"OH CANADA!", more like "NO!, CANADA"

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by user Pnatt

To me it's ridiculous how there's so many American teams in the Big Four North American major professional sports leagues. And what's worse is that in the NHL 24 of the 30 teams are American when hockey seems to have more of a following in Canada!

Here's the stats:
MLB: 29 American teams, 1 Canadian team
NBA: 29 American teams, 1 Canadian team
NFL: 32 American teams, 0 Canadian teams
NHL: 24 American teams, 6 Canadian teams

114 American teams to 8 Canadian teams is ridiculous. Why must Canadians be left slapped in the face? Why must money dictate where franchises are located? Capitalism in the extreme!

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JoebookRed-Shirting

649 days ago

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That's 8 more teams than Mexico has... how come you only focus on Canada? If there was so much talent in Canada, how come all of the hockey players come to USA to play? Why wouldn't they start their own leagues in Canada? It's because the Americans have the best leagues in the WORLD. PERIOD.

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PnattRed-Shirting

649 days ago

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That's bullshit. There's no way to prove that!!

Alex HolowczakMVP

649 days ago

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Correction: Best "Big 4" Leagues in the World. Your cricket, soccer, rugby leagues are frankly awful...

PnattRed-Shirting

649 days ago

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yeah and besides as far as I'm concern they're NORTH AMERICAN sports leagues!!

I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

649 days ago

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How do you get that the NFL is North American? National means one nation. It's not the International Football league. Technically speaking the NHL is wrong to have teams in more than one country.

PnattRed-Shirting

647 days ago

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The NHL has always been a joint venture between Canadian and Americanm teams!!!!!

PnattRed-Shirting

639 days ago

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Maybe the reason I focus on Canada is because Canada is appearently a more livable country than America?!

PnattRed-Shirting

639 days ago

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And besides Canada aren't as capitalistic as Americans.

633 days ago

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If only that were a word, your sentence might have meaning.

PnattRed-Shirting

649 days ago

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Alex is right. There's no way you can prove that the American sports leagues are the best in the world. What's to stop me from saying the Australian Football League is the best in the world or Alex saying that the FA Premier League is the best in the world. Hope you're happy Alex I said FA instead of English!!

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ThecrookedcapMajor Leaguer

649 days ago

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Apples and oranges. "Best in the world" is about being the best league within your own sport.

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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

649 days ago

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I see Pnatt's back to his minusing ways. Thought you were giving that up?

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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

649 days ago

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To answer your questions, Canada has had other sports teams (Montreal Expos, Vancouver Grizzles) and they failed. Canada doesn't support much outside of hockey and they have the CFL.

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PnattRed-Shirting

649 days ago

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Why did they fail? And why should American teams steal Canadian teams?

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XinophDraft Pick

647 days ago

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They failed because nobody went to the games. Don't sell tickets, don't make money, can't sign good players, can't win.

PnattRed-Shirting

649 days ago

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It's stupid. America owes Canada, especially after taking away the Winnepeg Jets and Montreal Expos!!

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ThecrookedcapMajor Leaguer

649 days ago

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What does MLB owe to the Expos? The last decade was a joke and a half. I would often see Expos home games outdrawn by my hometown Trenton Thunder, a Double-A team. The people of San Juan, Puerto Rico wanted the team more than they did, outdrawing Montreal in their Expos home games despite having a stadium with 1/3 of the capacity. The fans didn't want to come anymore, and it is thus they gave up their right to that level of baseball. MLB tried to keep the team there, but eventually lost their patience.

ThecrookedcapMajor Leaguer

649 days ago

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I would love to see more Canadian teams (diversity rocks) but if it means having laughable franchises like the Montreal Expos (at least the last 10 yrs of the Expos) or the Vancouver Grizzlies (so bad they moved to a smaller city), I'll pass. And by the way, the CFL in the US thing was a colossal failure except in Baltimore, which may still have a team if it wasn't for the Ravens.

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EroosterMajor Leaguer

630 days ago

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The US CFL teams were a big failure, just as an NFL franchise in a Canadian city would also be a huge failure. Although some fans of the NFL hail from Canada, the majority of the Canadian football fans prefer three-down football.

I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

649 days ago

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They didn't STEAL them. The Canadian teams FAILED. My gosh your complete inability to receive an answers to your stupid questions baffels me. Do you get some kind of pleasure out of making the world thing you're the Australian Forrest Gump?

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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

649 days ago

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Dang, another minus! I didn't see that coming at all! You showed me!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

649 days ago

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"Why must money dictate where franchises are located?" Because for some reason all those silly players, coaches, scouts, trainers, umpires, referees, team doctors, etc. want to get a paycheck.

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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

649 days ago

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You never specified where the "exchange rate" comes into play.

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I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

649 days ago

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Oh Pnatt, you're so cute with your minuses. I can picture you in school in history class (I'm assuming they have that in Australia) and you're teachers talking about World War II.

Pnatt: (raises hand)"Mrs. Smith, why did the Americans have to get invovled in world war II? Those b.s. capitalists have to ruin everything!" Teacher: "Well Pnatt, the Americans were bombed by the Japanese..." Pnatt: (interupting) MINUS YOU! Teacher: "I'm sorry? I was answering your ques..." Pnatt: (interupting again) "MINUS YOU AGAIN! HA HA!" Teacher: "Pnatt please go to the principal's office"

Pnatt: (leaving room) "Minus! Minus! Minus! Minus!..."

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PnattRed-Shirting

649 days ago

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They would say Peter.

PnattRed-Shirting

649 days ago

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I don't go to school.

XinophDraft Pick

647 days ago

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That's pretty obvious.

I am a cpcpMajor Leaguer

649 days ago

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Minus You!

This user hopes Pnatt isn't a good representation of the youth of Australia.

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PnattRed-Shirting

649 days ago

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He isn't.

PnattRed-Shirting

649 days ago

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What's the big deal that I'm Aussie anyway? Who cares? Ohh Pnatt is being a jerk on the ArmchairGM therefore most Australian are like him!!

PnattRed-Shirting

647 days ago

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There should be measures in place by MLB, NBA, and NHL that each Canadian team should remain unless extraordinary circumstances arise.

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Manny StilesAAA-er

647 days ago

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Giving welfare to Canadian fanchises? Sounds pretty communistic, Pnatt.

PnattRed-Shirting

647 days ago

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Communist? I don't think so, more like socialist!!

PnattRed-Shirting

647 days ago

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oops I mean more like socialist!!!

XinophDraft Pick

645 days ago

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Extraordinary circumstances being bankruptcy? 'Cause that's happened to some Canadian teams, or come close to happening. Sports teams are about making money, like any business. If they can't cut it on revenues they get sold and/or moved. That's reality. Grow up.

PnattRed-Shirting

642 days ago

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Extraordinary circumstances being bankruptcy? 'Cause that's happened to some Canadian teams, or come close to happening. Sports teams are about making money, like any business. If they can't cut it on revenues they get sold and/or moved. That's reality. Grow up. Sports teams shouldn't be about making money. Sports should be about entertainment and not a contest of who needs a bigger wallet!

PnattRed-Shirting

642 days ago

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Stupid greedy people.

XinophDraft Pick

630 days ago

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Entertainment is about making money. Why don't you go to the Wizard and ask for a Brain?

Anonymous Fanatic #1

494 days ago

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u guys r idiots, Canadian teams failed yes but thays only cuz Canadian people r more into hockey, and the only reason we dont hav a football team in the americans pussy league is cuz we hav a tougher league called the CFL dumbasses

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Anonymous Fanatic #1

488 days ago

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canadians didnt fail we r just more interested in tough sports, i meen baseball come on sur ethe jays r still there but thats cuz ppl in canada r gettin into baseball and now america is gettin into lacross, which is a canadian sport, so we r tough ppl

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Anonymous Fanatic #2

66 days ago

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they should try a MLB team in Vancouver and a NBA team in Montreal.. switch roles

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