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Originally Posted by shermanator
When I ask people to go to Stamps games, I always get the response of "Ugh, CFL sucks". Games like yesterday's aren't going to change that impression.
Plus, games are not as affordable as they used to be. That's a big factor.
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I hear that all the time but I think there is more to it than that.
It is also about perception. People think the CFL sucks, and in certain areas they may have a point, but it is got to be in most cases at least on par with NCAA in terms of talent of the players and teams and yet they can fill 100k stadiums. If the CFL was an institution like college football I think we'd see people a lot more excited about games that we might now deem to be unimpressive. When we see 20-10 scores (or whatever it was yesterday) in the NFL and NCAA we hear about how defense wins championships and people who don't appreciate low scoring games just aren't educated on the sport and don't appreciate a tight low scoring defensive battle. It happens in the CFL and it is because the league and its players are all inept.
Even the NFL where the talent is undoubtedly higher they have a lot of crappy football games. But the hype machine is so strong that poor contests don't keep fans away.
Now I'm not gonna pretend that yesterdays game was fantastic but I watched it and found it to be watchable.