NBC Screws Red Wing fans

Ya know. NBC, formerly the National Broadcasting Company, newly renamed the Nationally Broadcasting Crosby, has blacked out “Joe Vision” for tonight’s game six in the Stanley Cup Finals.

Joe Vision has been around for roughly 15 years, since the Wings entered the 1995 Stanley Cup Finals against the New Jersey Devils. What it is, is a venue for people who can’t afford, or get tickets to Joe Louis Arena to watch the big game at Joe Louis Arena when the wings are out of town. The team displays all the bells and whistles, including Al the Octopus, the horn when Detroit scores a goal, etc.

The problem is this: NBC holds the exclusive rights to broadcast the game nationally and is not allowing the Wings to put on Joe Vision. According to an article on today’s Detroit News Online by Terry Foster, “NHL spokesman Frank Brown said the league is sympathetic to Wings fans but must support its broadcast partner. “We need to be sensitive to the business end of things and that business is ratings driven,” Brown said.
NBC spokesperson Brian Walker did not respond to requests for comment.

This is ridiculous!!! Who the hell does NBC think they are? Really?

First of all, the TV Channel Versus, which coincidentally carries the NBC feed allowed Pittsburgh’s Mellon arena to broadcast their HOME games from right outside the arena, also known as “The Igloo”. Yet another way for NBC to keep their lips firmly attached to NHL All-star spokesperson Sidney Crosby’s ass.

The last time I checked the only thing Sidney Crosby was actually won was a Conference Championship and his highness, the prince, has so far, had his ass handed to him for the second consecutive year. Hell this year he has a whopping ONE WHOLE GOAL. OOOOOOOHHHHHH. Nice playoffs champ.

So how do the great people of Hockeytown fight back and actually hurt NBC’s ratings? That’s right we can actually hurt NBC’s glorious ratings. Watch the game on the Canadian Broadcasting Company, CBC. I know Bob Cole’s not there this year but they still have Don Cherry and although they’re still Canadian player and Crosby slanted in their views, it would hopefully send a clear message to NBC.

Anyway, that’s my rant, I hope you enjoyed. And I hope Prince Sidney gets shutout by Detroit again tonight and he has to stand on his home ice for the second year in a row and watch as Lidstrom, Zetterberg, Datsyuk, and Osgood skate around the Igloo hoisting Lord Stanley’s coveted Prize.

I usually am a Montreal Canadiens fan first and Wings second but, thanks to NBC I say, GO WINGS!!!!