There are teams like the Buffalo Bills who are thinking of moving to Toronto. They have a preseason game scheduled in Toronto next season and a possible regular season game scheduled in 2009.
My question is for Canadians: would you want Canada to be a part of the NFL?
2007-10-27 06:32:21 · 17 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Football (Canadian)
OK, I agree that you guys should be proud of CFL. If I lived in Canada I would be. The only thing I disagree with is the ones who said you have a massive country. I didn't know dirt could buy tickets, I always thought people did. Canada has a population of 33,390,141 the US has a population of 301,139,947. Land mass has no effect in whether a football team can make it, it's people buying tickets.
2007-10-31 18:06:25 · answer #1 · answered by Freebirds Rule 2 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Yes I would, the NFL is better than the CFL that plain and simple. There is not one thing in the CFL that is better than the NFL, why wouldnt anyone want to watch the best possible football out there, for all those who say the CFL is more exciting I dont know what game you are watching, the NFL game are much closer, the players are better and the rules are much more advanced, the CFL is a bubble gum league and it always will be when compared to the likes of the NFL, yeah that CFL was good back in the 70s but it is time for canadians to let that go because there is no way the league is going to be that strong again, so if you want football to be big again in Canada the only way that is possible is if that NFL moves here. C'mon seriously how do you get a point for kicking the ball thru the endzone its just so stupid.
2007-11-01 11:48:48 · answer #2 · answered by foreverstud 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
The whole country? Do we get to put all of us on the field at once? JK LOL
The only way an NFL team comes to Canada is if it will not impact the future of the CFL. Not to worry, I doubt the NFL will allow the Bills to move to Toronto as long as there isn't a team in L.A. anyways. Hockey still rules up here and few Canadians would accept one NFL team if it means the other 7 CFL cities have to go without football because the CFL has folded.
2007-10-27 15:46:24 · answer #3 · answered by PuckDat 7 · 3⤊ 0⤋
No, I like CFL and would like to see it thrive. There's nothing wrong with four down football and the NFL, just that three down football and the CFL are our game around here. I doubt it will ever happen though. LA wants a team and the league wants a team in LA. Also, it has been a big hassle for the CFL to get passports for its import players this season. I think it would be a huge embarrassment for the NFL if Canadian immigration officials were forced to turn away a guy like Tank Johnson. On the other hand, it would be a huge embarrassment for Canadian immigration if convicted felons were admitted into Canada just because they play football. Snoop Dogg is not allowed into Canada to perform his act, so why should the NFL's felons get special treatment?
2007-11-02 08:18:03 · answer #4 · answered by michinoku2001 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The NFL is popular in Canada; however, the CFL (Canadian Football League) is also popular.
If you are asking if the NFL is likely to expand into Canada - No. That would require a partnership or likeness with the CFL and from what I can tell they're just not interested.
The uproar the CFL or its representatives made when Buffalo made their request was pretty clear in this writer's view.
But no doubt, Canada likes the hard-hitting American NFL at least as much as the homegrown CFL.
2007-11-02 22:24:57 · answer #5 · answered by Corey Adcock 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. I would not want and CFL to merge into the NFL. The CFL is a more exciting league, and the players' skills have to be a little different to better compete in the CFL. They are unique, they should keep their own league. My brother plays in the CFL. Besides, I like being able to start the football season watching it in June, then blend the NFL and US College seasons in, and pretty much watch football until January.
2007-10-27 21:32:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
and just who's rules would they have to go by? - then it would be the end of the original football. Also, Canadian teams would be outnumbered by American teams, and less chance to win any cups, then Canadians would drop interest in football altogether. We are proud of our wonderful country, and we enjoy seeing Canadian teams win our Grey Cup. Why would we toss away our appreciation of our own country, and our honoured traditions?
PS -- I can't help but think of the time the Toronto Blue Jays won the "World Series" two years in a row, and doing well the following year, but the baseball league went on strike. If Toronto wins football the NFL would go on strike and change things til we won't win again.
2007-11-03 20:56:24 · answer #7 · answered by million$gon 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No,I don't think so.The Cfl is unique in itself from the NFL in that the CFL allows only 3 downs to get a first down.The NFL allows 4 downs.Also the CFL field is longer,and has a deeper endzone than the NFL.In short,the CFL is more geared to smaller,quicker players.Remember Doug Flutie,Rocket Ismail,Gizmo Williams?All great CFL players who would have found it difficult to find a spot on any NFL roster.Keep the NFL out od Canada.
2007-10-31 13:06:42 · answer #8 · answered by cerebral assassin 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
as the 5th largest Metro in North America... it would make sense...
Its not the 50's anymore where the Argos had a stronger following then the Maple Leafs. Only a handful of people in Toronto today really cares about the CFL... its sad but a reality... whereas the NFL will have no problem taking over and already has tons of fans...
the games themselves, no game is better then the other but the NFL dollars is about a hundred times the CFL size... As much as I love my Argos'... the economic impact and corporate dollars of a NFL team in Toronto is limitless...
Watch the attendance numbers when those NFL tickets goes on sale... it'll be sold out quick...
2007-11-01 10:10:03 · answer #9 · answered by Virus Type V 5 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Why? Canada is a larger country than the US, how are you going to fit it in? Besides, we have the CFL, which is our own professional football league. Torontonians sometimes think they are the centre of the universe, and some think they would like to spend a billion dollars on getting an NFL team and damaging the CFL in the process.
2007-10-28 00:48:24 · answer #10 · answered by Fred C 7 · 2⤊ 2⤋