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The NFL boasts of having the most enviable fan demographics of any major sports league. With an average viewer income level over that of NBA, NHL or MLB; as well as, an average viewer age under those who view any other live sporting event (with possibly the exception of the newly growing soccer segment in North America, which still lies undetermined). With more than 100,000,000 viewers tuning in each week, and 30 percent of them being female, rednecks, we are not!

From the time he was 16, Eric Lindros was never far from the public eye. Yesterday was no different, when he decided to announce his retirement after 13 injury-plagued seasons in the NHL. In the history of Canadian sport, few athletes have sparked more debate than Lindros. Whether it was refusing to play in the Soo or Quebec, his meddling parents, or his public feud with Bob Clarke, “The Next One” was always a lightning rod of controversy. In just 760 games, Lindros scored 372 goals and 865 points. A solid career for most, but with his talent, it only leaves us asking What if? I’ll always remember the bohemeoth 228-pound teenager that crashed his way through the 1991 Canada Cup, not looking out of place among the worlds’ best. Love him or hate him, we all have an opinion of him. Lindros now is moving on to his second career as a union activist. It sounds strange for a player who was perceived to be so self-centred to now be fighting for the rights of others. What is certain is that the fractured NHLPA could use his help.

The Bowl Championship Series rankings that will ultimately decide Division 1A college fooball supremacy in America came out this week. So once again, it’s time for anyone who cares about this grand game to begin their annual rant against the NCAA and their lack of a playoff system. With every sport (including all other levels of football) having some sort of playoff, it seems logical to have one in this case as well. Creating such a system would be straightforward: the NCAA could simply take the top eight teams in the Associated Press poll and match them up. This might sound uncomplicated, until you factor in the monetary part of the equation. The bottom line is that college football is run by the elite programs that make up the “power conferences” along with television networks; both parties have no interest in sharing their slice of the pie with the Boise States of the world. So, until the NCAA stops allowing the networks and a handful of colleges to make all of the decisions, we will be stuck with this murky mess they call the BCS.