My Take on the Media (Part 3)

When i first started watching hockey, ESPN was the only network that carried games on a regular basis. But around 1994, FOX got into the business and started to air games almost as frequent as ESPN did. Now here's the interesting thing about FOX's coverage of hockey. In my mind, i believed that FOX tried to make the sport of hockey appeal to those who enjoyed speciall effects and other popular thing you would see in other sports broadcasts. I thought that this idea went away from the sport and in my mind made the sport less popular. Sure, the new effects added such as the FoxTrax, which put an icon on the puck as it went along in order for fans to be able to find the puck easily, made the game look more futuristic, but i think for those who were loyal to the game made it less appealing. FOX did a good job with the NHL and it was unfortunate that they lost their rights to ABC. But from there, i thought the game got  whole lot better.