Sign the Petition To Keep The NFL Out Of Canada!

  • Roger Goodell is a Western NY guy with a lot of roots there. I doubt he wants to be the guy that moves them.

  • Although the Canadian dollar is strong now. What happens when it decreases? That could mean 10, 20, 40 points per dollar in lost revenue for the NFL.

  • Does the NFL in Toronto bring in that much of an increase in extra viewership?

-The Bills now have territorial in Toronto. So if the Bills stay no other team could come in.

  • The NFL currently forbids large ownership groups or publicly-traded corporations from purchasing NFL teams. This policy allows the league office to deal with individual owners instead of boards of directors, although the Packers' ownership group was grandfathered into the current policy. One owner must have 51% of the team. No 30-30-30 split, etc.

  • The NFL also forbids its majority owners from owning any sports teams (except for soccer teams and Arena Football League teams) in NFL cities, and prohibits owners from investing in casinos or being otherwise involved in gambling operations. i.e. Blue Jays, Raptors, Leafs.

  • What if the Bills in TO don't sell out or have have significant corporate support? Doesn't look good for their argument to have a team.

  • many more but that should be enough for now.

It's in the best interests of the CFL to help keep the Bills in Buffalo.

As long as there's a team in Buffalo, Toronto will most likely be out of the picture.

So any cross marketing by the Ti-Ctas and Argos that help the Bills can be viewed as good for the CFL.

I personally think that we seem to have enough problems getting and keeping Canadians interested in Canadian Football, we don't need the even more direct compition with the NFL. I really do believe that it would hurt the CFL, and possibly over enough time, end it . That's just a personal opinion which I realize is not shared by everyone, and that's ok.

I have forwarded the link to those who I believe would share the same opinion as me.

If you disagree with me, that's fine, just don't bite my head off for this comment, ok?
Let's keep Canadian football just that, Canadian! (not matter how close the Canadian/American player ratio is in this league) It's not about the nationality of the players so much as the differences between the two games - although I've always wanted to see more Canadian players playing in the CFL)