....Booooooooooooon!
Mike Boon loves his Leafs and that's fine but he is a realist and is willing to admit that the team indeed Sucks Giant Ass. (My words, not his.)
Check out this article from Macleans writer Steve Maich that MB has reproduced on his site. Very interesting and well worth the read.
One of my favorite passages.
To be precise, however, the Leafs wield what economists call "monopolistic market power" — not quite the same as being a monopoly, but similar. Colin Jones, professor emeritus at the University of Victoria, has spent much of his career studying the economics of pro hockey. "Pretty much any study you look at, you'll find a very strong correlation between attendance and winning." But the Leafs, he says, are different. "They can do whatever the hell they like and the attendance and merchandise sales go up, and TV and radio contracts hold up. In terms of competitive performance, this monopolistic power is a very bad thing."
A bad very bad thing to be sure.
Go read the rest and then come back.
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