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Originally Posted by Sainters7
Yeah, lately, because owners see the few teams in pro/college sports who had that as a tradition, and try to copy it by providing fans with free knockoff T's, cheapening the whole thing. The C of Red was one of the original pro sports teams to do this, even Winnipeg's white out was born as a response to the C of Red during a Flames/Jets playoff series in the 80s. So yes, it was innovative when Calgary did it. Which of course leads to copycat owners like Katz trying to create a bush league, forced version of it.
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While this is true, Winnipeg kept doing it. Calgary stopped and it was revived in the 2000s.
I realize this adds nothing to the post.