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Originally Posted by isaidso
Within a generation, I can easily see hockey falling to 3rd behind soccer and basketball. It might not fall as far as football has, but it's definitely in decline.
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In Toronto, I guess you'd know better than me. But Canada-wide, or even here in Vancouver, I just don't see it. Soccer's popularity is exaggerated to a crazy degree. The Whitecaps have good attendance for soccer, but it's still almost 10,000 behind the Lions and the TV numbers aren't even close. And the Canucks trump everything, despite being absolute crap. Could hockey lose a bit of share to other sports like soccer, yet remain #1? Sure. Are kids going to be whispering in class to each other about MLS trade deadlines in 10-20 years? No way.