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Originally Posted by The Icon of Elisim
Are you aware that most Canadian teams are small markets. Winnipeg has a population of only a couple 100,000 I believe. Plus contracts are paid in American funds and the exchange rate hasn't been too good for a while
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But, if there such great support should a "small market" be a problem? I mean, a couple 100K and you can't support a team?
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Originally Posted by The Mackem
Shouldn't that read:
American fans deserve a butt kicking and a lesson in respect
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If you've read this threa you'd know the answer.
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Originally Posted by da_king
the problem isn't the attendance, for the most part, it's the ability to generate money apart from gate revenue through tv, merchandising, and so forth which is something the bigger markets have less a problem with. like TIOE said when you factor in the exchange rate and increasing sallaries it becomes a problem for canaidian teams who don't own their own buildings and therefore can't generate money from parking, concessions, concerts, etc. in addittion to having to pay rent.
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I understand all that, and yes, bigger markets = more money, but if a team truely has support, they'd should be able to survive, they might not make the cup finals every year, or might not even make the playoffs every year, but not everyone does.
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Originally Posted by YOUR Hero
Name me a rink that holds 30K.
Don't be Heyman-esque.
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type-o, was thinking football stadiums and really YH, you should spend your time trying to come up w/ better examples then "basketball players and quaterbacks" and less time w/ the insults...