Yes, being an Argos fan in 2014 is difficult. Talk of when owner David Braley is going to sell the team, and where the team will play future home games, seem to grab more headlines then the actual team on the field.
We’re at a point in the team’s history that most fans can’t wait to put behind them. Fans want the focus to come back to where it belongs: on the games and the players.
One day Argos football in Toronto will be big time again. Fans will have to buy tickets weeks and even months in advance in order to see a live game. There will be a stadium that rocks as loud as any in the CFL. There will be tension and excitement in the air for every home game. Coaching decisions will be magnified and dissected all week long between games. Talk of attendance and ownership problems will be long since forgotten.
Fans can’t wait for that day to come.
The Argos are lost in a city oversaturated with major sports leagues, theatre, arts, and everything else under the sun. Want proof? This Saturday in downtown Toronto the Leafs host the Bruins, the Argos host the Ticats, and if that doesn’t interest you, well head down to the Everything to Do With Sex Show, all three events overlapping one another in a single evening.
Just another Saturday in Toronto.
The good news? Amid the chaos, the remaining Argo fans are as passionate as any group of fans of any sport anywhere on the planet. There is an appreciation for the team’s long and storied past, there is tension as each week plays out, and there is a true excitement for when the franchise turns the corner, becomes prosperous again, and looks only to the future.
Buy your stocks now, the Toronto Argonauts franchise is going nowhere but up.
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