Will Saturday's finale be on TV?

BHTC Mike · Oct 20, 2009

I posted this last night on the U-Sector forum:

Let's start beating the drums now folks! Email GolTV and ask them what they're planning to do AFTER the NYRB-TFC game concludes. Our season CAN'T be decided based on TFC's result alone; win, lose, or draw we'll have to see the results of the other games around the league all of which will conclude after TFC's.

NYRB - TFC 7:30pm
KC - DC 8:30pm
RSL - Col 9:00pm
Sea - FCD 10:30pm

This could be one awesome night of North American footy!

Okay,

So, after all the head scratching one thing is clear: TFC's play-off destiny WILL NOT BE KNOWN AFTER THEIR GAME CONCLUDES AT 9:30pm.

What are the chances that we'll actually get to see the end of the MLS season play out on television?

MLSE now controls a digital specialty channel dedicated to soccer. If they want to be taken seriously they need to be on top of this story. I understand that TFC doesn't run GolTV per se. I understand that rights deals are complicated. I understand that ratings are largely abysmal right now. But this is an investment in the future of TFC AND the league they play in. TV ratings are never going to improve until Canadian soccer fans start to become fans of the league and follow it just like they'd follow a foreign league. Saturday night presents an unprecedented opportunity to start building that audience. Optimally they'd already be running the promos (and sending out emails) NOW!

In a perfect world I'd like to see an in-studio team monitoring each outside market game and switching to them when moments of interest happen. There'd be particular interest in the the Rapids game and coverage would default back to the Dallas game if nothing else is going on. As results change there'd be continuous updating of the standings, analysis of the tiebreak situation, and charts of the potential play-off match-ups. And if things aren't completely clear they'd be showing the Revolution game on Sunday too!

Impossible? Almost certainly. That's not going to stop me from asking though. We've been pretty spoiled with TFC coverage since the team started but now it's time for MLSE/GolTV to really step up. Don't keep pushing your core audience to grey market internet sites! I'd even consider buying DirectKick for this if I had any confidence that my internet wouldn't explode at the critical moment; this should really be something PUSHED into people's houses though and not something they have to go looking for.
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adammac19 · Oct 20, 2009

As much as it is a great idea I can't see it happening though I will threw in my support. They only just started to show other MLS games in the form of ESPN game of the week. I will enjoy it as I have match center and most of the games will be shown live so I just have to hook up by labtop to my tv

atlanticTFCfan · Oct 20, 2009

All the more to have a subscription to MLS Match Center. That way, you'll never have to worry about not seeing the other matches!

kaos1970 · Oct 23, 2009

BHTC Mike said: ↑

I posted this last night on the U-Sector forum:

Let's start beating the drums now folks! Email GolTV and ask them what they're planning to do AFTER the NYRB-TFC game concludes. Our season CAN'T be decided based on TFC's result alone; win, lose, or draw we'll have to see the results of the other games around the league all of which will conclude after TFC's.

NYRB - TFC 7:30pm
KC - DC 8:30pm
RSL - Col 9:00pm
Sea - FCD 10:30pm

This could be one awesome night of North American footy!
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SEATTLE/FCD WILL BE ON GOLTV TOMORROW NIGHT FOLKS. Now you get to see the end of the season!

http://www.mlsnet.com//news/team_ne...id=7535828&vkey=news_t280&fext=.jsp&team=t280

TFCfootyfan · Oct 24, 2009

Any live feeds that anyone knows about??

ArteEtLabore · Oct 24, 2009

http://atdhe.net/10072/watch-new-york-red-bulls-vs-toronto-fc