Thread for Questioning CPL Attendance Numbers 2024

[Kingston]

Here it is:  The thread for questioning the validity of CPL attendance numbers!

Do you think the CPL teams are fudging their attendance numbers?  Is there no way that many fans could possibly have fit in section 7?  Did it look like more on TV?  This is the thread for you!

Go to town - no theory is too wild or has insufficient evidence to support it!  In fact, have fun and make things up entirely if you wish!  Just keep it all here on this thread instead of elsewhere!

[shermanator]

Before mods merge this thread with the other thread....again....perhaps they should instead consider banning the person who's trolled this place for decades.

Edited April 17 by shermanator

[Kingston]

Or else they could consider that this thread has utility and leave it in place. 

[Aird25]

9 hours ago, Kingston said:

Or else they could consider that this thread has utility and leave it in place. 

What might that utility be?

[Kingston]

41 minutes ago, Aird25 said:

What might that utility be?

Diverting baseless arguing from the actual attendance thread.

[RS]

20 minutes ago, Kingston said:

Diverting baseless arguing from the actual attendance thread.

[Metro]

19 hours ago, Kingston said:

Here it is:  The thread for questioning the validity of CPL attendance numbers!

Do you think the CPL teams are fudging their attendance numbers?  Is there no way that many fans could possibly have fit in section 7?  Did it look like more on TV?  This is the thread for you!

Go to town - no theory is too wild or has insufficient evidence to support it!  In fact, have fun and make things up entirely if you wish!  Just keep it all here on this thread instead of elsewhere!

I am disappointed you did not reference the very unappreciated "Ticketmaster Blue Dot Theory" in your intro.

[SpursFlu]

I think the CPL inflates their attendance numbers. Does anyone else agree with me?

[narduch]

25 minutes ago, Metro said:

I am disappointed you did not reference the very unappreciated "Ticketmaster Blue Dot Theory" in your intro.

I'm disappointed the thread title didn't manage to work in 'The Importance of....' 

[Cicero]

41 minutes ago, SpursFlu said:

I think the CPL inflates their attendance numbers. Does anyone else agree with me?

Unless there is a full building, basically every sports team in every sport in the world inflates their 'attendance' numbers. MLS and NHL teams do it all the time. I don't know why this is so controversial. It might get tedious debating it, but no one can seriously question that it happens. I still think the numbers are useful in terms of trends.

[Kent]

4 hours ago, Aird25 said:

What might that utility be?

It's analogous to this situation.

 

[SpursFlu]

36 minutes ago, Cicero said:

Unless there is a full building, basically every sports team in every sport in the world inflates their 'attendance' numbers. MLS and NHL teams do it all the time. I don't know why this is so controversial. It might get tedious debating it, but no one can seriously question that it happens. I still think the numbers are useful in terms of trends.

Shhh... Im holding breadcrumbs and I've got a net ready to drop. It's a trap for @Ozzie_the_parrot

Has anyone read the Easton Report? It says a Canadian Premier League should be a bus league

[red card]

11 hours ago, Cicero said:

Unless there is a full building, basically every sports team in every sport in the world inflates their 'attendance' numbers. MLS and NHL teams do it all the time. I don't know why this is so controversial. It might get tedious debating it, but no one can seriously question that it happens. I still think the numbers are useful in terms of trends.

Inflating isn't the correct term. North American pro leagues report attendance as tickets sold. Given all the major leagues (but not MLS) share ticket revenue via various systems, tickets sold is the key metric. 

For seeing the level of fan engagement, then people who actually went through the gates can be more useful. Though, this gets murky because a significant chunk of tickets sold (25-60%) in the major North American leagues are sold to corporations. 

What usually gets over looked is ticket pricing x attendance or match day revenues. In this regard, the Cavs are most impressive in the CPL as they likely have the highest average ticket prices with a steady rise in attendance over 5 years.

 

Edited April 19 by red card

[RJB]

Couldn't make the Vancouver v Halifax game tonight.  What wasn't the attendance?

Edited April 19 by RJB

[Kingston]

9 hours ago, red card said:

For seeing the level of fan engagement, then people who actually went through the gates can be more useful. Though, this gets murky because a significant chunk of tickets sold (25-60%) in the major North American leagues are sold to corporations. 

 

I suspect this is less the case for the CPL.  Which is part of what makes games for the CPL (and other, less popular leagues) so much fun - everyone in the crowd is there because they want to be and are engaged, not because their company or supplier comped them a ticket.

[jonovision]

9 hours ago, RJB said:

Couldn't make the Vancouver v Halifax game tonight.  What wasn't the attendance?

No one can know what the attendance actually was. But we know it can't possibly be 2702, because that is the number on the canpl website. 

[Stanley]

I heard at least 300 of those in the crowd were inflatable dolls.

[Cheeta]

This is a safe space.

You're allowed to have your opinions and your feelings are valid because they're your feelings and they mean something to the most important person here. 

You.

 

[fil]

Some of those supporters seem a bit too high spirited...

[Aird25]

2 hours ago, Stanley said:

I heard at least 300 of those in the crowd were inflatable dolls.

And most likely the others were paid actors so CSB is definitely going to jail for fraud

[Mihairokov]

How can we even be sure the match was played last night? Maybe CPL staged it and then faked the attendance numbers.

[shermanator]

Is CPL even a league? Or did Canadian Soccer Bullshit deepfake the whole thing? 

[fil]

[shermanator]

I can't believe only 300 people showed up in Ottawa today. And they call themselves massive...

[Bison44]

Ummm, I just watched the highlights and there didnt look like there were even 300 fans there.  They must have piped in the crowd noise or something.  I need to investigate this further.......