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Originally Posted by Red John
Wrong.
Never said people should watch the NFL. Didn't even talk about the NFL other than mentioning that they are a tier I professional league like NHL.
In a city of over 1 million people? 26,000? That isn't really impressive.
Why are we comparing to 1918? Should things be the exact same as they are then? The difference between NHL and CFL is one league has actually expanded and become a major professinal league. The other has gone nowhere since then.
That's not very nice.  |
1. Okay; are we only talking about tier 1 pro sports leagues on the radio now? Because I really don't need to hear about the NCAA tournament ever again.
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3. Whether or not it's impressive is irrelevant; 26,000 people (In a down year for attendance, I should add) are interested enough to spend their time and money on a local sports team. That is a market that you would be ######ed to overlook, especially given the small amount of local content the Fan has to work with anyway.
4. Ottawa is getting another team next year. Outside of Ottawa, how many other places in Canada could you reasonably put a CFL team? Bearing in mind the astronomical costs of building stadiums for, what everyone will admit, is a minor pro team that will use it eight to ten times a year.
5. I'm confident you deserved it after that 'let's have a six team league with 50 yard head starts and no running'.