Dante79 Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Massive Attack Just because you have many argentine friends it doesn't mean that Canada has a large hispanic community. Amacpher is right, the hispanic community in Canada is small. In the 2001 census, the 213,000 people were listed as spanish in their ethnic background and 41,000 being from latin america. Campare that to the Italians, Germans, Chinese and Ukrainians (sp?) which were all over 1 million. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/highlight/ETO/Table1.cfm?Lang=E&T=501&GV=1&GID=0 But not only south american would watch the games! dont forget that brazilian soccer is one of the best in the world! and there leagues could compete very well with the big Euro leagues! why you think Boca Juniors from Argentina won the Intercontinental cup! beating AC Milan! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Dante79 dont forget that brazilian soccer is one of the best in the world! and there leagues could compete very well with the big Euro leagues! why you think Boca Juniors from Argentina won the Intercontinental cup! beating AC Milan! This debate is becoming circular. You're putting too much emphasis on the quality of the league. Nobody is questioning that those leagues are good. Just like the New Zealand domestic rugby league might be damn good, but its not gonna be televised on Canada's main sports network. Guess why. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dante79 Posted August 11, 2004 Author Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Dante79 I know it might never be televised on Canadian tv! I was just saying it would be a good idea! there isnt just european soccer in the world! I would also like better to see the Serie A before watching the EPL! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amacpher Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Dante79 I know it might never be televised on Canadian tv! I was just saying it would be a good idea! there isnt just european soccer in the world! Personally I would trade all South american soccer currently shown of FSWC if they could instead show the Copa Libertadores extensively. It's the more prestigious tournament and that way there would be a greater variety of teams to watch (not just Boca or River every week). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote: Just because you have many argentine friends it doesn't mean that Canada has a large hispanic community. Amacpher is right, the hispanic community in Canada is small. In the 2001 census, the 213,000 people were listed as spanish in their ethnic background and 41,000 being from latin america. Campare that to the Italians, Germans, Chinese and Ukrainians (sp?) which were all over 1 million. Since when does population statistics have anything to do with it? How many Canadians live in Canada? How often do we see Canadian domestic games on Sportsnet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massive Attack Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 I was responding to the notion that there is a large hispanic community in Canada. I never said anything about the viability of south american leagues. Damn! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-Man Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 Isn't FOX CANADA basically a soccer/rugby channel right now. Maybe I'm missing the team handball or Greek Basketball, but I doubt it. They have what it seems endless Brazillian And Argentine Games on. It's isronic that only in SEPERATIST Quebec can you watch the A-league on basic cable. RDS. It time for the West to become more like Quebec and demand Canadian content on TSN. Rise Up! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Champ Posted August 11, 2004 Share Posted August 11, 2004 quote:Originally posted by G-Man It time for the West to become more like Quebec and demand Canadian content on TSN. Rise Up! :D:D There's was a saying around here during the last wave of Alberta sereratist rantings about how instead of seperating, Alberta and Quebec should just kick out Ontario and then everyone would be happy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DJT Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 quote:Originally posted by Dante79 I know it might never be televised on Canadian tv! I was just saying it would be a good idea! there isnt just european soccer in the world! I would also like better to see the Serie A before watching the EPL! Dante79, just to be clear: you do realize that Argentine, Brazilian and Italian soccer are already shown on Canadian television, right? I also prefer to watch these leagues over the EPL, but there really is no reason for them to be on Sportsnet (besides, they get better treatment on their current channels than they would on Sportsnet). quote:Originally posted by G-Man They have what it seems endless Brazillian And Argentine Games on. FSWC has only one or two Brazilian games per week, though they do tend to repeat them fairly often in the summer. They have only one Argentine game per week, and that often goes without a repeat. If there's endless coverage of anything on FSWC, it's the EPL (by far). [xx(] quote:Originally posted by G-Man It's isronic that only in SEPERATIST Quebec can you watch the A-league on basic cable. RDS. That's not true. Every Lynx home game was shown on Rogers Television in Toronto up until the end of July. That was actually more games than what the Impact are getting on RDS. And then if you want to count coverage and not just full matches, the Whitecaps get a weekly program on Sportsnet and local cable. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 quote:And then if you want to count coverage and not just full matches, the Whitecaps get a weekly program on Sportsnet and local cable. Bah! Thats just 30 minutes of paid advertising. Not the same thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew W Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 You mean the Duze-caps This Week? I get it on digital and man what a glory hound he is. Cripes you'd think he'd buried the winning penalty for the women's side. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DarnCherry Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 Glad I missed that. I stopped watching the show 4 episodes in, I couldn't stand it anymore. Thats saying a lot for me, being the tape hound that I am. It was far better when they stuck to local cable and would broadcast full games. Most horrible thing about Whitecaps this week is that Dolan and Schaad pretend they are calling the game live when really the only thing they do live is the pre-game interview and maybe a halftime interview. The play by play they do afterwards in the studio. Then they can make great comments like "Xausa is looking pretty good, it looks like he may score soon" knowing full well he scores 45 seconds later. Makes them look like geniuses. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Free kick Posted August 12, 2004 Share Posted August 12, 2004 quote:Originally posted by DJT [br Every Lynx home game was shown on Rogers Television in Toronto up until the end of July. That was actually more games than what the Impact are getting on RDS. Perhaps. But there is a huge difference in production quality and public perception/acceptance between the Rogers Channell and RDS that you really can't compare. Rogers 10 is a community chanell with low cost programming and I think that its safe to say that very few people scan their TV guides to see whats on the Rogers community channell on a given night. Speaking for myself, If i didn't have a Lynx pockey schedule or didn't hear about it on this forum, I would never know that the Lynx games are on that channell. Whereas as RDS is sports channelled followed by all sportsfans in the Quebec market. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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