Submitted by randoyinzer t3_11cgard in pittsburgh
Brak710 t1_ja5cdn7 wrote
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Do you have a source on that? From what I see online it’s not even remotely close.
Impossible-Bit-5304 t1_ja5dy63 wrote
You can Google articles online. Pirates broadcasts are typically either right at where the Penguins are, or higher.
Maybe not last years but typically over the past 15 years it’s either very close or Pirates are higher.
Brak710 t1_ja5etej wrote
I’ve googled this and can find absolutely nothing that confirms your anecdote.
Please provide the sources.
Impossible-Bit-5304 t1_ja5ewm7 wrote
Sports Business Journal and Forbes has articles every year.
Brak710 t1_ja5fnpv wrote
Provide the source links.
But I know you can’t find it because there isn’t any.
Impossible-Bit-5304 t1_ja5fv9z wrote
If you don’t know how to properly use search engines to find articles telling you what sports teams local tv ratings were in any given year, you’re beyond help, and you won’t believe it anyway, you seem dead set on believing the Pens are some huge draw just because they lead the NHL. It’s all relative.
Brak710 t1_ja5ggw2 wrote
Pirates ~40,000 per game avg.
That’s it. That’s near half of what the Penguins get.
Impossible-Bit-5304 t1_ja5h49p wrote
https://www.sportsbusinessjournal.com/Journal/Issues/2015/04/20/Media/NHL-RSNs.aspx
In 2015, Pirates were much higher. It’s typically more even, or Pirates higher.
Brak710 t1_ja5hgm4 wrote
2015 lol
The pirates should hire you when they’re trying to sell this shit team’s broadcast rights to next RSN.
Impossible-Bit-5304 t1_ja5hwvu wrote
2015 is just as relevant as Covid year 2020 when the entire season was delayed months, leading to serious disinterest across the entire sport.
BlimeyFish t1_jabnrc3 wrote
I have also seen these articles and the Pirates regularly out rate the Penguins. But I'm also not searching for the articles and giving you links because you don't know how to use the google machine. Do your own work.
Brak710 t1_jacijw4 wrote
We cannot find them. Try searching for them and you’ll see the issue. You’re asking me to prove a negative.
The first guy here had to settle for a 2015 article.
apitbullnamedzeus t1_jacoj8v wrote
Making a claim and telling someone else to do your homework for you is lazy bullshit.
Rellimie t1_ja61pdf wrote
I don’t doubt this could be true. Hockey is like the 5th or 6th most popular professional sport in the US. Baseball is 2nd or 3rd.
It’s not close either, hockey is so far down the popularity list it’s funny.
69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_ja8ce84 wrote
The NHL is the entire world's fifth highest revenue sports league.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_professional_sports_leagues_by_revenue
You have an odd definition of "so far down the popularity list".
Rellimie t1_jab51d0 wrote
As I said, the US, not the world.
69FunnyNumberGuy420 t1_jabc4u7 wrote
It's the 4th highest revenue league in the US.
The US is a part of the world, surprisingly enough.
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