matty Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 9 minutes ago, zen said: I think they should've taken out national TV and newspaper ads. It might be expensive but there is no better way to get attention from casual fans they do a pretty good job getting covered by national press (sportsnet, the globe, tsn, global) that i don't think that's needed at this stage. once they have tv and sched out there, maybe but right now i can't see that working. dyslexic nam 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
m-g-williams Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 3 hours ago, Kent said: You mentioned Sarnia as a suburb of Toronto, but it's about a 3 hour drive away. It's a border town that is closer to Windsor than Toronto. 1 hour ago, Macksam said: This. Yeah, the gif was kinda vague. Ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh. My bad. Like I've said before, I really do not get southern Ontario. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeta Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 43 minutes ago, matty said: they do a pretty good job getting covered by national press (sportsnet, the globe, tsn, global) that i don't think that's needed at this stage. once they have tv and sched out there, maybe but right now i can't see that working. Yeah. Don't get too into the public marketing until you've got something a little more finished to offer. One chance to make that 1st impression sort of thing. But it's getting on. The league is fighting a lot of competition for people's discretionary dollars. ray, Lofty and toontownman 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ted Posted February 4, 2019 Share Posted February 4, 2019 3 hours ago, zen said: I think they should've taken out national TV and newspaper ads. It might be expensive but there is no better way to get attention from casual fans Why? What would the ads say? National ad buys are expensive. They have to have a useful purpose beyond simply, "we exist". Maybe when they have a national TV deal they can advertise the games, but that would be pointless now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 12 hours ago, 1996 said: The point your missing my friend is you want the cream of the crop of Canada’s soccer media people like K.J. who is the best of the best when it comes to soccer media personalities in this country to be able to be at this game, you want a guy like Caldwell to be there too, Molinaro aswell recognizable people to be there and cover this historic first game. With all due respect to your TSN friend Gaz Munro it’s great he will be covering it for TSN but K.J he ain’t I’m afraid to say. So you also assume because they cover the EPL and MLS that the CPL is not also a thing for guys like K.J. and a guy like Caldwell? It’s soccer and it’s Canadian soccer and it definitely is a thing for these guys and they would have loved to be in a situation to have been able to cover both games the TFC game and the inaugural CPL Hamilton vs York 9 game. Like myself I would imagine they are soccer fans and if it’s soccer it’s a thing be it MLS , CPL or an U12 game between two youth teams. If it has to do with soccer it’s a thing! If I'm honest, I don't really know how interested KJ and Caldwell are in the CPL, I base my opinion on TFC broadcasts, these 2 are TFC guys and of course will be covering the Portland match and be unavailable for the CPL inaugural match, I don't think the league is going to work their schedule around media guys no matter who they represent! There is a whole different vibe to this league compared to MLS, obviously it's a chance for local players to play at a decent level, it's also a chance for homegrown coaches, executives and officials to ply their trades, the same goes for local media, Gaz Monroe has been involved in grass roots local soccer much longer than KJ or Caldwell have been in the country! Come on down to a Forge match when it doesn't conflict with TFC, I'll introduce you to him! Lofty and toontownman 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rocket Robin Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 On 2/3/2019 at 12:20 PM, Watchmen said: Kristian Jack and Steven Caldwell complained about it on their podcast, stating that unfortunately they (and a number of other reporters) would be unable to attend the CPL game as they'd already be committed to covering the TFC game. Fans complaining is one thing, but if it's impacting soccer reporters that you would want at the first game, it's another. I felt they took some shots at the CPL despite really wanting it to succeed...'we're not naysayers'. SC said he wished they played their inaugural game away from the GTA like in Halifax in their stadium in front of '3 or 4 thousand fans'. He earlier said about Hamilton they won't get anywhere near 24K and will need camera angles that don't make it look empty. (implying the emptiness would be at that opening game). SC said he was shocked that (CPL) wouldn't have their own spot like Thursday night or Sunday. (Thursday night? Now on that night even I'd say it would look like an empty stadium. I drove to an L1O playoff game in Oakville (only 2/3s of the way to Hamilton) and it took me two hours to make an early weeknight game from a northern suburb in Toronto fighting rush hour traffic. All this mentioned between 29 to 35 minute mark of their 90+ minute podcast. They did call for our feedback 'especially from fans not from our listening area'. gator 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 (edited) I really like KJ but i find him to very political and focused on futhering his career. He knows what side his bread is buttered. In Van most consider him to be a TFC cheerleader and was Robbo's mouthpiece In other words i dont think he fully speaks his mind. I believe he considers whats his best interest when shapes a conversation or shares an opinion Edited February 5, 2019 by SpursFlu red card and Cheeta 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted February 5, 2019 Share Posted February 5, 2019 There’s a lot of coverage from the Sportsnet side. Do you think that maybe the reason the 1st games seem scheduled around the Blue Jays game is that Rogers is going to step up and have the CanPL on Sportsnet? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsweatygorilla Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 (edited) Probably an innocent tweet but tsn #canpl TV deal confirmed? ? https://mobile.twitter.com/York9FC/status/1096124886014017536 Edited February 14, 2019 by yellowsweatygorilla ted and Greatest Cockney Rip Off 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baulderdash77 Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 I think they were trying to pronounce it like Vic would on the telecast but it’s difficult to get across. Kent and yellowsweatygorilla 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsweatygorilla Posted February 14, 2019 Share Posted February 14, 2019 1 hour ago, baulderdash77 said: I think they were trying to pronounce it like Vic would on the telecast but it’s difficult to get across. Yup, my tweet was partially tongue in cheek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kent Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 That’s pretty good. Well done York 9 twitter guy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dyslexic nam Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Lets say, hypothetically, I am complete shit at Twitter. What does the linked tweet imply? All I see is someone tagging Vic R in a tweet - am I missing something? ted 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 9 minutes ago, dyslexic nam said: Lets say, hypothetically, I am complete shit at Twitter. What does the linked tweet imply? All I see is someone tagging Vic R in a tweet - am I missing something? By York 9 taging Vic in a tweet about commentary, they are essentially linking him with the job of CPL commentator and therefore TSN as they imploy him. That or most people are reading too much into it. dyslexic nam and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BringBackTheBlizzard Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 (edited) It's probably simply meant as a joke about how he would say Gasporrrooooottooooooo after a goal like he used to do with Mobeeeleeooooooooooo and Berduuuusscooooooooo twenty-five to thirty years ago. Edited February 15, 2019 by BringBackTheBlizzard Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowsweatygorilla Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 4 hours ago, Greatest Cockney Rip Off said: By York 9 taging Vic in a tweet about commentary, they are essentially linking him with the job of CPL commentator and therefore TSN as they imploy him. That or most people are reading too much into it. Ya, that's why I posted it, but I also posted in tongue in cheek since it's probably the latter Greatest Cockney Rip Off and johnyb 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MtlMario Posted February 15, 2019 Share Posted February 15, 2019 Personally I'd Rauter( ?) not have him doing play by play simply because he doesn't believe the league will last. BuzzAndSting 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Obviously being discussed elsewhere but I noticed something I don't think has been mentioned, the tweet says "Tune in..." Must be TV/Streaming! johnyb and dyslexic nam 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuzzAndSting Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 And pretty much confirmed. https://twitter.com/CplTransfers/status/1098226609700696064 matty, johnyb and Greatest Cockney Rip Off 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ruffian Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) Not sure about the reporter, but he said this: Apparently Mediapro owns BeIN. Edited February 20, 2019 by Ruffian johnyb and KW519 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RickC Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 (edited) So it's an agreement with MEDIAPRO, so does this mean CPL will be on beIN? Edited February 20, 2019 by RickC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpursFlu Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 International media rights? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad_Impact Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Hope that means it's on DAZN then cause I don't want to have to sign up for BeIn now too Ruffian 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatest Cockney Rip Off Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 Just now, SpursFlu said: International media rights? Hope that means I can watch outside of Canada for a decent price. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T_Bison Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 The Tweet was deleted, FWIW. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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