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Lions4ever wrote:

gizmo fan 2 wrote:Don't mean to put down BC fans or the Lions at all...but you aren't "taking one for the league" by getting Friday nights throughout the summer.

We here in Edmonton would kill (well, maybe not kill...but maim, at least) to have your home schedule. As bad as Fridays may be in BC...try two summers solid of Thursdays.

I don't agree. In the US Thursdays have been appointment football nights for years. ESPN has featured a major college clash on Thursdays for a very long time and the stadia are packed. There have been some memorable games too (think Oregon State's epic defeat of USC last season). More recently the NFL has set its sights on Thursday nights. You can be sure they wouldn't do so unless they thought it was a winner.

Thursday night football on TV is great...which is why ESPN, and to a lesser extent the NFL, started the whole thing.

But you look up those schedules (NCAA nationally televised games, and NFL games) and I'll guarantee that no one team has more than one Thursday home game.

A Thursday night home game where it's your team? Is lousy. Four or five or them in a row? Exponentially lousy. Four or five of them in a row for two years straight? Quantum-leap lousy.

There's a reason they spread them all out among the teams - because as good as they are on TV, they're horrible for home fans. And that's the best way to do it...no complaints at all if we had one. Or even two. But a whole summer's worth, for two years? Unacceptable.

Solar Max wrote:

WestCoastJoe wrote:
Vancouverites (read Lower Mainland and anyone willing to drive here) are a tough audience. They are with you win or tie. Ummmm ... well, actually just with the win. Lose and lose the fans. Win and you gain fans.

Ok, but how about a team that loses for 39 years, and they line up for ST for that losing franchise? Their fans are there for them lose, lose, or lose.

I know I will burn in hell for asking, but sometimes ya just gotta.

The funny thing about the Canucks though is that fan support did drop off back in the mid 1980s. For whatever the reason though, I can't see that happening again even if the Canucks go 0-82 one season.

Ravi wrote:
The funny thing about the Canucks though is that fan support did drop off back in the mid 1980s. For whatever the reason though, I can't see that happening again even if the Canucks go 0-82 one season.

Dare to dream!

I remember a few years ago when the players went on strike, I was so hoping that they would continue the strike, because I felt if they had, they would have killed hockey...too bad they smartened up... :(