

Nia · Post #19 » by **Nia** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:02 am

Russ369 wrote:Am I the only canadian who despises hockey? I think its the most useless sport... Meh.

I'm not Canadian, but I feel like I am one, living here for a long time. But I couldn't agree w/ u more................

Russ369 · Post #20 » by **Russ369** » Tue Mar 18, 2008 5:03 am

Well i wasnt born here either, but i lived here for TOO long... im pretty much one of them...

ooo how much i love talking **** about hockey at work.... get all the geezers fired up! HAR HAR!