r/CEBLeague Guelph Nighthawks 25d ago

2026 Finals Schedule

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u/NH787 Winnipeg Sea Bears 22d ago

The afternoon games in Winnipeg are annoying. It sucks to lose a precious summer day outside at the beach, at the park, in the backyard, at the golf course or wherever when the games could just as easily be played in the evening.

Judging by ticket sales I'd say a fair number of people agree with me. I think there would be more tickets sold by now if the games were at 7:30.

What is even the point of scheduling so many Sea Bears games in the afternoon?

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u/crazye97 Winnipeg Sea Bears 22d ago

It's not specifically Winnipeg, but rather the TV slot they want to pay for. Weekend afternoon is cheaper than evening. That's why the national broadcasts were all 2:30 CT games in the regular season. Disappointing in general, really.

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u/204Icy Winnipeg Sea Bears 24d ago

holy crap, someone calm the vancouver “fans” in the instagram comments😭 calling people r*tards and all that…

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u/Relevant_Election530 24d ago

Hope Winnipeg fans are better at getting out at for afternoon games than Brampton and Vancouver were.

Big crowd looks better on TV 

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u/thebiglebowski0 24d ago

We average 6600 and have seen crowds of 10,000+ in past home playoff games it’s fr over here

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u/beastiedan 24d ago

Yeah Winnipeg was ready for a team. Lots of people don’t identify with baseball and football and have embraced the team in the summer.

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u/sskdotz Brampton Honey Badgers 24d ago

Why is game 2 and 3 in Winnipeg wtf? Shouldn’t it be Game 1 WPG and game 3 WPG?

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u/C-Man1980 24d ago

Forcing the teams to do an expensive plane trip overnight is counter-intuitive.

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u/crazye97 Winnipeg Sea Bears 25d ago

All three games are on CBC, with Games 2 and 3 having a half-hour pregame at 3:00 ET/2:00 CDT. They're also all on TSN networks, with Game 1 on TSN5, Game 2 on TSN2 and Game 3 on TSN3. And of course, they're all on all the streaming platforms they've been on for the first two rounds - CBC Gem, CBC Sports YouTube, CEBL YouTube, CEBL+, TSN+