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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Fluffy @ Mar 6 2006, 05:04 PM) [snapback]54639[/snapback][/center]
Ive been brought up on football all my life, TBH football is my life lol i live for football. Just like you have been brought up on NFL.
I could happily sit and watch Arsenal(my team) play all day and still love every minute of it
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Edhina @ Mar 6 2006, 05:05 PM) [snapback]54641[/snapback][/center]
Yeah i was kind of supprissed how someone like swedan can beat USA or canada at a sport like ice hockey. Joy of sport i suppose anything can happen.
Ive been brought up on football all my life, TBH football is my life lol i live for football. Just like you have been brought up on NFL.
I could happily sit and watch Arsenal(my team) play all day and still love every minute of it
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(Edhina @ Mar 6 2006, 05:05 PM) [snapback]54641[/snapback][/center]
Yeah i was kind of supprissed how someone like swedan can beat USA or canada at a sport like ice hockey. Joy of sport i suppose anything can happen.
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<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(T'Luassa @ Mar 6 2006, 06:08 PM) [snapback]54642[/snapback][/center]
Yeah I know T', just picking on you.
As for the hockey. Again, it comes down to number of people who care about the sport. According to ESPN's national poll numbers, when NHL was on strike only about 25-30% of ESPN fans cared if it would come back. Now, that is probably a good sample size estimation of the number of Americans who watch/care about hockey (and considering it was ESPN it was 25-30% of SPORT fans). Anyways, if you want to rag on US sports, look at the basketball situation. US finished 6th in b-ball in '04 Olympics....now that was embrassing. However, US is taking the national team seriously this time, so expect them to most likely win it this year.
Ive been brought up on football all my life, TBH football is my life lol i live for football. Just like you have been brought up on NFL.
I could happily sit and watch Arsenal(my team) play all day and still love every minute of it
Yeah i was kind of supprissed how someone like swedan can beat USA or canada at a sport like ice hockey. Joy of sport i suppose anything can happen.
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Yeah I know T', just picking on you.
As for the hockey. Again, it comes down to number of people who care about the sport. According to ESPN's national poll numbers, when NHL was on strike only about 25-30% of ESPN fans cared if it would come back. Now, that is probably a good sample size estimation of the number of Americans who watch/care about hockey (and considering it was ESPN it was 25-30% of SPORT fans). Anyways, if you want to rag on US sports, look at the basketball situation. US finished 6th in b-ball in '04 Olympics....now that was embrassing. However, US is taking the national team seriously this time, so expect them to most likely win it this year.
Up here its much different for hockey...our stadiums are all sold out whereas in the States they are giving away hockey tickets...the sad part is financially its all about the States...we might have record profits in Canada, but because it isnt the same in the US, the NHL ends up losing money.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(reek @ Mar 7 2006, 09:34 AM) [snapback]54657[/snapback][/center]
?? I am not talking record profits throughout the history of the NHL, I am talking record profits this year since hockey came back. Our stadiums are packed, its impossible to get tickets, we have two cities talking about buying hockey teams (they sold theirs to begin with) but despite how well hockey is doing up here the NHL is losing money as a whole because it is not as popular in the States.
You don't have record profits though. That's why Canadian teams move to the US.
But yeah most people in the US couldn't give a rat's ass about hockey. Except here in Detroit of course!Hockeytown rules! Go wings!
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?? I am not talking record profits throughout the history of the NHL, I am talking record profits this year since hockey came back. Our stadiums are packed, its impossible to get tickets, we have two cities talking about buying hockey teams (they sold theirs to begin with) but despite how well hockey is doing up here the NHL is losing money as a whole because it is not as popular in the States.