East Final Thread - Toronto Argonauts @ Montreal Alouettes

[ArgoRavi]

They are also endorsing products of American companies. Not sure how much the marketing departments, even if situated in Canada, know about the CFL.

In the case of the Bell commercial that's not true though and Bell is making more money selling ad space for CFL games than Raptors games. And it's always been that way except for their championship run maybe. I am sure the ad execs in Toronto probably don't know who the Argos are, or what the CFL are, but somebody sure the hell does at Bell because they are about to broadcast one of the top 1, 2 or 3 largest TV events of the year in 6 days. This is just another example of people being really bad at their jobs.

1.71 Million watched East Final up from 1.35 Million last year. The Leafs Habs game was 1.4 Million. Raptors average 156,000. WHY ARE THEIR PLAYERS ON NATIONAL ADS? AND NOT CFL PLAYERS? SOMEBODY SHOULD LOSE THEIR JOB OVER THIS.

Scooter, where did you get the Raptors number from? I have been trying to find TV ratings for the Raptors for the past few years without any luck; it's like a state secret.

[Scooter McCray]

In the case of the Bell commercial that's not true though and Bell is making more money selling ad space for CFL games than Raptors games. And it's always been that way except for their championship run maybe. I am sure the ad execs in Toronto probably don't know who the Argos are, or what the CFL are, but somebody sure the hell does at Bell because they are about to broadcast one of the top 1, 2 or 3 largest TV events of the year in 6 days. This is just another example of people being really bad at their jobs.

1.71 Million watched East Final up from 1.35 Million last year. The Leafs Habs game was 1.4 Million. Raptors average 156,000. WHY ARE THEIR PLAYERS ON NATIONAL ADS? AND NOT CFL PLAYERS? SOMEBODY SHOULD LOSE THEIR JOB OVER THIS.

Scooter, where did you get the Raptors number from? I have been trying to find TV ratings for the Raptors for the past few years without any luck; it's like a state secret.

I know. All the Cdn sites still talk about 2019 TV numbers. For the 2019 Finals 7 Million Canadians watched which is incredible.
I had to go to the NBA themselves. They wouldn't give me the exact number but they told me the Average TV audience for all NBA games in 2024-2025 season so far has been 1.56 Million for USA & Canada. He said use 10% of that for Raptors games. So not exact but as good as I could find.
Those numbers are bad in general. The NBA have fallen off a cliff. The Michael Jordan era was the high water mark with numbers multiple times higher.