After watching a hockey game and making note of several “changes” the NHL has made in recent years, I came to realize how Gery Bettman has put an estimated $2.2 billion dollars into the coffers for this year. When there was a power play, it was the KFC power play, and there isn’t just a camera in the net anymore. No, it’s now brought to you by “Mr. Brooks”. Has hockey gone too far with advertising or maybe not far enough? Here’s what I expect to be listening to during the Stanley Cup Finals:
Mike Emrick – Late in the third period and the score is tied a two. The Ducks move the puck through the neutral zone. Cut off by Spezza. Oh my!!! What a hit by Pronger! That hit was brought to you by the new season of “The Sopranos”.
Eddie Olczyk – That hit might put him in cement shoes, eh Doc?
M. E. – Sure might. Alfredsson corrals the puck and sends it up ice missing everyone. That’s going to be icing.
E. O. – Betty Crocker icing Doc, life is full of sweet moments!
M. E. – The faceoff will be deep in the Senators zone and sponsored by Clearasil. If you want soft, unblemished skin, scrub your face off each day with Clearasil Daily Cleanser.
E. O. – Oh, can’t beat it, Doc.
M. E. – Faceoff won by Spezza. Pass to Alfredsson. He drives up the wing, slowed by Marchman, there’s going to be a penalty.
E. O. – Hooking is the call. And nobody does hooking better than our friends at the Chicken Ranch Cathouse in Nevada, eh Doc?
M. E. – Ah, sure, Edzo. Heatley picks up the loose puck, swings wide and enters the zone. Slips down the slot, fires a high shot. What a save by Giguere!
E. O. – Woo, woo, woo, woo ,woooooo!!! You won’t see any better save than that except for one, and the United Church of Christ can tell you about that one!
M. E. – Time has expired here in the third period and the score remains tied at two! We’ll be back for Hockey Central and overtime after a brief word from our sponsors.
That may be a bit extreme, but you get the picture. And you know what? I’m not sure if I give a rat’s ass if they do it. As long as they spend the extra money to pay NBC or some other FREE network, to televise the entire game, start to finish, first faceoff to the last overtime, so that anyone who wants to watch the fastest game on earth, CAN watch it.
Mike Emrick – Late in the third period and the score is tied a two. The Ducks move the puck through the neutral zone. Cut off by Spezza. Oh my!!! What a hit by Pronger! That hit was brought to you by the new season of “The Sopranos”.
Eddie Olczyk – That hit might put him in cement shoes, eh Doc?
M. E. – Sure might. Alfredsson corrals the puck and sends it up ice missing everyone. That’s going to be icing.
E. O. – Betty Crocker icing Doc, life is full of sweet moments!
M. E. – The faceoff will be deep in the Senators zone and sponsored by Clearasil. If you want soft, unblemished skin, scrub your face off each day with Clearasil Daily Cleanser.
E. O. – Oh, can’t beat it, Doc.
M. E. – Faceoff won by Spezza. Pass to Alfredsson. He drives up the wing, slowed by Marchman, there’s going to be a penalty.
E. O. – Hooking is the call. And nobody does hooking better than our friends at the Chicken Ranch Cathouse in Nevada, eh Doc?
M. E. – Ah, sure, Edzo. Heatley picks up the loose puck, swings wide and enters the zone. Slips down the slot, fires a high shot. What a save by Giguere!
E. O. – Woo, woo, woo, woo ,woooooo!!! You won’t see any better save than that except for one, and the United Church of Christ can tell you about that one!
M. E. – Time has expired here in the third period and the score remains tied at two! We’ll be back for Hockey Central and overtime after a brief word from our sponsors.
That may be a bit extreme, but you get the picture. And you know what? I’m not sure if I give a rat’s ass if they do it. As long as they spend the extra money to pay NBC or some other FREE network, to televise the entire game, start to finish, first faceoff to the last overtime, so that anyone who wants to watch the fastest game on earth, CAN watch it.
