CFL in the Maritimes

[Taeolas]

It does feel like Sports is one of the last holdouts of the "Maritime shunning" that happened through the late 20th/early 21st century. Where to the Rest of Canada, the country started (or stopped) at Quebec City and nothing east of there mattered.

That did lead to the Maritimes/Atlantic Canada becoming somewhat self sufficient in many ways, fostering some strong companies (Irvings, McCains, Sobeys), and even moderately strong media circles (Brunswick News, ATV and its sister stations).

But it also means we were shoved into a corner out of sight to the rest of the country, so our businesses (and sports) got little to no attention.

Granted I'm not into sports, but the fact that there isn't a Sportsnet Atlantic to cover Maritime sports like MFL and similar seems quite telling, even if such a channel would need to simulcast Sportsnet East content half the time.

It means we're basically constantly playing catch up and are seen as "Well there's no support, no interest out there." A chicken and the egg situation basically.

Thankfully the Quebec barrier has been cracked in recent decades, as seen both by the influx of nationwide businesses moving in (and Maritime businesses expanding outward), but other than the QMJHL, it feels hard to crack the sports nut.