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In the article it is stated that the Maple Leafs are probably Toronto's most famous team globally. Writers should be very wary of making such statements in wikipedia as it is impossible to back up unless there is only one major team in the city of course. This is especially true in the USA and Canada where the framework of sports is very different to the rest of the world. Being in work when reading the article I decided to conduct a quick straw poll of colleagues who would claim to be sports fans. Eight people, living in London and coming from different parts of the world {not North America} were asked to name a Toronto sports team. Four said Toronto FC {not surprising as Major League Soccer is televised all over Europe, Africa, Asia and South America}, two said the Toronto Blue Jays, though neither knew in which sport the team play, one said the Toronto Canadians, shrugging, raising his eyebrows and holding palms up to confirm that this was a stab in the dark, and the last person simply said they did not know but imagined it would be a hockey team. I've not changed the article or deleted the statement but would be willing to bet that Toronto's most famous team, in London at least is very definately Toronto FC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Captainbeecher ( talk • contribs) 16:37, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
I was just curious about the inclusion of Balsillie's drive to relocate the Predators to Hamilton in this article. This is supposed to be about sport in Toronto, not Hamilton, or the GTA, or the Golden Horseshoe etc. Is there any reason why this should be retained? (If need be, someone could create an article for Professional sport in Ontario, Hockey in Ontario, or something similar, for which such information would hold more relevance. Mind matrix 14:40, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
As somewhat of a supplementary to the above discussion, it's ironic that a discussion on a "potential" team in the Toronto area is taking up three paragraphs of the hockey section ... but there is absolutely no mention of the Toronto Toros tenure during the 70's (which featured a feuding with Leafs owner Harold Ballard), nor any mention of the now defunct Toronto Roadrunners ... nor the active Toronto Marlies! (Heck, I even had to include the Marlies on the chart of Professional sports teams myself! Though they are a farm club, they are not a semi-pro sports teams!) If anybody has the time to include any salient notes about those three teams into the hockey section, I would strongly recommend it be done! Just a thought! Amchow78 16:39, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
"the Toronto FC lives in a paradox of being considered a minor and largely ignored team by the citizens of the city it represents, while at the same time, through the global popularity and media coverage of soccer, it is being arguably more world famous than many of the teams that play in the Big Four leagues (NFL/CFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA)."
- For a team that was officially voted throughout Canada as the biggest success story of the year (with Ottawa Senators coming 2nd, yes you read right), and by an overwhelming majority of the writers (from the Sun and Star) as the biggest success story of the year (tied with the FIFA world cup U-20). that quote is very misleading. - Toronto FC surpassed the Raptors, Blue Jays in season tickets in their first season. - The TV ratings were nothing short of extraordinary. - And out of all the people talking and raving about Toronto FC, the only ones who showed disinterest are the insecure 4th or 5th Generation "white-anglo-traditonalist" Canadians (Such as Bob Mccown <who is American actually> who predicted that "Toronto FC would not have more than 2000 season tickets" <then snubbing that the first 13,000 season sale was a miracle and would not continue on again < By the way, the next one is at 14K> - I recently spoke to the father of a friend (who works for the Air Canada Center, merchendize) and he told me that Toronto FC is one of their greatest draws, even outselling the Raptors for the last few months (and they are not even playing at the time).
- This team is being treated in Toronto as if it were a world class league team. And even the media is taking notice. I think that this quote must have been written around June or April of last year, because it makes no sense. (Foxfang) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.231.255.213 ( talk) 01:13, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- "TV ratings were nothing short of extraordinary"? Better do some fact-checking there - William Houston's TV sports column in The Globe and Mail publishes Canadian TV sports ratings every Tuesday or Wednesday, and Toronto FC TV ratings during 2007 are nowhere near those of the Leafs, Raptors, or Jays. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.242.24.90 ( talk) 03:11, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
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Or should I say American football in Toronto section. Most of the section deals with past attempts to acquire NFL teams for the city. Versus focusing on the ACTUAL football history in Toronto. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryantomtom ( talk • contribs) 01:11, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
The future Toronto FC academy team in the USL Pro been moved to the Semi-Pro section. This is due to it's standing as a Division 3 League in the Canadian Soccer Pyramid which is classified as Semi-Pro by Canadian Soccer Association. [1] [2] In addition as a Division 3 club it would be ineligible to compete the Canadian Championship and the Voyageurs Cup which is reserved for the three professional teams in Canada competing in the Division One Major League Soccer and two competing in the Division two North American Soccer League. [3]
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So just curious, but would anyone be opposed to renaming this article/expanding the scope to Sports in Greater Toronto (akin to Sports in the New York metropolitan area. Many of the sections discuss areas outside of Toronto proper, and I figure as opposed to excising the non-Toronto parts from this article, it would just be easier to rename it to expand its actual scope. Leventio ( talk) 17:11, 16 June 2023 (UTC)
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In the article it is stated that the Maple Leafs are probably Toronto's most famous team globally. Writers should be very wary of making such statements in wikipedia as it is impossible to back up unless there is only one major team in the city of course. This is especially true in the USA and Canada where the framework of sports is very different to the rest of the world. Being in work when reading the article I decided to conduct a quick straw poll of colleagues who would claim to be sports fans. Eight people, living in London and coming from different parts of the world {not North America} were asked to name a Toronto sports team. Four said Toronto FC {not surprising as Major League Soccer is televised all over Europe, Africa, Asia and South America}, two said the Toronto Blue Jays, though neither knew in which sport the team play, one said the Toronto Canadians, shrugging, raising his eyebrows and holding palms up to confirm that this was a stab in the dark, and the last person simply said they did not know but imagined it would be a hockey team. I've not changed the article or deleted the statement but would be willing to bet that Toronto's most famous team, in London at least is very definately Toronto FC. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Captainbeecher ( talk • contribs) 16:37, 14 October 2007 (UTC)
I was just curious about the inclusion of Balsillie's drive to relocate the Predators to Hamilton in this article. This is supposed to be about sport in Toronto, not Hamilton, or the GTA, or the Golden Horseshoe etc. Is there any reason why this should be retained? (If need be, someone could create an article for Professional sport in Ontario, Hockey in Ontario, or something similar, for which such information would hold more relevance. Mind matrix 14:40, 15 June 2007 (UTC)
As somewhat of a supplementary to the above discussion, it's ironic that a discussion on a "potential" team in the Toronto area is taking up three paragraphs of the hockey section ... but there is absolutely no mention of the Toronto Toros tenure during the 70's (which featured a feuding with Leafs owner Harold Ballard), nor any mention of the now defunct Toronto Roadrunners ... nor the active Toronto Marlies! (Heck, I even had to include the Marlies on the chart of Professional sports teams myself! Though they are a farm club, they are not a semi-pro sports teams!) If anybody has the time to include any salient notes about those three teams into the hockey section, I would strongly recommend it be done! Just a thought! Amchow78 16:39, 26 July 2007 (UTC)
"the Toronto FC lives in a paradox of being considered a minor and largely ignored team by the citizens of the city it represents, while at the same time, through the global popularity and media coverage of soccer, it is being arguably more world famous than many of the teams that play in the Big Four leagues (NFL/CFL, NHL, MLB, and NBA)."
- For a team that was officially voted throughout Canada as the biggest success story of the year (with Ottawa Senators coming 2nd, yes you read right), and by an overwhelming majority of the writers (from the Sun and Star) as the biggest success story of the year (tied with the FIFA world cup U-20). that quote is very misleading. - Toronto FC surpassed the Raptors, Blue Jays in season tickets in their first season. - The TV ratings were nothing short of extraordinary. - And out of all the people talking and raving about Toronto FC, the only ones who showed disinterest are the insecure 4th or 5th Generation "white-anglo-traditonalist" Canadians (Such as Bob Mccown <who is American actually> who predicted that "Toronto FC would not have more than 2000 season tickets" <then snubbing that the first 13,000 season sale was a miracle and would not continue on again < By the way, the next one is at 14K> - I recently spoke to the father of a friend (who works for the Air Canada Center, merchendize) and he told me that Toronto FC is one of their greatest draws, even outselling the Raptors for the last few months (and they are not even playing at the time).
- This team is being treated in Toronto as if it were a world class league team. And even the media is taking notice. I think that this quote must have been written around June or April of last year, because it makes no sense. (Foxfang) —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.231.255.213 ( talk) 01:13, 12 January 2008 (UTC)
- "TV ratings were nothing short of extraordinary"? Better do some fact-checking there - William Houston's TV sports column in The Globe and Mail publishes Canadian TV sports ratings every Tuesday or Wednesday, and Toronto FC TV ratings during 2007 are nowhere near those of the Leafs, Raptors, or Jays. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 99.242.24.90 ( talk) 03:11, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
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BetacommandBot ( talk) 00:49, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
Or should I say American football in Toronto section. Most of the section deals with past attempts to acquire NFL teams for the city. Versus focusing on the ACTUAL football history in Toronto. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Bryantomtom ( talk • contribs) 01:11, 29 December 2014 (UTC)
The future Toronto FC academy team in the USL Pro been moved to the Semi-Pro section. This is due to it's standing as a Division 3 League in the Canadian Soccer Pyramid which is classified as Semi-Pro by Canadian Soccer Association. [1] [2] In addition as a Division 3 club it would be ineligible to compete the Canadian Championship and the Voyageurs Cup which is reserved for the three professional teams in Canada competing in the Division One Major League Soccer and two competing in the Division two North American Soccer League. [3]
For further information on Canadian Soccer Pyramid please consult:
References
The following Wikimedia Commons file used on this page or its Wikidata item has been nominated for deletion:
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So just curious, but would anyone be opposed to renaming this article/expanding the scope to Sports in Greater Toronto (akin to Sports in the New York metropolitan area. Many of the sections discuss areas outside of Toronto proper, and I figure as opposed to excising the non-Toronto parts from this article, it would just be easier to rename it to expand its actual scope. Leventio ( talk) 17:11, 16 June 2023 (UTC)