thomasincanada said:
Like it or not, leafs = ratings on CBC.
Like it or not, the CBC is a publicly-funded company, and good ratings should not be the priority. In fact, it's not even in their mandate, so why even bring this up? Besides, the CBC has an obligation to represent the opinions of all Canadians, not just particular groups that they feel like representing. I am not a Leafs fan, but, believe it or not, I'm still a Canadian.
thomasincanada said:
The only way to get all Canadian teams on TV would be to have the leafs play them on a rotating basis on Saturday nights (which really isn't that bad of an idea).
Yeah, that or they could *GASP* rotate the Eastern teams for the first game of the national broadcast. Why should people in B.C. have to watch the Leafs game
every Saturday night? Don't you think they'd like to see the Sens or Habs once in awhile? Like most Western Canadians, I'm not a fan of the Leafs. I don't mind watching the Leafs every now and then, but every week? Hell naw. I'd much rather watch a healthy mix of several teams instead of the same team that I really don't care about, and it isn't far-fetched to assume that many Western Canadians feel the same way.