ESPN: Toronto is the armpit of professional sports

jeffb · 06-17-2011, 05:52 PM

The point i highlighted makes no sense to me. While maybe true what does it matter as far as looking at all the sports?

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You know how you're having a stupid sports argument and the other guy is totally outwitting you and making you look foolish, so you say something ridiculously juvenile like "your city sucks"? Good news: if you're talking about Toronto, you're right!

According to ESPN, Toronto is the worst city for pro sports in North America in the realm of the Big Four (baseball, basketball, football and hockey).

In its ninth version of the Ultimate Standings (which essentially measure what fans get back from their teams versus what they give), Toronto's three major franchises combined to bring Hogtown to the worst-average score of any city with more than one pro sports team.

(Sacramento is technically the worst, but it only has one team, and they're probably moving somewhere else next year anyway, and this is a Canada blog, so let's bash Toronto some more.)

The lowlights (or highlights, if you're a RoC Toronto-hater):

• the Maple Leafs are the worst team in the National Hockey League in the ranking, and third-worst overall
• the Maple Leafs are last overall for bang for your buck and affordability
• only the Cincinnati Bengals (fan relations, effort and likeability of players, title contention) finished last in more categories than the Leafs
• the Raptors are the third-worst organization in the NBA
• the stadium experience at a Raptors game is apparently 19 spots better than that of a Leafs game - even though they play in the same building
• the Leafs' ownership is 8 spots better than the Raptors (both teams have the same owner in Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment)
• the Blue Jays' home experience at the Rogers Centre is ranked as the fourth-worst in baseball, behind only Florida, Tampa and Oakland
• if you're a Toronto sports fan, your best chance at experiencing any sort of title comes via time machine; your best odds, apparently, come from having been alive and a Jays fan in 1993
• the Raptors are 4th-worst in the NBA for title hopes; and the Maple Leafs are ahead of only Winnipeg/Atlanta, Columbus and Florida on the winning scale. (Surprisingly, the Ottawa Senators are rated at #66 - firmly in the middle of the pack - to win a title any time soon)

The Centre of the Universe is also the Armpit of Professional Sports - Eh Game - Yahoo! Sports

Alex · 06-17-2011, 05:58 PM

I don't know why something like this is necessary... I guess ESPN had a slow news day.

jeffb · 06-17-2011, 06:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

I don't know why something like this is necessary... I guess ESPN had a slow news day.

Pretty much.

Don Vito · 06-17-2011, 06:03 PM

The Raptors are on the right track, I predict a playoff spot.

Dutches · 06-17-2011, 06:04 PM

espn = haters

jeffb · 06-17-2011, 06:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Don Vito

The Raptors are on the right track, I predict a playoff spot.

The one thing i will say about basketball. All you need is a solid 10 players so things can get turned around quicker then the other 3 major sports, especially baseball. We'll see what can be done with our capspace + the draft and see where we stand.

Chiggmo · 06-17-2011, 06:18 PM

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Originally Posted by Don Vito

The Raptors are on the right track, I predict a playoff spot.

Not yet...

box1992 · 06-17-2011, 07:23 PM

Hey espn, go fuck yourself

thought · 06-17-2011, 08:55 PM

at least it's not the crotch

EggsToTheBBQ · 06-17-2011, 09:26 PM

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Originally Posted by thought

at least it's not the crotch

Yeah, I can think of worse places even than armpit and crotch.

Like, Buffalo.

jeffb · 06-17-2011, 09:31 PM

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Originally Posted by EggsToTheBBQ

Yeah, I can think of worse places even than armpit and crotch.

Like, Buffalo.

Someguy again · 06-17-2011, 10:28 PM

lacrosse?

**'trane** · 06-17-2011, 10:29 PM

our teams are armpit worthy, but our fans are rabid. toronto is a great sports city, we're just starving right now.

jeffb · 06-17-2011, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Someguy again

lacross?

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According to ESPN, Toronto is the worst city for pro sports in North America in the realm of the Big Four

How is Lacross part of the big four?

Someguy again · 06-17-2011, 10:36 PM

its still a professional sports team, just like the CFL and soccer, but these guys are douchebags anyway

jeffb · 06-17-2011, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Someguy again

its still a professional sports team, just like the CFL and soccer, but these guys are douchebags anyway

The CFL is a professional league? lol

Someguy again · 06-17-2011, 10:42 PM

to the players that came from tough backgrounds and worked hard for a roster spot in that league yeah, i would say its professional, like the euroleague and the OHL

Windex · 06-17-2011, 10:47 PM

if MLS is a professional league then CFL is
MLS is painful to watch most of the time. I can actually enjoy a CFL game

jeffb · 06-17-2011, 10:59 PM

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Originally Posted by Windex

if MLS is a professional league then CFL is
MLS is painful to watch most of the time. I can actually enjoy a CFL game

CFL imo is a joke. As far as Soccer goes i couldn't tell you, i have never like soccer so i've never watched MLS.

Chiggmo · 06-17-2011, 11:53 PM

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Originally Posted by jeffb

CFL imo is a joke. As far as Soccer goes i couldn't tell you, i have never like soccer so i've never watched MLS.

Ya I hate too many things about the CFL to enjoy it. The 39482098 yard endzones are just plain stupid, and because of that the uprights being on the goal line is even dumber. The bigger ball I don't like, I don't like 3 downs, takes away a real run game, only thing I like about it, is it forces more action.

Their point system is a bit dumb too.

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