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Versus gives to MMA one day, then takes the next by cancelling ‘The Daily Line’

October 30, 2010 � UFC Betting Staff � Jump to comments

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From the world of the bizarre comes the news that Versus has canceled the late night sports show “The Daily Line.”

Why bizarre?

It was just a day ago that Versus upped the ante with mixed martial arts by agreeing to be a big part of televising the new UFC.

Zuffa announced it was merging the WEC and UFC and debuting four new UFC cards to be televised on Versus in 2011. But today we get bad news, learning that “The Daily Line” is done because of ‘anemic’ ratings, as described by Sports Business Daily’s John Ourand via Twitter.

That’s a lousy break for MMA and its fans. ESPN is getting more consistent with its MMA coverage on the television side but its not all the way there. The Worldwide Leader still doesn’t send the “MMA Live” crew to every big U.S. event. That has to happen eventually.

Using “The Daily Line,” Versus was doing great job of covering the sport on fight nights with excellent postfight coverage. MMA deserves to be covered just like the other major sports with immediate reaction from experts on the scene or in studio. And just like the NFL, NBA and MLB, going back to the scene of the event for interviews with the fighters is a must.

So whether or not you liked everything about ‘The Daily Line’ is irrelevant. For MMA fans, less legitimate media coverage of the sport in the short term is a bad thing. One would guess Versus must have some other ideas in the works. The network has to be interested in providing some new content to get the same sort of prefight publicity it delivered in 2010 when it unveils the new UFC cards in 2011.

It’s also a bad break for aspiring MMA media folks. Ariel Helwani was developing into the first mainstream media voice on television. Hopefully people continue to see what he’s doing as a writer/podcast host at Fanhouse and can add more television action to his plate.

I’m not a hockey fan but this must be disappointing to the NHL as well. The show did a nice job of covering hockey as the sport tries to recover from a bevy of disastrous television moves the last few years.

Tip via Sports by Brooks

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