Naturally, CBC pushes the nation building aspect but not the French aspect of it (as CFL/Alouettes were still an Anglo driven market and French fans would be watching the French broadcast anyway..) But by 1976 or 77 someone at CBC decided everything else should be bi lingual...Player intros, on screen graphics of player positions etc should have the French equivalent.
Not a coincidence as Quebec nationalism was asserting itself , seperatists in office, and the English vestiges of Quebec quickly swept away and swept out and Als were an East power house and we're getting 60 plus thousand at the Big Owe
But by 1980 or 81 poof, it's all gone. Again, not surprising as PQ lost referendum the Als fortunes plummeted and it's new found French audience lost interest in the CFL.
Grey Cups can serve as interesting time capsules for Canada and the league in general.
Watched a lot of the old broadcasts.
Naturally, CBC pushes the nation building aspect but not the French aspect of it (as CFL/Alouettes were still an Anglo driven market and French fans would be watching the French broadcast anyway..) But by 1976 or 77 someone at CBC decided everything else should be bi lingual...Player intros, on screen graphics of player positions etc should have the French equivalent.
Not a coincidence as Quebec nationalism was asserting itself , seperatists in office, and the English vestiges of Quebec quickly swept away and swept out and Als were an East power house and we're getting 60 plus thousand at the Big Owe
But by 1980 or 81 poof, it's all gone. Again, not surprising as PQ lost referendum the Als fortunes plummeted and it's new found French audience lost interest in the CFL.
Grey Cups can serve as interesting time capsules for Canada and the league in general.
Edited by Zontar