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Originally Posted by MonkeyRonin
If wherever you live had more than one team, maybe then they'd have bandwagons too. 
The difference is that basketball (both domestically & globally) is an ascendant sport, while baseball and hockey are stagnating or declining in popularity. Regardless of the success of the Raptors, basketball is by far the #1 sport among the under 30 demographic in the GTA. As this group ages I don't think it'll be likely that they switch to a different favourite sport either. I guess what remains to be seen is if its current popularity will be maintained amongst the next generation of kids, or if they'll have something new.
(in b4 I'm accused of being a basketball fanboy who hates Canadian sports - these are just the facts) |
I agree with these facts, though note that baseball and hockey weren't in decline when the Jays were hot.
Obviously as you say things are different now with basketball and due to other factors.