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Originally Posted by Vulcan
Come on Green Bay is only 100 miles from Milwaukee and they only need to travel 8 times a year as opposed to travelling 41 times a year to Saskatoon. The NFL is also fueled by their TV contracts, they could play to an empty stadium and still make money. Hey I like Saskatoon but it is just too small. It would make a great Flames AHL city though.
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Fair point on the nfl tv contract - more revenue sharing helps the Packers. But how far is Milwaukee from Chicago? Close enough that the Wirtz's got their shirt in a knot when Milwaukee was considered an expansion candidate. Could be that Milwaukee helps support the Bears as the well as the Packers.
No doubt Milwaukee helps Green Bay but so does the upper Peninsula of Michigan.