I think he does.
Amar S. Doman Owner
I think he does.
Amar S. Doman Owner
Not really meaning to keep harping about Doman (but I will anyway) I found this old article while looking for his thoughts concerning the season opener.
He is interviewed for an article and a video about his being the subject for the cover of a magazine.
This whole type of engagement is what's missing from Argos ownership. In the video he is asked "Do you have a final message to share with us" He looks directly to the camera and asks for support. You get the feeling throughout, "I like this guy, I want to help this guy", the same thing you get from Young and Cui.
And for the life of me (aside from cynical, conspiratorial notions), I can't figure out why the Argos can't do the same (aside from them not having a proper President) I would be willing to bet if there was a thread like this on a Lion's website, they would know about and at the very least have someone engage with it.
I'll agree with the cynics that the Argos may not have the time or feel the need to respond to a bunch of groaners on a website but I would think they should want to tell them they were being heard.
The contrast between what Doman is doing in BC in less than a year is in sharp contrast to the non-engagement of MLSE with the Argos over five years.
That's what I am trying to get across. How much simpler would things be if the league (instead of throwing things against the wall hoping they'll stick ie CFL 2.0, XFL) concentrated on each team selling 24k tickets. If every team could sell 24k tickets (capacity for the smallest stadiums) a whole lot of problems would be solved. Unless someone can tell me otherwise, MLSE has done even worse than Braley (considering their vast resources) and treats the Argos with willful neglect.
Unless they are a total moron, no one buys into the CFL to make money. It can be done and should be striven for but it shouldn't be the main motivation for owning a team. The league really has to better position itself into that niche of pro leagues: Nippon baseball, KHL, Serie A etc that are not seen as the very best but are still highly regarded instead of being an afterthought that may perish any day.
So instead of valuation, why can't this brilliant sports conglomeration figure out how to sell 24k tickets in a market of 3? million people. Then you might not be losing money, or is that the actual intent?
You know, maybe the next game the Lions draw only 18k and all the haterz will come out with the "tolda so's" but I'm sure that won't keep Doman from still kicking and scratching to move slowly forward over an actual plan for the future and not short terms gains like the Argos always seem to do (ie import latest NFL star bust/has been.
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