NBC rescinds broadcast rights to Game 6 of Stanley Cup Final

NBC has rescinded the broadcast rights for Game 6 tomorrow meaning that fans in Detroit accustomed to watching away games on Joe Vision at Joe Louis Arena will have to find another venue. Penguins fans will not be able to watch the game in the plaza outside the Ice Cube either. NBC maintains that having 10,000 to 15,000 fans at the Joe to watch the game together (and 7,000 on the plaza at Mellon Arena) reduces the number of sets tuned to NBC for the game. I don't know how they do it in Pittsburgh but Joe Vision viewers have always ponied up a couple bucks and the proceeds go to charity. It's a shame NBC is playing it like this - greed is ugly, whether it's bankers, book-cookers, predatory mortgage lenders or money-grubbing network executives. And all for a microscopic hitch in the ratings. Makes me wish I was in Ann Arbor watching the game with my old softball buddies at the Grotto (shout out to Glen and Chip and Krause Street!). There would be about 40 sets of eyes on the garage TV enjoying great hockey and sticking it to NBC.