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About This Page: This is a discussion on NHL Talk within the LetsGoKings.com forums, at Los Angeles Kings Hockey Fan Forum. Football’s Holy Grail is a silver football sitting on an elongated pedestal. That’s it. Nothing else. At 23 inches tall, it is often dwarfed by the behemoths of men who
Football’s Holy Grail is a silver football sitting on an elongated pedestal. That’s it. Nothing else. At 23 inches tall, it is often dwarfed by the behemoths of men who hold it in one hand like a stick over their heads in victory.
Somehow, this slight of a symbol doesn’t fit all the grandiose of the game it represents. The impact of the trophy pales in comparison to the effort it takes to achieve the accomplishment.
That's the size they deserve. Only playing 16 games or so in a regular season and one game "series" each round... Whereas the winning team of the Cup has to go through 82 games + 7 game series in each round.
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That's the size they deserve. Only playing 16 games or so in a regular season and one game "series" each round... Whereas the winning team of the Cup has to go through 82 games + 7 game series in each round.
Winning the Stanley Cup is a grind for sure, but if a championship is won, and nobody watches, did it really happen? I'm not exactly sure, but what's the Superbowl viewership compared to that of the last game of the Cup finals?
The NFL with its silver football, the NBA with their golden basketball, and the MLB with their platter of mini-flags are terrible choices for championship trophies.
The NHL has some pretty sweet trophies. The Stanley Cup is by far the greatest.
Winning the Stanley Cup is a grind for sure, but if a championship is won, and nobody watches, did it really happen? I'm not exactly sure, but what's the Superbowl viewership compared to that of the last game of the Cup finals?
It was close. Superbowl Sunday is like a holiday. Even people who hate football watch the game. Some only to watch the commercials. Talk about a tv networks dream; people actually care more about the network making money than the actuall event.
According to Mediaweek, game four of The Stanley Cup Finals on NBC received 3.02 million viewers and a 1.2/ 3 among adults 18-49 in prime time. The year-ago Stanley Cup match-up scored 3.13 million viewers and a 1.3/ 4 in the demo, based on the final nationals on June 12, 2006.
According to Nielsen's preliminary overnight ratings, a record number of Super Bowl viewers tuned in to watch the Giants shock the world™ by upsetting the heavily favored, once-unbeatable-seeming Patriots, with 97.5 million people tuning in (and 105.9 million at its peak) for the game. The telecast may also finish as the second-most-watched event of all time, behind MASH's 1983 finale.
It was close. Superbowl Sunday is like a holiday. Even people who hate football watch the game. Some only to watch the commercials. Talk about a tv networks dream; people actually care more about the network making money than the actuall event.
According to Mediaweek, game four of The Stanley Cup Finals on NBC received 3.02 million viewers and a 1.2/ 3 among adults 18-49 in prime time. The year-ago Stanley Cup match-up scored 3.13 million viewers and a 1.3/ 4 in the demo, based on the final nationals on June 12, 2006.
According to Nielsen's preliminary overnight ratings, a record number of Super Bowl viewers tuned in to watch the Giants shock the world™ by upsetting the heavily favored, once-unbeatable-seeming Patriots, with 97.5 million people tuning in (and 105.9 million at its peak) for the game. The telecast may also finish as the second-most-watched event of all time, behind MASH's 1983 finale.
It's football..I don't care because...Hockey is better....
It was close. Superbowl Sunday is like a holiday. Even people who hate football watch the game. Some only to watch the commercials. Talk about a tv networks dream; people actually care more about the network making money than the actuall event.
According to Mediaweek, game four of The Stanley Cup Finals on NBC received 3.02 million viewers and a 1.2/ 3 among adults 18-49 in prime time. The year-ago Stanley Cup match-up scored 3.13 million viewers and a 1.3/ 4 in the demo, based on the final nationals on June 12, 2006.
According to Nielsen's preliminary overnight ratings, a record number of Super Bowl viewers tuned in to watch the Giants shock the world™ by upsetting the heavily favored, once-unbeatable-seeming Patriots, with 97.5 million people tuning in (and 105.9 million at its peak) for the game. The telecast may also finish as the second-most-watched event of all time, behind MASH's 1983 finale.
I don't think it's much of a question which championship series draws more. Obviously the NFL. However that also has to do with it being a one-game series, so that skews it a bit. If the NFL post season was 7-game series with 4 rounds, I would not expect each game to draw that kind of viewership. The reason Superbowl Sunday is an unofficial holiday here is because the nature of being one game.
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Super Bowl no match for Lord Stanley's Cup 
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