That adds up to 33 of the 34 games this season. The missing game? April 7th @ FaKe SaLt LaKe. At the same time as that game the Nuggets and Avs are also playing and being shown on Altitude and Altitude2. The Rapids game will be shown tape-delayed on Altitude. For a normal game I'd roll with that, but a Rocky Mountain Cup match against FSL? That sucks. Luckily I've heard that the Rapids are working on a number of options to make the match available live to fans. I'm guessing this will be a viewing party with a direct feed somewhere in Denver and/or a lifting of the normal blackout restrictions on MLS Direct Kick and MLS Live. We'll see what they come up with.
The on-air talent this year will be Todd Romero doing play-by-play and Marcelo Balboa once again doing color. Romero has no play-by-play experience outside of World Wrestling Entertainment, so I have my concerns that we're going to have yet another season of Balboa having to explain the game to his partner instead of having two experienced people calling the game. This is particularly annoying since I know two play-by-play broadcasters with MLS experience contacted Colorado about doing games this year only to be passed over for a new guy.
On the bright side though, we get 32 of 34 games live in HD.
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How many of these games will get bumped to Altitude 2 if the Nuggets or Av's make the playoffs.
I think it's crap that Altitude can't find a HD channel for Altitude 2.
I'm not a NBA or NHL fan but I believe all of their playoff games are covered under National contracts, so Altitude wouldn't carry any of them.
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