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Originally Posted by rubecube
^^Has there been any correlation with the rise in the NFL's popularity in Canada and the decline in CFL attendance?
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I'm really not sure to be honest, that was just my own thought. I could probably have stopped that sentence at "The CFL has lost an entire generation of fans", as I've heard that discussed by media several times in the past, and why it's so concerning.
I suppose I just said that because over the past 10-12 years I feel I've met way more NFL fans than I had run into previously, it feels like it's a lot bigger up here than it was when I was growing up. And at the same time, interest in the CFL seems to be slowly but surely plummeting. Feels like whenever I'm at the pub or back in my college days chatting with an NFL fan (usually someone in their 20s or early 30s) and the CFL comes up, they basically roll their eyes and talk about what a joke it is. The league doesn't seem to garner nearly the same respect with younger Canadians as it did before. Just something I've noticed.
At least in my experience, it's been very rare to meet someone who's both a die-hard NFL and CFL fan. So that's probably why I came to that conclusion. Would be interesting to look at #'s on it.