i posted about iceland in guad on my thread-yes it's there still
I can't see many Mexican's wanting to play or watch hockey. And I happen to know quite a few of them.
This will be a waste of time and NRG..
I can see Mexicans liking the game, but I think it has a snowballs chance in hell of ever competing with football, or baseball in that country. I could be wrong, but I doubt it.
you could say the same exact thing about most white people under the 49th parallel. if it wasnt for a National Hockey Welfare System, most of the teams would be in the gutter.
growing the game depends on getting kids cheap ice time. not just selling the circus.
you could say the same exact thing about most white people under the 49th parallel. if it wasnt for a National Hockey Welfare System, most of the teams would be in the gutter.
growing the game depends on getting kids cheap ice time. not just selling the circus.
You got it. I would say the same thing about any people living in the Southern states. I've taken flack over my comments, but realistically it's an ice sport that is expensive to run, expensive to play and Mexicans never grew up with it. It would be hard to find owners, that's for sure. My best friend growing up is half Mexican and she lives there now. Her dad owns an international packaging company and he is one of the only Mexicans I know that follows hockey (due to spending lots of time in Manitoba). He doesnt seem to think hockey will work down there, i believe him.
Well, I guess you have your head in the sand! For you to think that it will not take hold is.....a joke!
That's like saying it will not take hold of anywhere except the place that you live. It's kind of short sided thinking....don't you think?
Here's an example. Currently they have about 6 sheets of ice in Mexico City alone and another is being built. When I was there in 1993, we built a program from 90 kids to over 900 kids in under two years.
How, if you really want to see where hockey is going. Check out this site and you will see that they actually play hockey in Dubai. Yes, that's in the Desert!
http://forums.internationalhockey.net/
Maybe your "friend" doesn't know that they have a large youth group of hockey players in Mexico City. Maybe instead of him sitting back and watching, he might be able to participate and get in the game. If not playing, how about helping the growth instead of slamming things he doen't know any thing about.
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Hockey in Mexico is totally questionable and not just for obvious reasons such as "I'm Canadian and I want hockey to myself, so take off eh" or "you can't play hockey in the warm." Those obviously have no impact on my opinion. My opinion is more based on economics like demand, sociological value in terms of worth to communities (novelty for the upper upper class?), and interest from investors. Won't happen without at least a few big timers.
i can see it know 16.50 for a taco & taquila
Until I saw this thread hockey in Mexico wasn't even on my radar but the more I think about it, I can see alot of ways in which it would become very popular.
I watched some of the youtube videos and the players are certainly talented, I think it would be great for Hockey in general to have a place where the game is strong that isn't thought of as a conventional hockey area.
Free Taco Night!!!!
let me help you with your blurred vision, mr v.
a tequila and taco will be about $25 mexican pesos. since you are so smart , i will let you do the conversion into your own currency.
I did not mean this seriously. It was said in jest because of some of the ridicuously high prices for a beer and a hot dog in canadian cities
i saw chearleaders at a hockey game in san diego.