Originally Posted by
Invader
You are correct Tau Ceti, I was including the CFL and NFL as football and the NHL as hockey.
According to the recent Angus Reid Pro Sports Poll of those who follow a sport "very closely" or "fairly closely:"
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What these numbers don't tell us is why these people are "following" a particular league. If Canada is anything like the U.S, then gambling/pools are the major interest in the NFL (with 50% of fans following the NFL mainly due to gambling in some surveys). Gambling is much less prevalent in the 8-team CFL, with the majority of fans probably following the CFL because of the actual game.
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