I make no secret about my disdain over hockey on Versus but this short post from November of 07 even had me scratching my head……
Well Versus did it once again. For those who didn’t watch the Tuesday Night tilt between the Rangers and Isles….you missed about a 2 1/2 to nearly 3 minute glitch in their system where there was no hockey. If this ever happened on a major network…it would be fixed like that but I kept expecting hockey and well a couple minutes doesn’t seem like a lot but it happened right after the Rangers had just scored to make it 1-0….weird indeed!
What angered me more is that this is obviously not the first time. Isolated incidents are one thing but this is a bit of a pattern. I can remember all the way back to the first game ever on Versus….where they had no audio first and video then vice versa. I was waiting for them to blame it on solar flares but I don’t think they had any clue what was happening until it was too late. There have been other times where I went to turn the game on…and PBR was on….not something I necessarily want to see.
It seems Versus will be televising hockey in some form as the deal runs thru the 2010-2011 season….but they need to correct these glitches. I think the overall product of their telecasts has improved a bit over when it started but they still have much work to do and that shouldn’t be. A contract with ESPN2 seems awfully nice right about now…..doesn’t it?
