DiamondJoe writes:
> I'm actually going to predict at least a blackout of one
> month of SportsNet/NY on Cablevision. One month, at least. I
> can't see it go the entire season, like the initial season
> of YES. Not after the net loss on both sides after that
> ordeal...
I think it'll be a lot longer than a month unless Sportsnet-New York offers Cablevision some great terms. Sportsnet-New York probably won't be available to Cablevision viewers at all during the 2006 Mets' season.
And in the end, Cablevision founder and chairman Chuck Dolan will be the one who makes the decision as to whether Sportsnet gets on his systems. He'll only give the okay if he gets very generous terms. Barring that, he'll stonewall.