Be honest... did you watch the Winter Classic?
I didn’t. I was more captivated by the Outback Bowl and SBNation’s own Ryan Nanni playing the role of the blooming onion coupled with Will Muschamp outcoaching Jim Harbaugh. Both were impossible dreams coming true.
NBC has shown that they do not have a plan B when the big/proven market clubs aren’t as good as advertised. The NHL has blame to own in this as well.
The 2017 MLB Playoffs saw three of the four largest TV markets in the United States represented in the League Championship Series (NYC, LA, Houston, Chicago), with Phoenix, Denver, Washington D.