Originally Posted by
Waggy
Not really. How many owners show up that often at their teams games? How often do you see the CEO of Rogers at a Jays game? How often do you see, I dunno, Illich at a Red Wings game? How often do you see Melnick at a Sens game? You'd be amazed how few owners regularly do go to games. Sure they go to games, just generally the bigger ones or the more convenient ones. This is Christmas for an NHL/NBA guy, it's the only quiet time of the year. In August rookie camps start (normally), for basketball there are international tournaments, looking at rounding out rosters in both sports, getting the business side of the teams ready for the next season. Keeping in mind at best TFC is his 3rd priority, and we're talking a wed game in late July in crazy weather, for a team in 2nd last in the league and ya, I'm impressed he went. Soccer isn't football, with 8 or 9 home games a year. There's 25-30 depending on the CCL. In all honesty, if I was him I don't know that I'd be in the city right now. In fact, I doubt I would be. And I don't think that too many Torontonians in his position would be either.