MLSE paints illegal sidewalk ads

[GenerationW]

I don't have the heart to tell them that wrestling isn't real and the Leafs will never be a decent hockey club in this lifetime.

Tell them.

 

[Woodbridge_Heights]

I find the term "Maple Leafs" to be offensive, as is seeing these ads (even if it's just in pictures).

Maple Leaf Nation is really no different than any other religion... just a bunch of sheep following the herd while everyone else looks down upon them shaking their heads. I do find it funny that a lot of my Leaf supporting friends still watch wrestling, I don't have the heart to tell them that wrestling isn't real and the Leafs will never be a decent hockey club in this lifetime.

What would you say about Red Sox (Pre 2004), or Cubs fans? Those two franchises went nearly a century without a championship.

 

[jn_12]

And Cubs fans are still living through their championship drought. Not to mention the countless european soccer clubs that have existed for much of the century without winning a championship. Being a fan means being supportive in the up and the downs and it's a very North American mentality that you should only support a winner.

 

[theman23]

They have a very good chance of getting the first pick(s) overall...

Not a chance.

I have to say, this thread has left me very disappointed with urban toronto.

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

I have to say, this thread has left me very disappointed with urban toronto.

Why?

 

[barrytron3030]

i thought this was a hilarious response to the stencils: http://network.nationalpost.com/np/...2009/11/12/spotted-outside-union-station.aspx

 

[GenerationW]

^What exactly have they won?

 

[dt_toronto_geek]

These damn things are everywhere downtown now. Tonight I even noticed two on the sidewalk in front of Wellesley subway station. ARG!

 

[barrytron3030]

^What exactly have they won?

it's just a funny response. besides, the statement simply comments on one club's obvious desire to win over one's compensation in the lack of success.

you don't have to be champions to prefer winning over "spirit."

 

[Marko]

^What exactly have they won?

It's the desire of the fanbase, nothing more.

The Leaf fans have to hang their hat on spirit, while Raptor fans have their sights set higher - ie: trying to win something.

When the team doesn't win - or at least put a competitive team on the court - fans vote with their feet, unlike the sheep who follow the Leafs and sell out games no matter what.

Anther pic from yesterday's Now Magazine
http://www.nowtoronto.com/daily/story.cfm?content=172356

 

[kettal]

They both came out of the same marketing department at MLSE.

 

[gei]

wrong. the raps ones were put down by a raps fan group.

 

[noodlesalad]

they both suck .. one just more than the other

 

[Marko]

They both came out of the same marketing department at MLSE.

The Maple Leafs ones may have been an MLSE thing - I don't really know or care - but the Raptors ones were certainly an organic response to the Leafs ones.

http://thezantabakherald.wordpress.com/2009/11/10/the-zan-tabak-has-some-fun-on-the-streets-of-to/

 

[Redroom Studios]

for some reason most advertising of corporate sports franchises bugs me... visual pollution to my eyes. I hated the blue Leafs logos painted outside the ACC. As I mentioned in that other thread, I find it disturbing that you can get a custom Ontario license plate for your car that carries any of the Leafs/Raptors/Bluejays logos. Nothing screams "white trash" like them.