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Originally Posted by calgaryrocks

while I somewhat agree, I also disagree. look at the superbowl, people get together to watch more for the parties then the actual game. heck the name of the game is 'superbowl'!

I don't think the Super Bowl is a good indicator of hype. The NFL is obviously going to make a spectacle out of their championship game. Every sport does that. I agree that some of it is pretty over the top, but most people I know hate that part of it. However, everything else in the above paragraph could just as easily be applied to the Grey Cup.

I guess I would throw in gambling in the hype in that people talk about it because they are in a pool or have a proline ticket.

Okay, but is gambling part of the hype or a by-product of the quality of the game? I like hockey, but I don't gamble on it because I'm not interested in watching games that the Flames aren't involved in. The NFL is very unique in that you have thousands, if not millions of people, who bet on games just so they have an excuse to watch them. People don't bet on the CFL because they don't want to watch the games.

the CFL just doesn't have that to the same degree (only 4 games a week, i know). also that people across Canada watch it despite having just about no Canadian connections to the league. sure it is high quality football and entertaining. but how did we start to like it with no connections (like going out to the game in the local stadium). the NFL is completely american. most people i know don't watch european soccer, despite it having the highest talented players in the world (ok, divers maybe not a good example).

The nationalist mantra from CFL fans is unbearable. Which do you watch more, Canadian movies or American movies?

I watch European soccer. I even have a team. How did those two Czech dudes form a strong enough connection with the Flames to want to travel all the way to Calgary to see a game? People will form their own connections if the product on the field entices them to do so. I don't think anybody is an NFL fan just because FOX has a dancing robot during their broadcasts.

anther hype thing is commercials etc (i guess that is content though), TSN ads for NFL games are better then the CFL ones, despite it being in Canada.

I haven't noticed this, but it's pretty irrelevant. Advertisers pay for certain slots. They generally broadcast their best spots in the timeslots they think will have the most viewers.

NFL-only fans get all pumped up to watch some team from the southern states, but won't step foot in a stadium in their own city,

Why is this so egregious? I should go out and pay to sit through hours of what I consider to be crappy football, just because they're in the same city as me?

maybe its not hype, but changing the rules would have no effect on thier attitudes

and I do like the CFL rules, many CFL fans might not watch it as much if they changed them to NFL rules, another reason not to change the rules to NFL rules

I agree with all of this. I think the CFL should continue to cater to their fans and not worry about NFL fans. The only thing the CFL needs to really worry about is Toronto getting an NFL team, because that would effectively kill the Argos and a good chunk of the CFL's revenue.