It has been done before and I’m not surprised if Finland really managed to fuck this up again. Look at Nordic skiing, after all the doping cases, how many truly gets excited about the sport anymore. Now it seems that there are some people and organizations in Finland, trying their best to kill ice hockey.
I think it all started when MTV3 (Finnish tv channel and broadcaster) bought the rights from Yle (Government funded Broadcaster) last year. It was inevitable that the games will move to channels in which you have to subscribe and pay. In nutshell it means that something that you have watched for free is now something you have to pay for. Not exactly, as they are showing the games for free where Finland is playing.
Then the hockey federation in Finland, which is in my opinion from stone age. Think F1 where Bernie has the rights for the sport, well in Finland we have Kalervo “Kale€” Kummola who steers the hockey in Finland the way he wants. After a successful victory for Finland in 2011, what would be a better idea then put the prices for the tickets as high as possible, of course people will pay….NOT… Didn’t happen, would you pay 150€ for a hockey game you can watch for free from the TV? After 2-4 weeks of denial they decided to change the pricing for the tickets, good job but too late, you lost the trust of people and you won’t get that back any time soon.
Final bit was to ask IIHF to delay their live streaming on YouTube so people are not able to watch hockey from the internet. Now if you know a bit of web this is not the case as you can still find links that will stream it live. Little googling and social media you will end up watching the games live, whether you like it or not. Not sure about the facts but at least according to YLE someone has filed a complaint about the streaming (I have gut feeling that it has something to do with mtv3 as mentioned in the story). To give you a little bit of background, mtv3 likes IP detection and they don’t allow people to watch their content outside the country. So for me it means that as I live abroad there is no way that I can watch the games live.
What I’m saying is that, if Kummola and the hockey federation has not learned their lesson by now, they should really consider of some very intense actions to improve the situation for the future. It’s not working this way at all and when people are upset the sport will be facing a slow death. It’s just sad to watch and see how this is going to end. It’s time to get some fresh blood and thinking to the hockey federation! Welcome to the 21st century.
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