Hockey's Popularity: What Happened?
Martina Sawayn
2025-04-07 18:50:59
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There is no singular reason but rather a combination of many different ones. Violence is very polarizing, as people usually love it or want it gone from the game entirely. With all the news surrounding chronic traumatic encephalopathy in the past few years, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman adamantly dismissed the link between playing hockey and developing CTE.
Since the NHL does not bring in as much money as other leagues, TV stations are more reluctant to broadcast NHL games, causing less exposure to the sport. Another reason hockey is not very popular is that it costs a lot of money to buy the equipment. Not only that, but one also needs to find a rink to play hockey in.
Similar to the NFL, the NHL’s most glaring inconsistencies are regarding suspensions and the Department of Player Safety.
Newell Franecki
2025-04-07 18:27:08
Count answers: 6
Watching hockey is boring. Ours is a sport that’s watched largely by the people who play it; that makes it a minority sport. It simply doesn’t have the cultural and historical heft of football or cricket, in this country at least. It doesn’t bother me if TV ratings are low the ball’s hard to see, the crowd-noise is weedy, and all those crouching athletes give me backache.
I don’t want hockey to take over the world. I don’t particularly care if it gets overlooked in favour of other sports.
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