Is there 'East Coast Bias'?
View Poll Results: Is there East Coast Bias
Yes
152 69.41%
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51 23.29%
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12-30-2012, 04:49 PM
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Is there 'East Coast Bias'?
Title states the question
12-30-2012, 05:17 PM
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explain
12-30-2012, 05:22 PM
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Apparently Western conference players/teams get no recognition by the media since they only focus on Eastern teams/players.
Also it's also been suggested that Eastern Conference fans don't stay up late to gauge an opinion of players from Western Conference teams.
12-30-2012, 05:26 PM
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Thank God, yes!
12-30-2012, 05:28 PM
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Technically isn't Toronto more centrally located in North America? lol
12-30-2012, 05:31 PM
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Ive watched more Western Canadian teams and pacific teams than South Eastern teams.
12-30-2012, 05:32 PM
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I'm going to go out on a limb and guess that the majority of people saying no will be Eastern Conference fans.
12-30-2012, 05:33 PM
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Regarding media: Maybe.
12-30-2012, 06:00 PM
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Technically isn't Toronto more centrally located in North America? lol
It is located more centrally located in the universe.
12-30-2012, 06:27 PM
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Without question there is. What percent of Eastern Conference fans knew how elite Anze Kopitar was/is before the Kings cup run?
12-30-2012, 06:30 PM
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Without question there is. What percent of Eastern Conference fans knew how elite Anze Kopitar was/is before the Kings cup run?
My grand parents come from Slovenia so I knew who he was
12-30-2012, 06:30 PM
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Without question there is. What percent of Eastern Conference fans knew how elite Anze Kopitar was/is before the Kings cup run?
Sens fans knew the moment we drafted Brian Lee over him
12-30-2012, 06:34 PM
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In the media, yes. But it's not nearly as bad as many people make it out to be.
12-30-2012, 06:36 PM
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Apparently Western conference players/teams get no recognition by the media since they only focus on Eastern teams/players.
If you guys want more recognition out west, start getting busy and make more babies with each other.
Its not our fault we have a huge population in Ontario that needs up to the minute information about the Leafs.
12-30-2012, 06:37 PM
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Yes.
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12-30-2012, 06:38 PM
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Without question there is. What percent of Eastern Conference fans knew how elite Anze Kopitar was/is before the Kings cup run?
Everyone here knew Anze Kopitar. You're lying to yourself if you think otherwise.
12-30-2012, 06:38 PM
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Well, being that I like evidence instead of opinion, a starting point would be to say that award winners since 1990 have been distributed as follows:
Award East West Norris 8 14 Hart 13 9 Byng 10 12 Calder 13 9 TOTAL 44 44
Probably a fair statement to say Eastern teams generally spent more money than Western teams too so we'd expect them to have more of the star players.
Obviously a very very basic look, but a starting point.
12-30-2012, 06:44 PM
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I'd say the East gets more media attention than the West, but that could also be because you've got Crosby, Malkin, Stamkos, Giroux, Ovechkin, Lundqvist, etc... all playing on East teams.
12-30-2012, 06:48 PM
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Without question there is. What percent of Eastern Conference fans knew how elite Anze Kopitar was/is before the Kings cup run?
I had no idea who he was.
12-30-2012, 06:54 PM
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Well, being that I like evidence instead of opinion, a starting point would be to say that award winners since 1990 have been distributed as follows:
Award East West Norris 8 14 Hart 13 9 Byng 10 12 Calder 13 9 TOTAL 44 44
Probably a fair statement to say Eastern teams generally spent more money than Western teams too so we'd expect them to have more of the star players.
Obviously a very very basic look, but a starting point.
Your East/West is flawed, since there are a number of Western Conference teams that are practically East Coast teams.
12-30-2012, 06:57 PM
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Your East/West is flawed, since there are a number of Western Conference teams that are practically East Coast teams.
My impression was that the OP was asking of Eastern Conference vs Western Conference, no?
What's he asking then?
12-30-2012, 06:58 PM
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Is there a West Cost Bias? Cause "defense" seems to be blown out of proportion there.
12-30-2012, 07:00 PM
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My impression was that the OP was asking of Eastern Conference vs Western Conference, no?
The question is East Coast bias, not Eastern Conference. The bias doesn't come from the Conference, but from the time difference.
12-30-2012, 07:01 PM
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The bias being talked about is in the media. It happens in all sports, but is more easily seen in the other major sports in the States because of ESPN and all their bull**** coverage.
12-30-2012, 07:14 PM
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The question is East Coast bias, not Eastern Conference. The bias doesn't come from the Conference, but from the time difference.
Well in that case I disagree. Vancouver, Edmonton, and Calgary all get plenty of attention both media-wise and otherwise.
There's a small-market bias, but I think you'd be hardpressed to show a time-difference bias.
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