system
January 24, 2017, 2:00am
#41
former_trader:
higgmond:
whatsyourgovt:
^America’s past time went from baseball to football. MMA is starting to compete with football for most viewed (look at the #s for UFC 205).
-Boxing is on the decline but i’d attribute that to the rise in MMA.
-I’ll get murdered if i say this aloud in boston but hockey sucks
Hockey fans are a unique group. They are a relatively small group, but fiercely loyal, at least around here. The Flyers haven’t won a Stanley Cup in 41 years, but they still sellout almost every home game. I imagine it’s even more pronounced in Canada.
As I mentioned in a thread last summer, the US is the fastest growing nation in hockey. It has now caught up to Canada in women’s hockey and junior hockey and is not too far away in pro hockey. While more white Americans from the upper east coast seem to be joining hockey programs, Canadians seem to be dispersing into different sports (baseball, tennis, basketball, football, soccer).
You forgot curling? That game is something!!!
system
January 24, 2017, 2:02am
#42
Who ask this stupid question?
system
January 24, 2017, 2:04am
#43
former_trader:
The roster of US based hockey teams is comprised in large part of Canadians.
If your point is that Canadians are less interested in the game because their local teams don’t win anymore, that could be one of the reasons explaining why teenagers are going into other sports. I’ve noticed though that it is mainly immigrants going into other sports. Canada has been welcoming 250K immigrants per year for the last 25 years and these individuals and the kids of these individuals are less interested in hockey and more into other sports.
still population is decreasing, so weird!!
ltj
January 24, 2017, 3:33am
#45
whatsyourgovt:
for some, i’d say the decline in watching sports is due to more physical activity. I personally never had the time to watch a full baseball/basketball/football game probably because im playing some form of sport. I never understood those who devoted their entire Sunday to football - it was like a religion that also consumed Monday/Thursday.
Saturdays are way more involved than the weeknights you mentioned. College football in the south (and the midwest I suppose) is definitely a form of religion.