Originally Posted by
jloome
I think it's demoralizing for the players to look up at kickoff and see a 2/3 empty stadium pretty much at every game. Yeah, it fills in to almost full over the course, but Toronto fans are so habitually late it must genuinely seem to them like the fans don't much care.
And people can blame terrible transit/construction all they want, but seemingly no one ever adjusts. I rarely get a chance to go to games as I live out west, but I've never been in my seats any later than 15 minutes before kickoff, no matter where we were staying in the city or GTA.
It's just not a priority for people, clearly. But you can be sure it's noticed by the players.