As all of you know I’m not one to really pen pure opinion pieces, but after reading the US national TV schedule and seeing how many times the Minnesota Wild are on NBC and NBCSN next season it just makes me have to speak up. The Wild are televised 12 times which seems to actually be a bit above the league standard, but the issue I have is that the Wild are not at the league standard, they are above it.
The issue at hand really is that the Wild are sixth in the league in local television average rating according to a SportsBusiness Journal report in April of this year, and the NBC schedule has eight teams that will appear as much or more than the Wild.