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OT: CFL Thread

http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/News/2010/08/23/15116496.html

Strong future for CFL?

Poll: 52% not interested

This is our league.

That’s the bold statement made by the Canadian Football League. It’s splashed on their website, marketing materials and on their fields and across television screens.

But do Canadians really care?

Fewer than one in five (16%) of those taking part in a country-wide Leger Marketing poll commissioned by QMI Agency punched in an “interested” rating from eight to 10 on a scale of one to 10.

More than half (52%) of the sample of 1,500 Canadian men and women 18 or older who participated from Aug. 2-4 clicked “not interested” numbers from one to three.
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Fewer than one in five (16%) of those taking part in a country-wide Leger Marketing poll commissioned by QMI Agency punched in an “interested” rating from eight to 10 on a scale of one to 10.
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Its actually pretty accurate, because this is the same percentage of drunkies in the country.
 
rouah said:
Its actually pretty accurate, because this is the same percentage of drunkies in the country.
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Here are last weekend's most-watched sports events on English-language television, according to BBM Canada ratings:

1. CFL, Alouettes at Argos, Saturday, TSN: 829,000*

2. CFL, Tiger-Cats at Blue Bombers, Friday, TSN: 817,000

3. CFL, Eskimos at Stampeders, Sunday, TSN: 768,000

4. Golf, PGA Championship final round, Sunday, TSN: 530,000

5. MLB, Blue Jays at Angels, Sunday, Sportsnet: 484,000

6. MLB: Blue Jays at Angels, Friday, Sportsnet: 481,000

7. Golf, PGA Championship third round, Saturday, TSN: 427,000

8. Tennis, Rogers Cup second semifinal, Saturday, CBC: 364,000

9. Golf, PGA Championship second round, Friday, TSN: 314,000

10. Tennis, Rogers Cup first final, Sunday, CBC: 299,000

11. Track and Field, Diamond League London, Saturday, CBC: 224,000

12. Tennis, Rogers Cup first semifinal, Saturday, CBC: 221,000

13. Auto racing, NASCAR Sprint Cup, Sunday, TSN2: 217,000

14. Soccer, West Brom at Chelsea, Saturday, Sportnset: 130,000

*add 300k from rds to the als vs argos game.

Second most popular watched sport in canada after hockey. Don't you look silly.
 
worm said:
http://slam.canoe.ca/Slam/Football/CFL/News/2010/08/23/15116496.html
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The same survey was made regarding the Habs some years ago, and close to 50% of Quebecers didn't care about hockey and the Habs too.

If the CFL gets 48% of the population somewhat interested, it's a great result. Any marketing guy would say the same.

People, sports in general do not interest more than 50% of the population in this country. It takes a major event like the Olympics gold medal game to get the attention of the majority. And that's only because of the hype. Most sporting events don't get great ratings. We sports maniacs think that the world revolves around sports. But we couldn't be farther from the truth. In general, the population doesn't give a rat's ass about sports. That's why most sporting events and leagues have gone from primetime national tv exposure to cable networks.

If I were the CFL, I would be happy.
 
Here are the top weekend sports ratings in English Canada, according to BBM Canada overnight ratings:

1. CFL, Roughriders at Eskimos, Saturday, TSN: 1,050,000

2. CFL, Stampeders at Lions, Friday, TSN: 771,000

3. MLB, Tigers at Blue Jays, Sunday, Sportsnet, 501,000

4. MLB, Tigers at Blue Jays, Saturday, Sportsnet: 448,000

5. Auto racing, NASCAR NAPA 200, Sunday, TSN: 378,000

6. LPGA, Canadian Women's Open final round, Sunday, CBC: 252,000

7. Auto racing, F1 Belgian Grand Prix, Sunday, TSN: 239,000

8. PGA, The Barclays third round, Saturday, TSN: 157,000*

9. MLB, Diamondbacks at Giants, Sunday, Sportsnet: 153,000

11. LPGA, Canadian Women's Open third round, Saturday, CBC: 124,000

12. Track and field, Diamond League, Saturday, CBC: 106,000

13. PGA, The Barclays final round, Sunday, TSN: 101.000*

14. MLS, Salt Lake at Toronto FC, Saturday, Sportsnet: 57,000**

* CBS viewers not calculated

** Two channels only
 
stupid riders

they dont know how to block on the o line or on special teams...it is awesome
 
Worm, the Canadian mint has a coin out celebrating the Roughriders' 100th anniversary. Thought you'd be interested
 
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We'll see if the CFL ratings are as high with now the NFL games are on, plus the NHL games... they will go down pretty quickly outside Saskatchewan.

Its obvious the CFL is high in the summer since there is nothing interresting at TV at this time of the year...
 
You act like that is a bad thing.
That is what the XFL should have done.... promote it as something to do when the NFL isnt on...not try to promote it as better than the NFL.

As for the CFL I see hockey having a much greater impact on the ratings than the NFL.
 
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