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Only Raptors TV will do a Full Court Press on trade deadline day

WILLIAM HOUSTON

From Wednesday's Globe and Mail

Latest comment posted at 12:28 PM EST 20/02/08

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  1. Billy Biroux from Polar Bear Pit, Nunavet, Canada writes: Raptor TV ratings are up 22%?
    Wow. But whats 22% of nothing?
  2. D. J. Murray from Richmond, Canada writes: If CITY Toronto is anything like CITY Vancouver, it's a joke and shouldn't even be considered for covering a major sports event of any kind. Nor should it be confused with anything approaching news broadcasting.
  3. g h from Canada writes: Nice try Berezin. 10,000 comedians out of work and you're trying to be one.

    Anyways, the coverage of the NHL trade deadline is hilarious. Analysts on three networks tripping over each other to give us the big breaking news on what exactly? One year they had some big discussion on Bates Battaglia being traded for something like an 8th round pick. Who the hell cares??? I immediately turned it off and have not watched any part of these 12 hour Trade Central marathons since.

    I hope absolutely nothing happens on the trade deadline day so these "experts" will have to babble on incessantly for no reason (as if there is much of a reason currently). Perhaps, only then, will others realize that wall to wall coverage of this annual non-event is ridiculous.
  4. Rob C from Rosedale, Canada writes: Thanks for the warning about the Jays game....I'll be sure to watch American Idol that night. Or preferably, spend the evening chewing on some tin foil and scrubbing my head with a cheese grater.
  5. Robert Coles from Harold Neals, Canada writes: OH HARRY!, People, people, people: It's skiing and exhibition baseball. Nobody really gives two hoots about skiing in a non-winter Olympic Year and so what if CITY-TV which is now owned by Rogers wants to cover a pre-season baseball game. I see nothing wrong with watching skiing on a monitor in a warm studio, while enjoying a Grapefruit and getting (Cincinnati) Red in the face watching third stringers like Sal Fasano make a name for themselves on a Toronto-region channel.
  6. Radio Guy from Toronto, Canada writes: I wonder if Sportsnet will be stupid enough to do another Trade Deadline pizza party.

    That look Deadline Day to a new low.
  7. andy c from Canada writes: the NBA trade dealine usually does not amount to much (the blockbuster last year was fred jones for juan dixon) especially this year since most of the big names rumored to be traded have already been traded. i think the only players who might be moved are Carter, JO and most of the knicks roster. the NHL trade dealine shows are just comical. watching a bunch of talking heads on diffrent networks try and beat each other to the punch by a few seconds.
  8. Matt O from Canada writes: To be honest, I can't believe that anyone actually watches TSN's all-day coverage of the "trade deadline." Seriously, anyone who does so is in serious need of a life. Tens of thousands of people here (at least) huddled around their TV screen to hear who got who for "future considerations", and we wonder why China and India are taking over the world.
  9. Billy Biroux from Polar Bear Pit, Nunavet, Canada writes: If the Leafs trade Sundin or Tucker or Karberle it will make the hours of trade deadline coverage worth it.
    And to Matt.
    You may not care about trade deadline day, but obviously lots of people.
  10. Matt O from Canada writes: Billy, my point wasn't about trade deadline day itself, but the ad nauseam coverage it receives, and the people who have nothing better to do than to tune into such coverage.

    It used to be you'd tune into the evening news at the end of the day to hear about all the big trades, or read about them the next day in the newspaper. On-line news sources made things more convenient and instantaneous, which was nice. But to focus so obsessively on the day by watching the hours of typically dry coverage is pretty sad, to my mind.

    It used to be that playing sports was a hobby. But now watching sports is a hobby? I don't get it.
  11. Andrew Bisson from Ottawa, Canada writes: The trade deadline coverage is ridiculous. But Canadians will watching anything on TV related to hockey, so I guess I can't blame the networks.
    Nice to see that the Canucks-Oilers game drew by far the highest ratings for CBC for the late game this year. It is no coincidence that the game was full of intensity and emotion, with several fights breaking out throughout the game. But again, as the media jams down our throat, fighting is bad. dripping with sarcasm
  12. Chris Michaels from Oakville, Canada writes: Sundin for Downie and a first round pick. You heard it here first!

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