Oh and let me rephrase something. I was wrong about calling it the WHL. It failed because it could not compete with the NHL.
Case closed.
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Oh and let me rephrase something. I was wrong about calling it the WHL. It failed because it could not compete with the NHL.
Case closed.
LOL, more like a sour note but have a good weekend anyway... :canada: :canada: :canada: :canada:
Canada has all kinds of tv hockey. We get NHL center ice,
brings all of the hockey games which are on all week from
all of the NHL, it only blacks out what we can get on
our local channels, and TSN and Sportsnet. There is the
odd game once in a while that is 'not' televised, few and
far between.
We can get anywhere from two or three, up to twelve or
fourteen games every night.
those in the u.s. can't compete with that, they are not interested, and don't
have the viewing public to watch that much hockey.
Nothing is like the CFL, EagleSmack. It is definitely a league of its own in more ways then one and it rocks supremely. ;-)
NFL is the most boooooooring football on earth. Everything looks like it has been extremely well choreographed long before players set foot on the field. For pete's sake they need 4 chances at a TD, how sissy is that. :lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol:
I believe it's sold out or near sold out all the time.
It was the Carolina Hurricanes a few years ago.
I hate those CFL vs NFL arguments. NFL talent is obviously the gold standard and it continues to go up. The Super Bowls are turning out exceptional games. I like them both. They are very different. Some of the quirky rules in the CFL are rooted back to the Canadian Rugby Union of the 1800's. I like that it has focused on differentiating itself from the NFL and keeping with longstanding traditions.
I love the CFL, it's ours, it's not a copycat, it's unique,
and exciting. When many of the u.s. players are interviewed
they have very good things to say about our game, and they are
surprised when they can't 'just' dominate the game immediately, and usually never do, they
have to get use to the game, they have to work hard, and
they like it, it has character.
Many of the American players that play in the CFL couldn't dominate in college. That's why they are in the CFL. Quinton Porter the starting QB for the Hamilton Tiger Cats. Replaced by the back-up QB at Boston College Matt Ryan. Played on the practice squads for two NHL teams and is now starting QB for Hamilton.
The best players, American AND Canadian play in the NFL.
Then why are there 24 out of 30 teams here in the US? Why does Nashville Tennessee (for pete's sake) have a hockey team over Winnipeg? TENNESSEE! Why does Charlotte, North Carolina have a team over Hamilton?
Absolutely, I understand that, doesn't mean that the CFL
isn't a very good and enjoyable league, lots of very good
american players do have quite
an adjustment to make when coming from NFL to CFL, and
even if the top players came to CFL, they would have to
make that adjustment, but they won't be here, the level
of that game is higher, that's pretty clear.
I don't think the CFL should be criticized and compared
to NFL as though it should be competetive with that league,
just like we don't criticize the AHL when talking about
it compared to the NHL, (but the AHL is played exactly the
same as NHL) so there is no adjustment to make, but if it
had different rules and different kinds of plays, then any
NHL player going to that league would have to make the
adjustment, might take a while.
ask bettman, he is the one who made the blunders.
why doesn't bettman try to introduce nhl hockey into the large hockey crazy
cities, instead of grabbing money from rich u.s. millionaires, who don't have
a clue, and think they are going to be successful, after hearing the b.c. bettman
offers them.
519 Canadian players, 216 US players in '08 - '09 season in the NHL. That should tell you something...