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worth · 11-23-2006, 01:47 PM

I don't think that there's any way that either toronto or vancouver would or could support a second team. or for that matter victoria or sakatoon. Regina draws 25,000 average from the entire province. There's no way that they could suport 2 teams.

a more realistic approach (imo) to the 12 team league would be:

west
BC
Calgary
Edmonton
Saskatchewan

Central
winnipeg
Hamilton
Toronto
Windsor or another southern ontario city

east
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec City
Halifax

Then you can have top 2 teams from each division make the playoffs or something like that.

I can definetly see Quebec city supporting a team and a huge rivalry between tham and montreal would develop.

Halifax is a bit of a wildcard. They need a stadium.

TSN purchases all the CFL games and rents some of them out to CBC. I doubt very much that TSN would let their games go to another channel. CFL games do very well consistently beating NFL games no matter when they are.

The CFL needs 10 teams and thats where i see them going. Ottawa in 08 and hopefully another out east somewhere. Not sure, but Halifax was hoping for some kind of commonwaelth or other games or something where they would get funding to build a facility that would include a stadium. not sure if that fell through, but if it did happen to go through then I could see a team in halifax.

I see 10 teams as realistic, 12 as plausible in the distant future.

And I would ABSOLUTLEY NOT make the CFL a farm team for NFL. there's no way that that would work, or fly with the majority of CFL fans. 2 different games. Seems counterproductive to me. Anyway, thats what NFL Europe is for. NFL doesn't want anything to do with Canada or the CFL.

11-23-2006, 01:47 PM	#4
worth Franchise Player Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Vancouver Exp:	I don't think that there's any way that either toronto or vancouver would or could support a second team. or for that matter victoria or sakatoon. Regina draws 25,000 average from the entire province. There's no way that they could suport 2 teams. a more realistic approach (imo) to the 12 team league would be: west BC Calgary Edmonton Saskatchewan Central winnipeg Hamilton Toronto Windsor or another southern ontario city east Ottawa Montreal Quebec City Halifax Then you can have top 2 teams from each division make the playoffs or something like that. I can definetly see Quebec city supporting a team and a huge rivalry between tham and montreal would develop. Halifax is a bit of a wildcard. They need a stadium. TSN purchases all the CFL games and rents some of them out to CBC. I doubt very much that TSN would let their games go to another channel. CFL games do very well consistently beating NFL games no matter when they are. The CFL needs 10 teams and thats where i see them going. Ottawa in 08 and hopefully another out east somewhere. Not sure, but Halifax was hoping for some kind of commonwaelth or other games or something where they would get funding to build a facility that would include a stadium. not sure if that fell through, but if it did happen to go through then I could see a team in halifax. I see 10 teams as realistic, 12 as plausible in the distant future. And I would ABSOLUTLEY NOT make the CFL a farm team for NFL. there's no way that that would work, or fly with the majority of CFL fans. 2 different games. Seems counterproductive to me. Anyway, thats what NFL Europe is for. NFL doesn't want anything to do with Canada or the CFL. Last edited by worth; 11-23-2006 at 01:50 PM.