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Originally Posted by Thunderball
I think a lot of people don't like the idea that hockey needs to have flashy lights and shiny things to survive. I don't think that should be anywhere in Canada at the very least. In much of the US, hockey is not part of the culture, so they do need to stoop to those antics to attract people to build a fanbase.
Point is simple, winning teams sell tickets, not "build-a-burger", "smooch cams with women" and fire and ice girls. If the Flames make the playoffs and go for entertaining playoff runs every year, people won't be lamenting the loss of some wacky stuff.
You won't see that level of selling out to the LCD in European Football, or bikini-clad caddies in the PGA, or in things like the CPO... so why does NHL hockey need the spectacle? Or are we really a society with ADD?
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Give me a break man! Yes, hockey is Canadian and hockey is northern, but your telling me that if the Flames didn't have the things they did, that we wouldn't bitch about it?
There would be threads about how our rink isn't like the Americans and doesn't have fake tits all around us. I'm not sure how you can even debate that, because its true. Every second month a thread begins about how our rink isn't as nice as the rest of the league's, and how our ammenities aren't as good. When I was in Florida last week watching a Penguins game, there were cheerleaders dancing RIGHT next to us. They stayed there the whole game! YES there were all pretty damn hot. Probably just the Dolphin rejects, but still hot. And you know what?
Not too many people noticed. Nobody cared, and most people... (MOST PEOPLE) were watching the hockey game!
I don't see why this is a big deal. Except for, like I said, the rationale from the feminist movement. If they had dancing men on the other side of the rink- I swear to God- nobody would have flinched. IT JUST DOESN'T MATTER.