DWinzit Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 I sure hate to see the only NY team leave the state. However for one or two games a season it could be a good thing for their revenues, fan base and the NFL. It also might postpone any silly ideas of expanding league again.:doh: TORONTO THINKS THE BILLS ARE COMING by Michael David Smith Stephen Brunt of the Toronto-based Globe and Mail reports that Canadian Football League Commissioner Mark Cohon is working on "the beginning of a strategy for co-existence" with the NFL, which increasingly looks like it wants to establish more of a presence in Toronto. According to Brunt, Cohon is the first CFL commissioner ever to acknowledge the possibility of the NFL playing in Toronto. "You have an owner in Ralph Wilson in Buffalo who has said, 'When I die, my estate will sell the franchise,' " Cohon said. "You have the Bills interested in marking Toronto as part of their territory. ... So I think there are all of these things lining up that indicate it could happen. I'm not sticking my head in the sand. That would be the worst thing for the CFL commissioner to do. So I think there's a real potential." Brunt writes that the Bills are "coming to Toronto to play two games a year starting next fall," but no definitive plans along those lines have been announced. NFL officials and Bills owner Ralph Wilson have, however, expressed an interest in seeing the Bills play home games in Toronto, which is about 100 miles from Buffalo. NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell has said that Wilson's proposal to play one home game per season in Toronto for the next five years has been met with general acceptance from Wilson's fellow owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter_R Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 I sure hate to see the only NY team leave the state. :paranoid: I'm not following. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ellis Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 :paranoid: I'm not following. Giants and Jets play in New jersey. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UVASKINSFAN Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 Nobody circles the wagons like the Toronto Bills!!! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UVASKINSFAN Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 sorry double post toronto style :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWinzit Posted November 24, 2007 Author Share Posted November 24, 2007 Nobody circles the wagons like the Toronto Bills!!! :laugh:The Toronto Bills just doesn't sound right. Hopefully all are satisfied with them playing there once a year. Goodell should have the Cowboys play one home game in Mexico each year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
'SKINSRICH Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 What's next..... The NFL will discuss playing the Super Bowl in another country!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: Oh wait........................ :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UVASKINSFAN Posted November 24, 2007 Share Posted November 24, 2007 The Toronto Bills just doesn't sound right. Hopefully all are satisfied with them playing there once a year. Goodell should have the Cowboys play one home game in Mexico each year. Cmon though. Cant you just see Chris Berman saying it. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. S Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 that actually isn't a bad idea since Toronto is a bigger city, and still not far enough from Buffalo so they can still keep their allegiance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praise_gibbs Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 It's a terrible idea. It's the National Football League. Not, the World Football League. Keep the damned thing NATIONAL! :doh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWinzit Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 Cmon though. Cant you just see Chris Berman saying it. :laugh:Yeah I giggled when I first read it!:laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scyber Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Giants and Jets play in New jersey. And the Buffalo Bills play in Orchard Park. And the Dallas Cowboys play in Irving, TX. And the Washington Redskins play in Landover, Maryland. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWinzit Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 And the Buffalo Bills play in Orchard Park. And the Dallas Cowboys play in Irving, TX. And the Washington Redskins play in Landover, Maryland.He was referring to my statement that the Bills are the only NY team. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scyber Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 He was referring to my statement that the Bills are the only NY team. As long as you agree that there is no Washington, DC team then I'm fine with that statement. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praise_gibbs Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Washington DC is not even a state. It was, at one time, part of Maryland. Maryland has since ceded the land. The Skins played in DC before moving to Landover. They atleast stayed within the boundary. The Giants once played in Yankee Stadium before they moved in NJ in 1976. Name another NFL team who does not play in the state that they claim? Besides the obvious Jets. The Colts are not still called Baltimore because they moved. The Rams are not still called Los Angeles because they moved. etc etc The Giants are just not the brightest organizations out there. I am actually happy because I don't want either of the two teams (Giants or Jets) to represent a state that I call home. To be honest, I don't want them to even play in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hunter_R Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 It's a terrible idea. It's the National Football League. Not, the World Football League.Keep the damned thing NATIONAL! :doh: What league are the Toronto Blue Jays in? The American League? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taylorcoreskin Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 I think having some teams in Canada will make the game even better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
praise_gibbs Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 What league are the Toronto Blue Jays in? The American League? I don't agree with them either... but, the difference? Major League Baseball and National Football League The NFL was for, is for, and should always be for, one nation. Hence national. The Majors screwed that up a long time ago. Doesn't mean that the NFL shall do the same. Keep the international crap for the Olympics. It worked fine the way it was, why fix something that isn't broken? :2cents: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWinzit Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 The Giants are just not the brightest organizations out there. I am actually happy because I don't want either of the two teams (Giants or Jets) to represent a state that I call home. To be honest, I don't want them to even play in it.Why haven't they called themselves the NJ Giants? You can have them you know.:laugh: I never really understood the arraignment. I could be mistaken but I think they have an agreement with both states to split tax revenues. But why? They have been playing in NJ since 1976, that's over 30 years. Perhaps now that they are having a new NJ stadium built they will discuss a state change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scyber Posted November 25, 2007 Share Posted November 25, 2007 Washington DC is not even a state. It was, at one time, part of Maryland. Maryland has since ceded the land. The Skins played in DC before moving to Landover. They atleast stayed within the boundary. The Giants once played in Yankee Stadium before they moved in NJ in 1976.Name another NFL team who does not play in the state that they claim? Besides the obvious Jets. Well, since Washington DC is not a state (as you accurately state). Then the Redskins do not play in the state that they claim. Once again, the original claim was that since the Jets & Giants do not play in NY, that they aren't NY teams. Since the Redskins don't play in DC, they obviously can't be a DC team. And to be technical, most teams don't claim "states", they almost all claim cities (include the Jets and Giants). And many of them don't play in the cities that they claim. NFL teams aren't based on cities or states, they are based on media markets. Many media markets cross state lines. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DWinzit Posted November 25, 2007 Author Share Posted November 25, 2007 Scyber I see you're from NJ. Is this discussion because you don't want the Giants to be representing your state? The Bills are the only team that plays in the very expansive state of NY. NYC turned down all options to build a new stadium for the Jets. They are now going to share your fine state and new stadium with the Giants for the next 30 years, hence they should both be NJ teams! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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