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Originally Posted by Red John
Well a vast majority of air time should definitely be spent on the mainstream leagues. That's how you get higher ratings. Everyone likes to rag on Nickelback but they keep selling albums and getting concerts because they are popular. Even if the mainstream music fans are "stupid" for doing so.
 Not sure what sex had to do with anything.
It's fine to touch on it here and there, but if comments like Boomer's are made then you know it's tough to fill airspace with quality discussion about it. /opinion
Exactly. My point wasn't to try and make the CFL into a 30-team league. Point was to recognize it for what it is and always will be (minor pro) and treat it as such in the media.
I thought it was quite humorous. You didn't like the idea? Shame. Thought perhaps 26,000+ might enjoy watching it. Business opportunity! |
1. The CFL in Canada is mainstream. It has the numbers in both attendance and television to back it up. The Fan broadcasts Fox sports radio on weekends, and used to broadcast ESPN. I'd love to know how their numbers did vs regular programming. And don't bring up Rome vs the rest of the Fan; Rome is arguably the best sports talk show host in North America, he's in his own class.
2. Comments like Boomer's could have been made about any team we don't like. If he'd said it about the Canucks, would that have made it okay? Or should we stop talking about hockey because it's a distant 4th in America? His comments reflect a genuine dislike in this city for the Saskatchewan Roughriders and their fans. Is it petty or childish? Of course. But no amount of discounting from you or others will change the fact that the relationship between Rider fans and the city of Calgary is part of our cultural lexicon. Denying that is stupid.
3. TSN makes a killing on the CFL. Why exactly would they want to treat it as a minor pro sport? Hell, the only reason any sports league makes money in the first place is because media outlets treat it as something more important than it actually is.
4. Hopefully not all of your jokes are that condescending.
I will agree that the CFL does itself no favors most of the time. Its web experience is HORRIAWFUL. Its mobile app is a disaster. It doesn't do a good job marketing itself outside TSN broadcasts. These "Engraved on a Nation" documentaries are well-intentioned, but I cannot say I've been motivated to watch a single one, and I don't think they draw any new fans.
The league has its issues. But seeing as how the Grey Cup out-rates the Super Bowl in this country with regularity, it needs to figure out a way to be better, not be summarily dismissed because it isn't the best football league in the world.
And with that said, it IS the best football league in the world that operates under these rules. Same goes for the NFL.