Re: Playoff schedule times???

"Roarmeister" <Ebnezrvfgre2@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> That's a reasonable argument with a bias towards hockey.  There is no
> doubt that in both Toronto and Montreal markets that the MAIN s****t of
> choice is hockey and especially Saturday night.  Even with a team that
> can't even pretend to make a honest run at the Cup this year, Toronto
> still has tonnes of hype.  And Montreal is Montreal - you will never
> change their fanaticism for the Canadiens.
>
> But if the football is on Sunday, what would it compete with?  I don't
> know the hockey schedule very well.  (BTW, I am one of the few Habs
> fans in a area where most everybody else hates everything Quebec).

Calgary and Edmonton and Ottawa all play on sunday the 9th but not sure 
where and who or with each other or not...  prolly afternoon games....

>
>>And why shouldn't the games be on Saturday.  Seems a logical day to me. 
>>Why
>>would TSN compete with the NFL?
>
> CFL playoffs vs NFL snorefest... No contest IMHO but to the US wannabe
> market in Toronto, I agree it might mean something but to the rest of
> Canada it means squat.  Sunday (and especially later in the day) is
> the traditional day for playoffs with the CIAU football traditionally
> on the Saturday as a lead up to the CFL.  Saturday especially late in
> November means Christmas shopping days for most people.  Sunday is to
> CFL playoffs as turkey is to Thanksgiving or eggs are to Easter or
> candy is to Halloween.  Saturday playoffs sounds more like an
> experiment in marketing...

Sundays are too crowded for s****ts.  Nascar is 3pm, and maybe TSN will be 
covering that esp if the champion****p points are close.  TSN might also
have 
agreements with the NFL not to compete the CFL. The only way TSN might get

Thrusday and Monday NFL games is to have these sorts of non-compete
clauses. 
That's just my guess.   The Raptors are playing that sunday in
Charlotte... 
Does TSN or CBC have that game?

That's why I said that Saturday afternoon makes the most logical sense for

TSN.   I'm not defending the Saturday games, afterall it'll interfere with

NCAA teevee and radio football in my house, but I understand why TSN chose

saturday for the games to maximise thier audience ratings potential....