From
where I sit it looks like the CFL could be facing a major issue...
If
a league implodes and nobody cares, does it make a noise? For all
the gesturing through the media, there isn't a whole hell of a lot
being accomplished. That includes engaging the public. The biggest
hurdle at this point in time is that so far everything is normal.
Even in football crazy Saskatchewan the talk is more about punt
returning than strike votes. Outside of that, the bigger the centre
the less interest there is. As various strike/lockout situations
continue to float around, the Canadian public doesn't seem to
worried. And for both the CFL and CFLPA that should be a grave
concern. Canadians have been conditioned lately by 2 NHL lockouts to
find other forms of entertainment when the primary is unavailable.
However, the CFL is not a billion dollar industry like the NHL. The
league can't afford to lose too much in the way of money and still
have something worth saving. I do enjoy the CFL, it's a great game.
It's part of the heritage of Canada. But Sportcentre won't be
running endless clips of Mark Cohon riding an escalator. There are
plenty of stories for TSN to cover. The Blue Jays are red hot.
Genie Bouchard and Milos Raonic are moving up the ATP ranks. The
Stanley Cup and NBA final are both underway. And the World Cup
starts next week. The CFL is already facing an uphill battle for
attention, getting themselves buried in a work stoppage is only going
to make things worse. The feels like a tragic return to the CFL of
my youth: overflowing with mismanagement.
At
least that's how I see it, and I sit in the cheap seats.
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