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Originally Posted by Joborule
The CFL surviving this decade this a genuine question now; especially due to COVID. The league is only held up by the older demographic since the younger one that they need want nothing to do with it. In the three most major cities in the country - Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver - it's in the bottom of the league in attendance. So when people #### on the league, it's justified since it doesn't have much to stand on nowadays.
CFL has really failed in capture the youth demograph over the past couple of decades. It may be their death.
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The Sports Business Journal has performed research on the average age of sports fans in the United States. This is what the data shows.
SPORT AVG. AGE 2000 AVG. AGE 2006 AVG. AGE 2016
PGA Tour .........N/A ..................59 .....................64
LPGA .................N/A ..................59 .....................63
Horse racing..... ..51 ..................56 .....................63
ATP tennis .........51 ..................56 .....................61
NASCAR .........N/A................ ...49 .....................58
MLB .................52 ..................52 .....................57
WNBA ..........42 ..................49 .....................55
WTA Tennis ..58 ..................63 .....................55
Olympics ..........45 ..................50 .....................53
College football ..47 ..................48 .....................52
College basketball. 44 ..........48 .....................52
NFL ..................44 ..................46 .....................50
Boxing ..........45 ..................47 .....................49
NHL ..................33 ..................42 .....................49
NBA ..................40 ..................40 .....................42
MLS .................N/A...................39 .....................40
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https://3downnation.com/2021/03/23/h...s-of-cfl-fans/
Aging demographic among fans is not a problem unique to the CFL. The NHL went from an average age of 33 in 2000 to 49 in 2016. That is a huge problem.