Originally Posted by
Rich
I agree with all of this. From where I sit in section 113, the vast majority of seasons ticket holders are older farts. But the vast majority of newbies or single-gamers I see are people in their 20s and 30s, usually in groups of more than two, men and women out for a night of fun.
You are right, TC: Do they come back? The empty seats are a downer for sure. Nobody wants to be the only people at a party. But it sure doesn't help when McClown and Rogers poison people's minds with falsehoods like that. It makes it even harder for the team to overcome the negative perceptions.
The good news is that negative perceptions of the Argos have hit rock bottom and can only get better from here on in. McClown knows this -- that's why he's turning up the heat on the rhetoric. But he's going to lose that battle. The simple fact of Bell and Tanenbaum stepping up, pokes holes in McClown's theory that the Argonauts were worthless, and it gives the team an instant credibility boost among young and old.
Selling out BMO on a regular basis (it shouldn't be difficult) will greatly change perceptions, it will make Argo games look like a popular party to be at, and it will destroy McClown's notion that nobody cares about the Argos.
On top of all that, when the city starts seeing Argos advertising to match all that great TFC advertising, the Argos will gain a sheen of professionalism that they've never had before. McClown will have to find another whipping boy.