Your fave sport sucks

by **Y4NK33 PL4N3T** » January 24th, 2015, 2:28 am

And will continue to suck compared to the NHL since they just inked a deal with GoPro to bring action cams to televised hockey across the United States and Canada using the camera company's newly developed broadcast solution.:champ :winner

Basically, in order for GoPros to be usable in live broadcast settings, the company had to develop a very small very lightweight wireless transmitter. The inaugural usage will be this weekend's skills competition before the All Star Game. The cameras are ready for use during the game itself, but it's not 100 percent clear whether they'll be used in the broadcast.

The path forward after this weekend isn't totally clear, but broadly, you should expect to see more and more GoPro footage. It's not clear if regular season games will see players with GoPros mounted to their heads, or if they cameras will just be littered around the rink. GoPro tells me that that "NHL and NHLPA have the technology and are free to use it as little as much as they want." They're not contractually obligated to, though, and players can be resistant to such tech.

Either way, that video above. More of that. Yes. That rules.

Hockey is a blazing fast sport that requires insane skills, but while it can be fun to watch on TV, you can lose a lot of the action just trying to keep track of the puck. Bringing instant replays that are full of wide angle shots that show a closer perspective to what players are seeing could provide just the immersive kick the sport and its viewers need

:pimp Suck it bitches.

by **Y4NK33 PL4N3T** » January 24th, 2015, 2:50 am

sellular1 wrote::yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn :jerkit :yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn

:stfu :homo or I'll knock the rest of your boyfriend's teeth out.

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by **Y4NK33 PL4N3T** » January 24th, 2015, 11:49 pm

sellular1 wrote:
Y4NK33 PL4N3T wrote:
sellular1 wrote::yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn :jerkit :yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn :yawn

:stfu :homo or I'll knock the rest of your boyfriend's teeth out.

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:biglol That was funny :2thumbs

:dog

by **Eye_of_Horus** » January 25th, 2015, 12:43 am

Hockey is great in person, but it's just so damn boring on tv.

by **Y4NK33 PL4N3T** » January 25th, 2015, 7:37 am

Eye_of_Horus wrote:Hockey is great in person, but it's just so damn boring on tv.

Makes no sense. :aup

by **JdPat04** » January 25th, 2015, 11:40 am

My fav sport doesn't need tricks like go pro cams to make it better and try to trick people into watching

by **Muck FcDisney** » January 25th, 2015, 4:20 pm

Just another desperate gimmick from the major sport most likely to fail and disappear forever. Remember the highlighted pucks? :dog

by **Y4NK33 PL4N3T** » January 25th, 2015, 5:37 pm

JdPat04 wrote:My fav sport doesn't need tricks like go pro cams to make it better and try to trick people into watching

"Tricks" :facepalm

by **Y4NK33 PL4N3T** » January 25th, 2015, 5:39 pm

Muck FcDisney wrote:Just another desperate gimmick from the major sport most likely to fail and disappear forever. Remember the highlighted pucks? :dog

It's ratings keep climbing :sadyes What's really failing is any major sport in Atlanta. :sadyes

Hawks are on 1st, team's for sale and fans still won't go on Tinder night :biglol

by **frazier9495** » January 25th, 2015, 11:20 pm

Y4NK33 PL4N3T wrote:
Eye_of_Horus wrote:Hockey is great in person, but it's just so damn boring on tv.

Makes no sense. :aup

But it is 100% true

by **Muck FcDisney** » January 25th, 2015, 11:44 pm

frazier9495 wrote:
Y4NK33 PL4N3T wrote:
Eye_of_Horus wrote:Hockey is great in person, but it's just so damn boring on tv.

Makes no sense. :aup

But it is 100% true

Yep. YP is the only person I've ever heard disagree.

by **Y4NK33 PL4N3T** » January 26th, 2015, 5:06 am

Muck FcDisney wrote:
frazier9495 wrote:
Y4NK33 PL4N3T wrote:
Eye_of_Horus wrote:Hockey is great in person, but it's just so damn boring on tv.

Makes no sense. :aup

But it is 100% true

Yep. YP is the only person I've ever heard disagree.

You've never heard me say anything :liar

by **JdPat04** » January 26th, 2015, 12:40 pm

Y4NK33 PL4N3T wrote:
Muck FcDisney wrote:
frazier9495 wrote:
Y4NK33 PL4N3T wrote:
Eye_of_Horus wrote:Hockey is great in person, but it's just so damn boring on tv.

Makes no sense. :aup

But it is 100% true

Yep. YP is the only person I've ever heard disagree.

You've never heard me say anything :liar

:ays

by **Muck FcDisney** » January 26th, 2015, 2:31 pm

Y4NK33 PL4N3T wrote:
Muck FcDisney wrote:
frazier9495 wrote:
Y4NK33 PL4N3T wrote:
Eye_of_Horus wrote:Hockey is great in person, but it's just so damn boring on tv.

Makes no sense. :aup

But it is 100% true

Yep. YP is the only person I've ever heard disagree.

You've never heard me say anything :liar

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by **Muck FcDisney** » January 26th, 2015, 2:40 pm

Y4NK33 PL4N3T wrote:
Muck FcDisney wrote:Just another desperate gimmick from the major sport most likely to fail and disappear forever. Remember the highlighted pucks? :dog

It's ratings keep climbing :sadyes

Whale shit has nowhere to go but up. So... uh, congrats?

From 4/24/14:

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"Meanwhile, the only NHL game to even register among the top-viewed cable programming was Saturday’s double-overtime thriller between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins. The game’s ratings numbers – a 0.3 rating with 850,000 viewers – rank it just behind an afternoon SpongeBob SquarePants episode and a late-night Full House rerun."

[img2]http://files.sharenator.com/sb8_Cool_Story_Bro-s274x295-241203.jpg[/img2]

by **Muck FcDisney** » January 26th, 2015, 2:44 pm

Y4NK33 PL4N3T wrote:What's really failing is any major sport in Atlanta. :sadyes

Hawks are on 1st, team's for sale and fans still won't go on Tinder night :biglol

Solid deflection! :clap

You may want to brush up on the meaning of the word "failing" though. ;)

37-8 with 88% attendance

or

8-37 with 100% attendance

:thought Pretty sure anyone who doesn't own the team would take the former. :2thumbs

by **ericberry14** » January 26th, 2015, 3:06 pm

Muck FcDisney wrote:
Y4NK33 PL4N3T wrote:
Muck FcDisney wrote:Just another desperate gimmick from the major sport most likely to fail and disappear forever. Remember the highlighted pucks? :dog

It's ratings keep climbing :sadyes

Whale shit has nowhere to go but up. So... uh, congrats?

From 4/24/14:

[img2]http://d1t1ffh0q3ykrs.cloudfront.net/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/nhl-vs-nba-tv-ratings-not-even-close.jpg-628x358.jpg[/img2]
"Meanwhile, the only NHL game to even register among the top-viewed cable programming was Saturday’s double-overtime thriller between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Pittsburgh Penguins. The game’s ratings numbers – a 0.3 rating with 850,000 viewers – rank it just behind an afternoon SpongeBob SquarePants episode and a late-night Full House rerun."

[img2]http://files.sharenator.com/sb8_Cool_Story_Bro-s274x295-241203.jpg[/img2]

Holy shit :biglol that is fucking hilarious

by **ScotchFrost97** » January 26th, 2015, 4:49 pm

Holy shit. Total and utter deyorstedness :roasted :shocker :shocker :ROFL2

by **JdPat04** » January 26th, 2015, 5:51 pm

ScotchFrost97 wrote:Holy shit. Total and utter deyorstedness :roasted :shocker :shocker :ROFL2

by **frazier9495** » January 26th, 2015, 6:56 pm

YP will either ignore the post or claim deflection :dog

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