I believe, working from memory here, I believe it was Prime Minister Benjamin Disraeli, who later would be honoured by having Eric Clapton's band Cream name an album after him, that said something like "Statistics and lies are similar". And if he didn't, well, someone else did.
Point being.
In yesterday's Toronto Star which, of course, also serves the Hamilton, Ontario market, there was a statistic, a poll to be more accurate, that Jim "I want an NHL team" Mr. Balsillie paid for in both Hamilton and Phoenix, Arizona, the home of the hopefully future Hamilton Steelers of the NHL.
[Get to the point.]
Right.
Point being, what was polled was the preferences each community had for local professional sports leagues. What smelled of bulls't was that in Phoenix. Phoenix, Arizona. Phoenix, Arizona, USA. In the Southwest corner of the United States of America allegedly 3 per cent of the Phoenixians [?] follow the Canadian Football League.
Get out of here.
WFDS
"Lies, damn lies, and statistics" is the quote.
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