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Originally Posted by Wild GM
The biggest risk to the Stamps is regular season apathy. And that’s a problem with the cfl in general. A long and seemingly meaningless regular season. Just get in and at that point it’s pretty much a coin toss in terms of who wins. Stamps fans may not have the patience to care about another 18 games next season when none of them matter if the team can’t close out championships. These chokes are miles worse than those in the 90s. Completely giving away titles.
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Nobody else picking up on this post eh? This is 100% it to me lately. I grew up a Stamps fan. My folks have had season tickets for as long as I can remember. I used to go to every game in High School when they gave us our own seasons tickets. Doug Flutie was my childhood hero and I didn't miss a game in the Feterik years.
But I can't do it anymore. It's fun to catch a game live. But the sport lacks excitement form June through October. What's the point? Almost everyone is guaranteed a shot at the Grey Cup and the only games that matter are in November.
I'm not too upset about the Grey Cup - I didn't invest much time in it. I only watched one regular season game this year in it's entirety. Apathy has already hit me hard.
The 8-10 2001 Stampeders did what the 15-2-1 and 13-4-1 2016 & 2017 Stamps couldn't do - win in November. Same goes for the 2017 9-9 Argos and the 2017 8-9-1 RedBlacks. How does the CFL market an 18 game season when there are only 2-3 games that count?
As far as I'm concerned there are 20 preseason games in the CFL.