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@chelsealeite WNBA following other leagues/media in cherry-picked number released. Industry standard number of avg per 1 or 2 min not released.

Per WNBA Canada, the Toronto Tempo vs Washington Mystics season opener on TSN was the most-watched WNBA regular season game ever in Canada. Live coverage of the Tempo vs. Mystics game reached 1 million Canadian viewers on TSN and CTV2.

@ISeeAndHearYinz @gregbradyx Avg 1994 NFL ticket in Detroit was US$30. Today, it is >$800. 2026 World Cup prices have followed similar climb.

@gregbradyx My ticket for one match in Detroit in 1994. USA v Switzerland. 73,425 attendance. Ticket $27.50.

The first Canada match in Toronto is 4 weeks from Friday. I’m told at least 3500-4000 tickets are still unsold. Canada Soccer put tickets for all 3 Group matches in all 3 price categories on sale today. My friend sent me a screenshot after logging on to examine the prices. I get the once-in-lifetime value of this, I truly do - but there’s a been a clear combination of gouging, AND miscalculating the market. They’ve been unable to sell 45K tickets in Toronto/55K in VAN. Imagine if it was 70K+, like most of the NFL stadiums. The public will always set the price in the modern marketplace - not the other way around.

@UrBoutToLose Leagues are off their highs. NWSL attendance fell 5% last year. So far this season, avg YoY attendance is flat. WSL attendance fell almost 10% last season. Up 2% for this season.

@JohnMolinaro @NorthernSuperLg I said bring NWSL to Toronto and they gave us this. 🤷🏾‍♂️ The other women’s teams are selling out games. They also play in American leagues. This is equivalent Inter Toronto but we need a TFC. Nobody’s gonna admit it but that’s the issue.

Game between AFC Toronto and Montreal Roses at BMO Field about to kick off. @NorthernSuperLg

@DABailey62 @MctagueNicole @shanelpratap TSN avg demo is 55+ which is a shallow pool for potential supporters. Tv hasn't been a top 5 driver of MLS growth. Pre-Apple, Caps averaged <70k on TSN. Last yr's MLS Cup Final only got 284k on TSN. 78% drop from TFC's 2016 MLS Cup viewership.

@fourTurns @MctagueNicole @shanelpratap It's not ideal, but it does limit exposure to potential supporters. It is nice to see their attendance going up, but will it be of any avail in the end?

From the LATimes "The #Whitecaps have reportedly lost more than $300 million since joining MLS 15 years ago and they are forecast to lose as much as $45 million this season." 45. Mill. Dang.

@Trojan_swag_ R32 match can include England, Portugual and/or Colombia.

@william_lou @simsimmaaz 0 big games here lol..come of it ✌️😂

world cup in toronto gonna be crazy. you're gonna get david beckham at dufferin mall and zidane at cafe dip

@theartdealerr @william_lou England could play R32 match in Toronto.

@william_lou The game’s Toronto got are ass. Beckham isn’t pulling up to watch Iraq versus Senegal

@fc_fort @djcuse Already done. She will be performing at the US opener in LA.

@djcuse Former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he can step up and ask his girlfriend to perform if any of the acts fall through

"Canadian singers Michael Buble, Alanis Morissette and Alessia Cara, who are signed up and expected to star at Canada’s first group stage match against Bosnia & Herzegovina on June 12 in Toronto." Well this is an extremely disappointing lineup 😦

@MctagueNicole @shanelpratap In 2nd yr of Apple tv deal, Caps attendance hit a record high in 2024 & was in the middle of the MLS pack for 2025. 14 Caps matches/yr are still on trad tv - more than even hard cores watch.

@shanelpratap Showing the Whitecap's games on TV would help, but someone madd the decision not to. You can't have fans when you cannot see the games.

@GCM1979 @Whatever66102 There is a hierarchy in Canada. National team football > club football. If into club football, 3 European leagues and league of native/parents country before any local league. If into local football, league before Cup play (unless team makes a run).

@Whatever66102 Those aren't either/or situations, they aren't happening at the same time. The competition is other sports. The FA Cup has magic. No magic in the Can Champ.

why isn't the #canchamp more popular in Canada? This is a game that should bring out fans on droves in all matches. I was out last night watching the game on my phone & no one had any idea what I was watching. The promotion of this competition needs to improve drastically.

@CanuckTarheel @GCM1979 TSN/SN have never been interested. Pre-OS, they never showed R1 matches as happening this week & didn't pay for rights/production. Last yr, a couple of matches were on TSN only because of a barter deal for CANMNT matches with OS.

@GCM1979 My opinion is that the general sports fan can't wrap their head around a parallel cup competition. The other thing is that as it's on OneSoccer, so Bell and Rogers don't have much interest in promoting a competition they don't have rights to.

Alberni Valley among finalists to host Canada Soccer National Training Centre #CANMNT #CANWNT timescolonist.com/sports/alberni… via @timescolonist

@Kenneth604BC @BenSteiner00 No spine since Qatar squad only had 2 players from Caps academy. Only 2 BC-born but both didn't go to Caps academy. 86 squad had 60% BC-born with no academy. CANWNT has also seen BC players falloff but to a lesser degree. Youth women sides have seen a larger dropoff.

Steiner's right. The Whitecaps academy isn't just developing players — it's developing the spine of #CanMNT and #CanWNT. Toronto FC tonight: out of the Voyageurs Cup at the hands of a CPL side, in front of a half-empty BMO. Vancouver: 8-1-1, sold out, producing national team talent at every level. Move the wrong club, lose the right pipeline. #SaveTheCaps #VWFC

@SharonNadeem @TheAthletic The companion stadium guide articles are more comprehensive. Touristy guide coverage is just one sleeve of the World Cup coverage provided by The Athletic. Though, sponsored by StubHub.

@FightingStripes @TheAthletic Not saying they don’t. It’s a weird dynamic to promote an event that you are investigating and raises some questions on potential conflicts of interest.

I’m kinda new to the sports and politics beat but is it weird that @TheAthletic, which the NYT bought and basically replaced its sports investigative team is running ads for the very events that it’s supposed to look into?

@n2henry Time not an issue. Cord cutting & less hours watching trad tv means not enough viewers/ad $ to warrant paying to fill more time. TSN still shows 42 Cdn MLS team games & 80+ overall. Way more than even hard cores ever watch.

I want to state upfront that this is a great deal for WNBA and the TEMPO re: TSN and i will definitely be watching. But this is also a downstream impact of the really bad deal MLS signed with Apple. TSN loss of all three MLS teams from there schedule opened up a ton of time

@__LFF__ @AsaRehman WJ happened as the heydays of cable tv got started. Growth mode = big budget/risk taking. Today, TSN has 50% less subs, ad $ gone online & majority of u35 don't watch trad tv. Secular decline mode means Rogers just offered buyout to 50% of staff & Bell laid off 8-9k in 5 yrs.

@AsaRehman Im old enough to remember when World Junior Hockey Championships were a nothing burger until TSN decided it wasnt We can't ignore the influence our national broadcasters can have, when they decide to Even being neutral rather than hostile at the moment would make a difference

1/2 Many peeps mad at this guy.... He's incredibly wrong about BC/VAN not being a soccer hub (one of the best in 🇨🇦). BUT he's right about not being big enough for MLS. #SaveTheCaps #VWFC

@AlNickel1 @ravira Nobody willing to build $200m+ stadium with heated grass pitch. Nobody willing to pay $500m expansion fee. NASL only survived 1 yr in Calgary.

@ravira A city like Calgary could easily support an MLS team. Two million in the metro area. Instead we have a CSL team in a 5000 seat stadium. Makes no sense to me why MLS doesn’t look at some Canadian cities. The weather might be an issue but Calgary gets Chinooks.

MLS, unlike the old NASL, seems like a league of posers to me. The NASL was unabashedly North American while the MLS tries to be British. Bring back the old nicknames the NASL had and let's talk about fields, uniforms, and shutouts instead of pitches, kits, and clean sheets.

@Kenneth604BC Attendance not a top 5 factor in Caps moving. But ticket prices in bottom 5 of MLS is an issue. Key issue is Caps aren't worth US$500m without a stadium. And MLS won't approve sale below $500m as it will mean a drop in expansion fees from what San Diego paid.

LA Galaxy v @WhitecapsFC. Kickoff. Plenty of empty seats again. Earlier today: Toronto FC drew 5,000 to a 45,000-seat BMO Field. Vancouver: near sellouts every weekend, 8-1-0 on the pitch. And @MLS thinks Vancouver is the relocation candidate? Read the room, @DonGarber. #SaveTheCaps #VWFC

@KickRocksGLG @Kenneth604BC City owns stadium but MLSE generates revenue by running stadium ops.

@Kenneth604BC @WhitecapsFC @MLS @dongarber For starters there was 19k+ yesterday at BMO. Secondly using the temporary seating to back your point is embarrassing. Thirdly MLSE OWNS THE STADIUM while the Whitecaps haves to rent BC Place when they play. It’s not about the record it’s about the money to continue operation

@ian__403 @TheFlightMike Not a casual if you want watch >50% of Raptors games. With SN losing money, Rogers doesn't want to pay for all Raptors games. Next season, some Raptors games will also be on Amazon Prime.

@TheFlightMike Another issue is how broadcast rights are managed. I’m a casual Toronto Raptors fan, their games are split between BellMedia TSN & Rogers Sportsnet. People like me who subscribe to only one of these services miss half of the Raptors’ games.

One of the largest reasons the NBA is seeing a decline in viewership is this: They simply don’t respect the audiences time. They’re the only major sports league to begin a game 15-20 minutes after advertised…