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Resolute 14 · 05-11-2018, 06:58 PM

The NLL is "major league" in the same way the CPL will be "major league".

One of the bigger issues in many cases has been that the leagues that came here were unstable. The Calgary Outlaws were the second highest drawing team in the Canadian Baseball League, for instance, but the entire league collapsed. The Vipers were a mess, largely thanks to Peter Young. Though that resulted directly in the beautiful facility in Okotoks for the Dawgs - who were among the WMBL's best drawing teams when they played in Foothills. In fact, they still hold the single game attendance record for the league, as far as I am aware. The Cannons did as well as could be expected given all the problems of an old facility, bad weather, bad dollar and a league that wanted out of Canada. The Dinos don't draw #### for hockey, but the Cougars were were second in the CWUAA this season according to hockeydb. I don't know about the Crush before they went under, but the Drillers pulled about 1000 fans per game in the ABA, and of course, the 88's were another team that went down only because the league did.

Soccer's really been the only obvious local fail.

I do agree with you on the facility issue though.

05-11-2018, 06:58 PM	#207
Resolute 14 In the Sin Bin Join Date: Jan 2003 Exp:	The NLL is "major league" in the same way the CPL will be "major league". One of the bigger issues in many cases has been that the leagues that came here were unstable. The Calgary Outlaws were the second highest drawing team in the Canadian Baseball League, for instance, but the entire league collapsed. The Vipers were a mess, largely thanks to Peter Young. Though that resulted directly in the beautiful facility in Okotoks for the Dawgs - who were among the WMBL's best drawing teams when they played in Foothills. In fact, they still hold the single game attendance record for the league, as far as I am aware. The Cannons did as well as could be expected given all the problems of an old facility, bad weather, bad dollar and a league that wanted out of Canada. The Dinos don't draw #### for hockey, but the Cougars were were second in the CWUAA this season according to hockeydb. I don't know about the Crush before they went under, but the Drillers pulled about 1000 fans per game in the ABA, and of course, the 88's were another team that went down only because the league did. Soccer's really been the only obvious local fail. I do agree with you on the facility issue though. Last edited by Resolute 14; 05-11-2018 at 07:02 PM.