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jayswin · 08-21-2016, 04:26 PM

CFL: I hate seeing a once booming, popular (by Canadian standards) league start to crumble and completely and utterly fail to attract young fans, which will likely unfortunately lead to a drop off a cliff sometime in the next ten years.

No one under 25 talks about the CFL, and that's on the league. It's a number of reasons including shotty reffing and a mandate to make more calls a few years ago which has led to the league's advantage over the NFL (speedier plays/games) evaporating.

But the Stamps specifically have been really annoying with Flames ownership treating the games like a total business. And I know I'll get the old business break down from someone "You know, jayswin, it may seem bad to have so many empty seats, but selling 25k tickets at X is actually better business than selling 32k tickets at Y".

Great, except this isn't a premier product, it's really great football for Canadians that needs to be accessible AND enticing, as we're a hockey country. You put up ads that say "OMG, get in the building for only $34.95!!!!" and the casual fans are saying "Yeah, no, not paying $35 to sit on steel bleachers in the upper corners".

08-21-2016, 04:26 PM	#1
jayswin Celebrated Square Root Day Join Date: Mar 2006 Exp:	Changes you hate to see CFL: I hate seeing a once booming, popular (by Canadian standards) league start to crumble and completely and utterly fail to attract young fans, which will likely unfortunately lead to a drop off a cliff sometime in the next ten years. No one under 25 talks about the CFL, and that's on the league. It's a number of reasons including shotty reffing and a mandate to make more calls a few years ago which has led to the league's advantage over the NFL (speedier plays/games) evaporating. But the Stamps specifically have been really annoying with Flames ownership treating the games like a total business. And I know I'll get the old business break down from someone "You know, jayswin, it may seem bad to have so many empty seats, but selling 25k tickets at X is actually better business than selling 32k tickets at Y". Great, except this isn't a premier product, it's really great football for Canadians that needs to be accessible AND enticing, as we're a hockey country. You put up ads that say "OMG, get in the building for only $34.95!!!!" and the casual fans are saying "Yeah, no, not paying $35 to sit on steel bleachers in the upper corners".