Yes tv games became prety messy since they spread out the money. Before the result on fans was probably the same, but then you at least got this nice bonus of cash which make you feel better none the less.
Also the fact that PO games are all TV games sucks as in PO there can only be 1 winner in the end, so 7 teams will end with a last bad TV game. Also in the Tie break it realy doesn't matter if you win the second game at home, since next day, in your opponent's arena, you are about to loose, so there is no use for that TV game anyway... There is also no money from tv for those games. Initially I even thought they where no TV games.
Your concern of spreading over the season hit me last year as well. First a good tv game, a few weeks later I lost. Then I had to wait 7 or 8 weeks to finally get my next TV game, which was the last of the season...
I hope they do not influence the fans who visit to much, just slightly, because otherwise there would be to much diffrence and too much advantage or disadvantage between teams purely based on when the TV games are, against whom and where...
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