Skip navigation

 Login or Register | Member Centre

In 'Riders country, no one's afraid of the big, bad NFL

ROY MacGREGOR

Globe and Mail Update

Latest comment posted at 2:01 PM EDT 23/10/07

'Pride Lives Here' says the huge sign over the stadium. And it certainly does this year, writes Roy MacGregor ...Read the full article

This conversation is closed

  1. Stephen LaRose from Regina, Canada writes: David: Canadian Football League televised games attract between twice to three times the number of viewers NFL games do on Canadian television (ever read Bill Houston's columns?)

    By the way, serious mistake in Roy's column. The Saskatchewan Party's colors are NOT that of the Roughriders. The Riders use Kelly green and white with black and grey accents: the Saskatchewan Party uses green and gold, the colors of the Saskatchewan flag.
  2. andrei de souza from Toronto, Canada writes: If we had REAL football fans in southern Ontario like you do in Saskatchewan, the Tiger-Cats would be playing before 70,000 amazing fans. The Argonauts would be playing before 100,000 with 200,000 on a waiting list.

    The CFL isn't the problem, it is lousy football fans in Ontario. I call them cultural separatists. Le Bloq NFL.
  3. El Taco Grande from Winnipeg, Canada writes: It's funny that people in Saskatchewan have tons of fun every season cheering for the Riders while people in Southern Ontario (save for the 30,000 or so fans who populate the stands at Argonauts and Tiger-Cats games) shut their eyes and resolutely refuse to enjoy the product before them.

Comments are closed

Thanks for your interest in commenting on this article, however we are no longer accepting submissions. If you would like, you may send a letter to the editor.

Report an abusive comment to our editorial staff

close

Alert us about this comment

Please let us know if this reader’s comment breaks the editor's rules and is obscene, abusive, threatening, unlawful, harassing, defamatory, profane or racially offensive by selecting the appropriate option to describe the problem.

Do not use this to complain about comments that don’t break the rules, for example those comments that you disagree with or contain spelling errors or multiple postings.

Back to top