Montreal sports teams trudging along with lacklustre performances
MONTREAL — Spare a thought for Montreal’s much-maligned sports fans and the industries that count on them to help their bottom lines.
All three major sports teams in the city are struggling — one didn’t make the playoffs, another is limping to the finish line and won’t see post-season action either and the third is off to a horrible start.
The airwaves are full of disgruntled discourse and one need not look further than Khalid Skour’s sports merchandise store as a litmus test of those feelings.
“The fans, they don’t come to buy the items, this is what happens,” said Skour, the owner of Sports Crescent in downtown Montreal.