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Originally Posted by valo403
Newsflash, it's not likely anywhere. And color me stunned that there are more opportunities in the worlds largest nations. Absolutely stunning that a nation of 30 million doesn't have the same professional sports landscape as a nation of 300 million.
And I'm sorry, if you play an obscure sport you're going to have to deal with going places to play it. I have a ton of friends who play hockey in Australia, and guess what, they have to deal with hauling their gear to remote rinks that don't have glass and barely have slush let alone ice, buying up a years supply of sock tape when they head over to Canada on vacation and generally spending a lot of money for less. But guess what? That's how it works when you play a sport that the majority of your country doesn't care about. This attitude that Canada should be accommodating every sport is ridiculous. Do you think people in Thailand bitch about not being able to find a good bobsled track?
What's your solution? Start a Canadian women's basketball league? I mean the WNBA is doing so well, I'm sure Canada could support a league of its own. We should definitely have professional badminton, the masses are just begging for that.
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You make my own point. The Canadian masses aren't begging for anything including the major sports. There is a grand total of one baseball team, one NBA team and zero NFL teams. Hockey is it for the major sports and even on those two teams(NBA,MLB) finding a Canadian player isn't an easy task. Hardly obscure those sports and still the masses ain't begging even for them.
Soccer is the most popular game in the world ---chances of playing it in Canada --very slim and at a mediocre level at best.
Look at the sporting landscape in a country like Australia. Numerous leagues including Yep a women's pro basketball league. Population? 20 mil maybe.
Scotland as another example. Tiny population. Pro soccer league, pro rugby teams etc. Supporting a dozen or so teams in the Scottish Premier League and two rugby teams all with a pop of something around 1/6 of Canada.
Which was my point in the first place and one that you confirmed. The masses in Canada don't have a longing for sports. Major or otherwise.