1970's, actually.
But I thought we were talking about today rather than 30 years ago. If you want to say 30 years ago and before expansion teams came to rise, then sure, go for it. But today is a different story.
And the South still blows dick, by the way.
Glad to see you still have the maturity of a 14 year girl. Once again you're an ignorant fuck. The question was why hockey isn't popular in the south? You're answer was that the South sucks and their dummies down there.
That's a great fucking answer if you're retarded. The truth of the matter goes back 30 years. If people in the South had 30 years of hockey in their blood it would be a top sport in the South. But they don't, hockey isn't popular. It's as simple as that.
And I did say that hockey got popular mainly in the 1970's, though I've read books that say it started in the late 1960's.
Again, your original point only holds true if we're talking 30 years ago. THAT'S ALL! The temperature outside has extremely little bearing on the ice rink indoors nowadays.
Have you played hockey in a semi-outdoor rink during 85 degree F weather in July? I HAVE, in Frederick, so don't give me this bullshit.
Once again. In order to understand why something is popular today you have to examine how it became that way. Hockey is popular in the North because people have played and had the ability, through finances, weather, etc, to play hockey for thirty years. In the South they've played football and baseball for thirty years.
I could care less if you've played hockey in a desert the technology was still different when hockey was becoming popular that it is today.
But you said that the temperatures outside have bearing on hockey today. That was your original point.
I countered by saying that nowadays it costs a lot for rink time and that is the truth, so the poor parts of the country wouldn't be able to afford it.
Again, have you played hockey?
The temperatures still do have a bearing on the ability to build hockey arenas on the basis of cost. The hotter the temperature the more energy is required to freeze the ice, that energy costs money. Yeah we agree that a lot of the South is poor, but that doesn't make the people slack jawed hicks. I'm from the south and my jaw doesn't appear to be slacked and last time I checked I'm not retarded.
And no I've never played hockey on ice.
Neither are people from the South.
Fair enough. Making offensive generalization makes you ignorant whether you like it or not.
I've been to them, I just don't like them.
You were apparently offended by that, which is fantastic.
And, ohhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
You guys blast Michigan all day long but I don't complain. I say something about the South and you go insane, calling me ignorant. What do you know about Michigan, chump?
Grow up.
You dumb shit. I'm not the one who rags on Michigan.
You're excited to insult someone and I'm the one who needs to grow up?
You're the one who always insults things he has no idea about and gets upset when he hits the wrong vain and gets called an ignorant fuck. Sounds like you're the one at fault and you're then one who needs to grow up.