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![]() It should be noted that the majority of those ratings are on CBC, which you can even pick up on a Hi-Def Antenna, without any cable. That bein said, even a Flyers/Rangers game matched the Raps best viewership, both on TSN.
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Every small town in Canada has a readily available place to play hockey, most towns you cannot play basketball in unless its indoor recess, or summer on a dirt driveway. Takes time before the sport is readily available in areas such as this. |
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![]() huh...how many towns have you been in? I drive in the country and see hoops nailed to barn doors. Most every town I've been in I've seen a basketball net. Every school gym has had basketball nets for decades. I would think basketball might be more available to Canadian kids then ice hockey.
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and I did post about a dirt driveway rim, and must have deleted it but I also did originally type the playground bent rims. But just the same, my small town of 4K people I can play hockey any day of the year. I cannot play basketball in the winter. period. Gyms don't open. So unless I drive to the "city-40K popluation" which is 45 minutes away I can possible play at the 2 hours a week allocated at the YMCA for basketball. Or drive 60 minutes in other direction to the military base and play on the gym 2 nights a week ( 1 hour) for 10 dollars admittance. Last edited by Snooch; 04-25-2014 at 11:48 AM. |
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And then there is always a frozen pond that someone will shovel and set up lights. I wish it was like this with basketball, but right now it isn't. |
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![]() It takes a lot of winning to garner more viewers, and Vince started the trend. It's not just a cliche, winning cures all. This is also why I don't understand why Rogers and Bell are so fucking cheap, you're a billion dollar business who for the most part have the market fucking cornered up here in Canada. I have just answered my own question as to why they're so cheap. Meh, just keep fucking winning, please.
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Winning brings fans, excitement brings fans. This team hasn't done much winning, and even now some would argue that they still aren't overly exciting in comparison to some of their counterparts. |
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My little one played soccer last summer, well, actually she twirled and picked flowers on the field and complained her legs were tired, but whe wore the shorts, shoes, guards and jersey! And with hockey, you can't just casually play like that, it is a commitment, that is why the lower play rate in kids that age too. |
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![]() The stats don't take into account casual participation, only organized participation. But what that shows is the trend, which is basketball increasing and hockey declining, and that was 2005. I'm assuming that the trend has continued with basketball perhaps even surpassing hockey in terms of youth participation in organized leagues.
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and that's the bottom line, cause JV said so!!!
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But maybe so, one reason being basketball is cheaper to play. |
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![]() Basketball is the game I've been playing/watching all my life. So seeing foul, travel or whatever is easy, on the other hand hockey that I watched maybe a full 10 games in my life is completely different story. Its not that I'm blind and I can't see it, I just don't have the game knowledge/experience to keep track with it. Also I'm not 100% focused on the game when watching it because I don't care much about it
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