It will be interesting to see how MLS ratings are for the Toronto-Montreal series.
It will be interesting to see how MLS ratings are for the Toronto-Montreal series.
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I would imagine that the Argo game getting 491K must mean people in the GTA were watching
While I can't prove it, I would think the large fluctuation in Argo numbers would indicate that it is people from the GTA watching and not as the haterz keep telling us the people of Saskatchewan. When the Argos had the 900k game did the people of Saskatchewan suddenly prefer the Argos over their own Riders? When the Argos floundered so did their numbers.
Toronto team ratings are driven by the massive numbers of people in the GTA. When the Jays and Raps had playoff success the numbers boomed, both were behind the CFL before that.
MLS games all draw numbers worse than infomercials, family and friends.
I don't know the MLS numbers but the CFL numbers have been tracking higher this season than last year up until two or three weeks ago at least. And that is despite an awful lot of competition against the CFL this year such as the Olympics, the Blue Jays' run, and World Cup of Hockey. If the Riders and Argos had both had better seasons this year, we would have seen even higher TV numbers IMO.
Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
Never mind the TFC number above...why does everyone assume that the Raptors are such a big deal?
Barely above TFC in viewership, and well below all four CFL games, including a nothing game between Hamilton and Montreal.
I don't get the assumption that the Raptors are so widely followed.
Do people really believe that the majority of viewers that watch an Argonauts vs RedBlacks/Cats/Montreal game come from out West? I think very few are even turning in, during a glorious summer. That argument falters even more when the Cats play Sask and next week the Cats draw a bigger number playing the Argos. So Sask viewers preferred the Argos to Riders? LOL
Have a look at this recent column by Chris Zelkovich: https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/eh...153155409.html
If my reading is correct, Raptors "fans" don't actually watch the full games but only bits and pieces at best. They may only watch the highlights but do so in big numbers. This reminds me of the old saying that you only need to watch the final 5 minutes of a basketball game as the rest of the game is irrelevant. I guess that many of the Raptors' followers feel that way.
Cameron Dukes + Dan Adeboboye + Kevin Mital + David Ungerer + Damonte Coxie + DaVaris Daniels + Dejon Brissett = Unstoppable Force
Here is a link to Damien Cox's most recent column in the the Toronto Star this morning:
https://www.thestar.com/sports/footb...tball-cox.html
The last bit of the column is the best, and is great to see for all CFL fans. I have reprinted it below:
In Canada, after Rogers and Sportsnet owned September and October with strong World Cup of Hockey and Blue Jays ratings, these NFL games delivered good numbers for Bell and TSN, which really needs football to drive its numbers these days. Interestingly, the NFL games drew about half the eyeballs on Canadian airwaves than did the CFL playoff games.
Those contests were entertaining and tight in Hamilton and Vancouver, but the loss of the Tiger-Cats as a possible contestant for the Nov. 27 Grey Cup Game at BMO Field takes away a potentially good draw from a game that’s having trouble selling tickets. Edmonton won the game but may have lost quarterback Mike Rielly to injury, while out west Winnipeg’s first winning season in a while crashed to an abrupt conclusion against the Lions.
Still, the CFL stood strong against the NFL up here, good news indeed for Jeffrey Orridge’s league, which has suffered through awful football in Eastern Canada this year and lousy seasons in the key football markets of Toronto and Regina.
With the NHL and NBA just getting revved up, this should be football’s month in Canada. The NFL and CFL may deal in different dimensions, but both could surely use a run of entertaining games to remind people they are as relevant as ever.
From a CP article, one that paints a much different picture of TFC than you usually hear. While the team has many positives, such as season tickets and overall attendance, it is not all rosy. https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/tor...213419470.html
But hey, would you ever hear that...
"While Toronto FC is enjoying its most successful season on the pitch, the MLS franchise won't make money this season. ...The team tracks both paid attendance and the actual turnstile count at BMO Field. The gap between the two narrowed by 3,000 each game this season even though paid tickets were only up 1,500 a match. ...The team only gets about 100 walkup fans a game, Manning said.... ...While he was happy with playoff audiences of more than 200,000, regular season ratings were down this year. He hopes to discuss scheduling and numbers with his TV partners in the off-season...."
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