Mellinger: Clark Hunt must stand up to big-market NFL owners

[The_Doctor10]

Originally Posted by BossChief

The NFL wants to expand into many other countries and dipping its "big toe" in Canada as a first stepping stone would be a somewhat logical step.

I doubt a team in Toronto would fill a stadium with any consistency though.

Toronto is so desperate to be New York lite, but they fail miserably at every attempt to Americanize themselves.

The Raptors only have the ticket revenue that they do because MLSE mandates that anyone buying Leafs tickets has to buy at least a half season of Raps stuff.

The Blue Jays haven't drawn well since they won the World Series. The Argos themselves only draw about 25-30K, but that's par for the course in the CFL.

Toronto is a horrid sports town. It's not even that good a hockey town. It's a Leafs town; a second franchise in T.O. would never be more than the Clippers.

The NFL would work for all of one season. Then the 25K hardcore NFL fans in town would be left wondering 'why doesn't anyone go see our shitty team? Oh yeah, because they're the fricking Bills'.