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Originally Posted by Thunderball
I don't buy this argument at all. Better tell Juventus, Liverpool, Dortmund, Schalke, Leicester and Everton that they can't "move the needle" because the cities they play in aren't in the biggest markets in their respective country. They aren't Top 20 clubs worldwide because they play against teams in Berlin, Rome, and London either, they have big followings because they play exciting football and are well marketed.
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If Juve, Liverpool, or Dortmund were playing sub-USL quality soccer in a salary-capped league nobody would be deluded enough to say they're 'moving the needle' either. Also doesn't hurt that they make regular Champions League appearances, which does indeed get them high-profile games in cities like London or Rome where neutral interest in the result is extremely high.
Nobody in Europe is going to be interested in the 'novelty' of a Canadian league when they still regard even MLS as something of a joke. It's going to be about as appealing to them as watching League Two and at least forcing oneself to watch that does away with the inconvenience of wonky time zone differences. It's about as foolish as banking on the couple dozen people in the States still interested in Canadian football to be the saviour of the CFL's ratings.
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Originally Posted by shermanator
Alex Bunbury has been very vocal about getting a club in the Montreal area for 2020.
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Montreal doesn't even have enough broad local demand for the sport to get people to attend Impact academy games when they were giving tickets away for free. What's another MLS-feeder team going to be able to do there?