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Originally Posted by HomerSPC
But obviously the NFL is better. Haven't you seen their salaries!?
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better game played by inferior talent
Little optimistic update on the Halifax situation
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-s...mark-1.4446104
So Halifax becomes 10
Quebec city 11th
what about Victoria?
The islands population is 750K 90% of them within a 2 hour drive to Victoria which has a metro of 350K alone. So you're talking about a market the size of Winnipeg spread out in an area that closely resembles the drive from Regina to Saskatoon. If this model works in Regina and is expected to work in Halifax why wouldn't it work in Victoria?
The bad, Corporate support might be an issue and the BC lions would have to re-brand to the Vancouver Lions if they would even let it happen
The Good, 12 equal Teams in the CFL (assuming QC Also joins), Gives the Lions a natural rival which they Don't have today. It will also give Halifax another Rival. The Pacific vs Atlantic game should be a good one.
Who else could potentially host a team in the future? Moncton comes to mind but I don't think the CFL would be interested in a second maritime team anytime soon. Also that stadium would need a massive retrofit (by that time start from scratch).
Any place in Ontario with the Population that can handle a CFL team either then Mississauga?