outside of the leafs, toronto is a pretty huge bandwagon sports city..
id actually say outside of the leafs, its probably the worst major sports city in canada.
compare it to winnipeg.. 10 x less population in winnipeg but... every NHL game is sold out, the goldeyes less then minor league baseballl games are sold out or just about every night, the bombers are sold out or just about every night...
vancouver... lions draw 25000 plus, canucks sold out every night, whitecaps draw well
montreal.. habs sold out every night, als draw 24000 plus, the soccer team draws well
toronto really only cares about the leafs and if teams are winning,, its very much a band wagon sports city
its the worst sports city in canada, i dont think theres any doubt and anyone who disagrees i think arent being honest.
you can talk about more things to do but really.. NO there isnt, winnipeg has beaches 45 minutes away.. we got bars, we got restaraunts, we got everything they do except canadas wonderland and the population...
Ive been to toronto and honestly i went for a week and no bs, i met 2 people who were actually from toronto.. the problem with toronto and ppl can argue this all they want but reality is... most people in toronto arent from toronto so they dont care about toronto based sports teams.. the leafs are different because.. HEY.. its the leafs.
As for thing to do most citys with a fair size population have more then enough things to do this is not limited to Toronto in Ottawa as much as people in Toronto say there is nothign to do i could give you a list of things in Ottawa that don’t include sports yet as i said people in Toronto clain we have nothing but the Sens.
That is very interesting and something I never thought about. I know for the state of Florida in the US that no one is from Florida hence you have a very similiar situation with there pro sports franchises in which ever city they may be in with the exception of the Dophins I gues since they are original Miami during the NFL expansion and merger era.
The Heat in the NBA of course are a big deal because they are winning and have the top player in the NBA.
Orlando was once very popular in the NBA when they were winning I am not sure how they are doing at this point.
Jacksonville is a smaller city but the NFL can be more of a regional sport with its one game a week set up but they are struggling for sure leading them to take a NFL deal which sends them to London for a nice profit of course.
I thought the Bills owner would be gone by next year, but it will happen in the next few years. Let’s face it if Toronto can’t attract 18k after winning the Grey Cup, then they don’t deserve to be around in the next few years.
The Bills attracted 40k last December for a team that has no connection to Toronto and a team that was not in the playoff hunt. Toronto fans paid an average of $125 a seat and theNFL average is $60, that is pretty amazing.
The football future in Toronto is the NFL, not the CFL.
We have to get used to it, we can have a strong CFL without the Argos.
I’ll give you the benefit of the doubt that you’re going by memory and not actual fact because it wasn’t hard to make this schedule. At all. And I know this has been mentioned quite a few times on this forum.
With a 9-team schedule there are 81 games over 20 weeks. 19 four-game weeks, one five-game week. The five game week is the only awkward one. That’s it. It’s super easy.
In 2005 there were three Wednesday games, two featuring the Argonauts due to stadium conflicts. No different compared to this year’s Tuesday night gong-shows featuring the host Argos. A nine team schedule works. Easily.