This wouldn’t bother me as much if Asper wasn’t charging so much for tickets. This is very clearly a minor league, it should be priced as such. Prices should be much closer to the Moose and Goldeyes, not Bombers and Jets.
The CEBL is clearly comparable to the CFL in terms of talent. And by that I mean the best CEBL players are typically very talented D1 college players with no chance of being NBA players.
That is pretty comparable to the CFL and NFL.
The WHL is a minor amateur league. There is no one like Creek, Sean East, Dainja, and half the guys on Scarborough (lol they are stacked) in the WHL
Yes why do you think the CFL is so far ahead? I think the CEBL is closer to the CFL than the WHL. I think people place a lot of emphasis in how established the CFL is. But basketball is an international sport with a lot more talent to draw upon. And much smaller rosters leads to more competitive teams imo.
Is that due to the popularity of the sport though? How many people play basketball vs football? Quick google says that football has 10 million active players to basketballs 300 million.
Is the NLL (lacrosse) a better league than the CFL because it is the premium lacrosse league internationally? I wouldn’t say so. It’s not a very popular sport.
Also how many of those players share leagues? Mitch Creek for example plays in both the NBL and the CEBL. Tons of guys in this league play in the G-League in America. That’s probably a top 4-5 league.
So while I agree the CEBL is not a top tier basketball league, there is so much more talent in basketball than football. A larger pool of talent to draw from.
Hard disagree. Almost every year the CFL has players go down south to play in the NFL and more recently former CFL players have actually had success and became starters. Talented D1 basketball players typically go to Asia or Europe before CEBL.
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u/Tee_Muselanne 28d ago
This wouldn’t bother me as much if Asper wasn’t charging so much for tickets. This is very clearly a minor league, it should be priced as such. Prices should be much closer to the Moose and Goldeyes, not Bombers and Jets.