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Originally Posted by CroFlames
This website is probably the biggest collection of hardcore hockey fans in Southern Alberta. What percentage of users on this site go or have gone to a CWHL game?
Frankly, I think people WANT to care, but they just don't. Even if this was a 100% fully subsidized league by the NHL, I doubt you get any additional fans than you already do.
The question (IMO) then becomes, why should women's professional hockey be subsidized, but not soccer, softball, volleyball, etc? The general public's interest in those sports is probably the same as women's hockey. Fact is, there are significantly more soccer players than hockey players in Canada.
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The issue is that there's likely more opportunity in terms of sponsor ship dollars then there is in terms of a group like the NHL investing.
At the same time the problem is that there just isn't a huge presence for sponsorship. looked at the attendance figures for 2018-2019
Montreal averaged about 1500 fans
Calgary 460
Toronto 350
Worchester 83
In Calgary they're probably getting out drawn by the Calgary Rage football team.
Honestly, at this point, there's something really wrong with the marketing effort when you have teams in Calgary and Toronto with 3 digit averages. Frankly that's a crowd of family members more then anything else. The TV ratings weren't super high either
There's really no payoff for the major sponsors.
To me looking at the attendance figures and TV stuff, a league that should be building around inspiring girls to become fans of the game and hockey fans watching a cheaper alternative to the NHL with their family is failing on a grass roots level.