The CFL could do with more teams but its a reach to expect it to change the fortunes of football in the GTA. 1, 2, 3, or 4 teams isn't going to matter when 90% of the population has no connection whatsoever to football or the CFL.
It's bit of a broken record at this point but the only way forward is a massive, consistent, and long term (25 year) commitment to the growth of Canadian football starting with young people (under 16). It must start with educating young people on the sport's origins in Canada. If they accept it as part of their own culture they'll be far more likely to value it, follow it, and support it. Right now they don't. They view football as an import from the US. As long as that perception persists, the CFL will always be viewed as a pale imitation and expendable.
I'm continually puzzled as to why football folk in this country don't understand this. Fiddling around with # of teams and division re-alignment doesn't get us from here to there.
Last edited by isaidso; Feb 11, 2021 at 2:40 AM.
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