Elks: Edmonton Eskimos Thread 2015 Part 3 : Off to the GC!!!
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Great to come into this thread.....only to be met with a bunch of old farts reminiscing about the good old days.
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Hockey isn't difficult to learn and it is fun to watch.
Football is about as complicated and nuanced as a sport can get. For those that have never seen the game or anything like it, it is a big undertaking to pick any of it up in a meaningful way.
Trying to remember when they tripled prices. The didn't. I think the cheapest seats may have doubled, but it took what 15 years to do so? What hasnt gone up in price in this world?
And so you have to spend $200 for seasons tickets. That's still only $20 a game.
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Because hockey is our national sport and we're covered in snow nearly 8 months of the year.
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Great to come into this thread.....only to be met with a bunch of old men reminiscing about the good old days.
Watch it whippersnapper. Or I'll take a swipe at you with my cane.
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Ah, the good old days.
Deon Lacey and Sim Rottier are both unlikely to play Sunday.
Didn't hear about Lacey, what's his issue?
That would be a bit of a blow, as I think he is quite an emotional leader, as well as a big energy guy.
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Because the NHL USED to be carried by the CBC which had limitless funds to do such things as have a Punjabi NHL Saturday night telecast which has continued with Rogers as a carrier.
TSN being a non funded network, and having the CFL contract has no such easy $ in which to put on Punjabi Telecasts of the CFL.
I would think its as simple as which product has been offered in newcomers language of choice.
It has nothing at all to do with star power. Just language friendly exposure.
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Not convinced of this either. Hockey or Football can be watched by 5yr olds, I did, kids today do. As you get older theres more nuances of the sport one understands but any age can watch it. Even people who don't understand hardly a stitch of the game are entertained by it and especially in person. My wife is still figuring out why the goalposts are inverted (she's Scottish so the other type of Football is religion) She hasn't taken football 101 yet but probably a good idea.
In my experience with people that have moved here from other countries that have neither hockey or football, every single one of them to a tee has quickly found to enjoy watching hockey, but cannot at all wrap their head around football and find it boring.
I think there is some sense of framiliarity with hockey as it is similar to soccer in premise, and has flow.
If you've never seen a football game before I can see why you would see it as plodding and highly confusing. At least that's what I've been told by those that are new to it.
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That's encouraging. He strikes me as the type of guy you'd have to cut his legs off to keep him from playing.
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Kids tend to watch stuff they can easily play, and vice-versa, not to mention what most of kids in the hood are playing or talking about. Really easy to grab a your runners and go get involved in a soccer game. And there is likely always a road hockey game happening somewhere, even in the non winter months, so the availability is constant. Football in Canada? Not as much.
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A lot of football players in the States come from impoverished areas. Always have. Through sponsorship, programming to allow them to play, and sports being seen as a path out of the ghetto many kids that have nothing end up playing Basketball, Football, and go onto scholarships.
Gizmo came from a family that was dirt poor and his mom and dad both died at an early age.
Any kid in Edmonton that wants to play football can due to orgs like Sports Central, Kidsport, etc. In most Cities there is programming to allow kids to play any sport they want to.
I grew up in a bad area of the city and we used to always play touch football on the school field. No equipment needed other than a football. We'd played several times a week. We were approached by two different local teams by scouts just watching us play evenings and weekends in the schoolyard. We were actually talented due to how much we played. They said they'd pay expenses and provide all the equipment we needed, just sign up. At age 15 without ever playing a lick of organized football we were the most talented players on the team. I was QB. Could already pass well, pump fake, evade rushers and read coverage with not 1 minute of coaching. It was just natural. I was a natural several sport athlete. But it wasn't hard to pick up the game.
That said baseball was beyond me. Couldn't play the sport or any aspect of it to save my life. Whereas I was really good at every other sport. Its strange.
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Plus it really helps to not have snow on the ground and the temperature to be above minus 10.
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Plus it really helps to not have snow on the ground and the temperature to be above minus 10.
Snow football is kind of fun. Hitting the ground hurts less, its funny with everybody skidding around, and getting all day to make a play.
Snow baseball, not so much fun..
lol at recess and lunchtime we used to play "snow soccer" kicking a small milk carton around. Chocolate milk preferred as you could see it better. As a goalie or striker even more preferred if it was empty...
School didn't trust any of us with school balls unsupervised...
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Great to come into this thread.....only to be met with a bunch of old men reminiscing about the good old days.
I'm one of the old farts club. I would like to say I remember the 81 Cup but the late 70's early 80's are a bit of a haze
We used to play tackle during recess and lunch at school besides the pickup games.
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