The CFL needs to Expand

[HEyHEY]

In order for the league to sustain they need to build more interest. And ditch the big league idea. IMO

What cities do you think should have teams?

I think
Victoria
London, Ont
Halifax
Quebec city
Windsor
Saint John

Most of these towns have universities that have usable fields. Make use of them .

[Swede]

1. Sounds good to me.

Halifax would have a killer travelling budget.

[HEyHEY]

2. True

But divide it up so east plays east more often than when they play west

[Swede]

3. I agree it could work.

That awful experiment with American CFL expansion is best forgotten.

[Iceburg]

4. Yes, we really need another team called the "Rough Riders"

Expansion will not save football in Canada ... it will continue to drain the taxpayers for the interest of a few.

[HEyHEY]

5. Foot ball isn't in that bad of shape - only in Vancouver and Toronto

those two have no attendance

I wasn't aware they were subsidized.

[Iceburg]

6. Ottawa has been bailed out by the TPers for years

A trend noone can deny -- the only thing it Ottawa that has changed since the 80's is the name of the team

[SidDithers]

18. 31,000 at Skydome for the Argos last Friday...

biggest crowd of the year. And with Hamilton in town for the first playoff game, should be an even bigger crowd.

The Argos and York University have also agreed to go together on a new stadium. As Montreal has shown, a team can be very successful playing in a smaller venue.

Sid

[SmileyBoy]

7. Here's my Vision for an expanded 16-team CFL:

Atlantic Division

Halifax
Quebec City
Montreal
Ottawa

Eastern Division

Toronto
Hamilton
London
Sudbury

Central Division

Thunder Bay
Winnipeg
Regina
Saskatoon

Western Division

Calgary
Edmonton
Vancouver
Victoria

[Parrcrow]

8. Tuktayaktuk Frostbiters...

Whitehorse Correspondents

Iqualuit Mushers

and

Yellowknife Stabbers

[NinetySix]

9. Just don't expand into Baltimore.

They might win the Cup.

[camero]

10. Halifax

That would even up the divisions and give the Maritimes some representation. Most of the others aren't really large enough to support teams. Just MHO. I love watching the CFL.

[HEyHEY]

11. London and Victoria are

London and Quebec City are bigger than Halifax and Victoria is roughly the same size

[camero]

12. True there but

London would give Ontario 3 teams and Quebec City would give Quebec 2 teams. Leaving a mismatch in representation between the geographical areas. Halifax could be a draw for all the maritimes. Victoria would just take another 10 years to build a stadium. :)

Edit: You know the funny thing I learned while here is that unions work faster than private contractors (P3s) here. In the states it's the other way around.

[Lefty48197]

13. I think you should add a couple of Yankee border towns to the CFL

I think Detroit or Buffalo could support a team. And I know we could learn the rules!

[HEyHEY]

14. I agree - in the first US expansion fiasco they chose the wrong towns

Why give a team to Southern US cities that have nothing in common with Canada? Give places like Fargo or boise a team

[camero]

15. B-more was a good place for a team

Too bad the mayor fucked it up for everyone. The rest I agree with. Shreveport? I mean, come on.

[AmericanErrorist]

16. Ottawa's old name needs to returned

Let's go back to those epic Roughriders-Roughriders matches!

[iverglas]

17. straighten up, les gars

Iceburg:
Yes, we really need another team called the "Rough Riders"

CocaCola58204:
Let's go back to those epic Roughriders-Roughriders matches!

"Another team called ...", i.e. in addition to the Saskatechewan team called ..., would be called the "Roughriders", not the "Rough Riders". Tsk.

And that's: "epic Roughriders-Rough Riders matches".

Or maybe: "epic Rough Riders-Roughriders matches" ...


Football-watching would follow catbox-emptying on my own list of good stuff to do, but I did enjoy how Meldrick (Canada's Clark Johnson, formerly of ENG) watched the CFL on the very Baltimorian (?) Homicide.