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Originally Posted by Berklon
I think one of the major reasons for the drop in TV ratings is how poorly the Leafs are doing. After all those years of poor hockey, the Leaf fans are finally fed up with it and have looked elsewhere for entertainment. Even tickets to games are much easier to get than they used to be. It was really bad timing for Rogers. However, the resurgence in interest for the Blue Jays are making up for it.
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I never understood why hockey fans, particularly in Canada, took such great pride in supporting their teams and selling out games no matter how abysmal they are, Toronto being case study number one in that regard.
I honestly wonder if the American teams try harder to win (as organizations, I mean... obviously the players all try hard) because if they don't, they'll quickly fade into complete and utter irrelevance in their home markets? Look at Chicago... for a few years they sucked and the fans stayed away. It got to the point where the Wolves were drawing more fans on some nights. Then they shook things up and look at how they've turned that franchise around.
Meanwhile in Canada, sellouts every night and things seldom change. The smartest thing that Leafs fans could do is to create a little red ink on the MLSE balance sheet and watch the urgency set in.
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