
Originally Posted by
Nicky Santoro
i am confused about the popularity in the states for hockey. Bobby Orr, who played for boston in the mid 70's and had a short career, was nominated as the most popular athlete in boston history.. even more than brady, pierce, bird, manny, ted williams, etc.. attendance is much higher in nhl than nba in U.S. also, the previous record for most people out in 1 spot in america is not some rally, or concert.. it was back in 1975 for a flyers parade with 1.5 million.. which was shattered last june when chicago had 2 milliion + people out for their parade, and it was a working day to boot. both records are for hockey...now how come the record is not for any super bowl, world series, or nba parade? this is why i'm confused. with 2 million for hockey out there, you'd think hockey must be big..
and don't say they were only out to party and get drunk because in montreal, when we last won the cup, we had over 1 million in our parade, and when our CFL team won this year, we only had a few thousand out for the parade.