Watching this the day after the 2022 Atlantic Touchdown game in Wolfville, cannot emphasize how much I want the Schooners to come to fruition! Every maritime football fan would be so happy

As an American I love the CFL. Much faster game with unique rules.

@MegaJustGeorge

Ай бұрын

I heartily agree with you, Jamie - I've been into the CFL since 1979, and that's due to the presence of Condredge Holloway; his presence was what interested me in the league, and I'm still one for the CFL.

I absolutely love the CFL, grew up with it, understand the way the game is played is so good. Many people don’t understand football and always compared to the NFL. The NFL has billions of dollars in a massive market to promote their product. They definitely have to increase the Fanbase, I had some ideas to help out over the years at the grassroots level. Really hard to get a hold of someone to be able to help build. Just imagine all those Grey cup games that were wicked, right to the last minute. 🇨🇦

@Kongohh

2 жыл бұрын

I'm listening... If ever you have time

The Atlantic Schooners should start up in Moncton temporarily to emphasize themselves as a regional team. The Carolina Panthers did this by playing their first season in Clemson, South Carolina before their current stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina was ready. Or when the Green Bay Packers used to play 2 games a year in Milwaukee to cement themselves as a team for all of Wisconsin. As far as I'm aware, the Schooner's Ownership is already in charge of organizing Touchdown Atlantic games

Bring back the Baltimore Stallions! 1994 Eastern Conference Champions, 1995 Grey Cup Champions!

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

I wish too... I don't think they can compete with the Ravens in town however :(

@KangaKucha

3 жыл бұрын

You have Montreal instead.

The CFL going to Halifax is beyond pie in the sky.

The most likely place for expansion outside of Atlantic Canada is Rochester, New York.

@stuartrubin5730

Жыл бұрын

Rochester is Buffalo Bills (NFL) territory. There is zero interest in Canadian football in Rochester. There is a soccer stadium near downtown Rochester that currently does not have a team, but even if this field might be big enough for the CFL style game there is just no interest.

The temporary stadium in Vancouver was an already existing field. They just built new stands around what was once Empire Stadium, which had become a park as an open full sized grass field.

Anchorage Alaska

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

I will look into it :)

@Jimbodisfan

2 жыл бұрын

The largest stadium/arena in Alaska is Sullivan Stadium in Anchorage, population 300,000+, which was built as a multipurpose arena. It has a seating capacity of 6,490 for hockey but of up to 8,800 for concerts.

Victoria games would be played on Sunday afternoons to attract fans from the entire region. Weekend promotions from tail gating to discount hotel rates and dining would make it an Islander summer/fall event. Sponsorship and stadium are the big hurdles. BC's Okanagan should be considered too?

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

I think the Island is a huge market! If they had a team, I would definitely come out from Vancouver to see games. The Okanagan would be a good market too, but in theory somebody from the Okanagan could go home after a Lions game. If you are from Victoria, there is no way to go home after a 7pm Lions game. Those pesky ferries. Maybe I should do a video dedicated to CFL in BC.

@liamsmith4566

3 жыл бұрын

The reason that its hard for people in the middle of bc to go to lions game are the roads, later on in season the highways are a shit show,

@tonywilson4713

2 жыл бұрын

@@secondsports9927 I'm an Aussie and spent a couple of months working in Sask back in 2017. I went to college in America and Canadian Football had a lot of the similar atmosphere to American College. I kind of fell in love with the Roughriders. When the subject of expansion came up I suggested the Labrador Clubbers with Sammy the Seal Pup as their Mascot.

@MegaJustGeorge

Ай бұрын

@@secondsports9927 That, my friend, sounds to be a very good idea - the CFL in BC; I think it would be very good, and rather well received.

Great video. Halifax and Quebec City should be top favourites for an expansion team. For a 12th team, Victoria sounds good, as well as Okanagan. But I was always thinking about Anchorage. Anchorage doesn't have any pro sports team, they are more close to Canada than US and I've heard they love CFL. I know they currently dont have a stadium, but Alaska is one of the richest states in America and I think team in Anchorage cojld get lot of sponsorship money from their oil industry. That would make the CFL a true northern league. Maybe also team in St. Louis. Many former Rams fans wanted a team in CFL after the Rams moved to LA. Plus, it would be great for the league to move some of their regular season games to smaller cities, like Whitehorse, Yellowknife, Thunder Bay, maybe even Iqualuit, same as AFL and NRL are doing just to promote the game.

@Fatblue246

Жыл бұрын

St louis would be hard to contest as it has an XFL team already playing there and the XFL overlaps heavily with the CFL scheduling wise. It is also one of the markets for the NFL to be most likely to return to so it is pretty unlikely a CFL team would thrive/ be able to compete. That and the fact that the rules differences make for a game that is pretty unpalatable to most Americans. When you have as many options for viewership as the NFL, XFL, USFL, AND College Football before the CFL even enters the game, it makes for a hard sell. This isn't even mentioning the myriad of other minor league football leagues that exist in the US such as the AFL etc.

@MegaJustGeorge

Ай бұрын

I can understand Thunder Bay, my friend - that would be interesting, from my vantage point.

You said that the Argos decided to go to the smaller venue at BMO Field. That isn't correct. Rogers Centre(owned by Rogers Communication that also owns the Blue Jays) kicked them out by giving the Argos lousy home dates and lied they wanted to install natural grass. They hired a botanist(for $200,000) from Univ. of Guelph to examine if it was practical. As this was being evaluated, Rogers said that Football would ruin the turf for Baseball. Nothing came out of the UoG study. The Argos were sent packing. As the Blue Jays installed Field Turf instead of grass. The Soccer people(Toronto FC, owned by MLSE, later bought the Argos from David Braley at a later date) at BMO Field didn't wanted the Argos there, citing the same excuse, but had to concede because the property sat on Toronto City area. I think the CFL should expand back into the US markets, but vet the prospective CFL owners more intensely. The US owners in the first attempt were shady. The CFL was so desperate for money, they gave a franchise to anybody whose cheque cleared. The CFL should go into markets bear the Canada/US Border that are lack pro football and respect Canadian Football rule, regulations and culture. The CFL should go to places like Fargo ND, Columbus, Ohio or St. Louis Mo. (they's support pro football after Stan Kroenke took their team away from the city. But expansion happens in a COVID-19 free world. All sports team will have to play at little fan attendance or none at all. The CFL is at a serious concern situation. O hope that they cam bounce back. I prefer the CFL game over the NFL type

@secondsports9927

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your comment, I prefer the CFL game too and hope it can be preserved. Yes there are a lot of politics in Toronto when it comes to sports venues, I wanted to keep it simple for this video, maybe another video I can go into detail. I don't like how the Argos have the most history in the city, yet they are the afterthought. The province essentially just gave the Skydome to the Blue Jays, leaving the Argos to get punted around... Fargo would be great, a good regional rivalry possibility with the Western teams. St Louis of course because they lost their NFL Team, but the big issue is the field size and finding a place suitable. Part of what makes the CFL game is the big field

@davidbuswa9425

4 жыл бұрын

@@secondsports9927 If a US team wants a CFL, they can use soccer stadiums located in MLS areas or colleges that have soccer programs. If it is requires that they can't fit a CFL dimensions, than go with what they have as long as the playing field is 150 x 65 yards, the end zones can be shortened. They might have problems scoring in their own stadium. I recommended that they could use baseball parks to the other poster here said about Detroit. It would be a tight fit, but doable. Just schedule CFL games when the Tigers play away from home You could put teams in Chicago, Buffalo and Milwaukee. A CFL team could play in Soldier Field because the Bears don't own that stadium, they'd have no say on preventing a CFL to play. Chicago at one time had two football teams there. Buffalo could play at the University of Buffalo, instead of the "Ralph" and Milwaukee could play in Miller Stadium, baseball park. Milwaukee would need a team of their own despite the popularity of the Packers ib that state. Forget San Diego and Oakland, even though they don't a NFL team there and a sensible choice for a CFL. It's too far for travel. It would be costly for teams like Edmonton and Montreal I'm not confident about Halifax. The Nova Scotia Province doesn't seem to want to invest in a stadium. They CFL should award the CFL franchise to Moncton until a stadium gets built in the province. Gov't change, money allocations change. The CFL should have Arena Football teams associated with their franchises. It could be used to develop it's rookie, draftees and global players. It would also keep the brands aware during the off-season when the NHL plays. There is no Arena Football anymore. So why not? Sorry for the long post, but I love my CFL. Be Safe Second Sport

@deathtracer

3 жыл бұрын

I do agree with expansion to the US. They messed up the first time and should have done near the border like you mentioned. The league missed a chance back then to put a team in Portland before John Candy died, and Syracuse looked like an area worth trying, and could work today. Los Angeles could have worked after the Rams and Raiders left, but that would have been my only expansion that was outside near the border. And your thought on St. Louis today could work.

@brucelipsitz7545

2 жыл бұрын

How about placing a team in either Moncton or Halifax and have a few home games in the "other" city each season?

@brucelipsitz7545

2 жыл бұрын

How about putting a team in Halifax and have them play 2-3 home games in Moncton each season? Or vice versa?

Regardless of whether it is technically an XFL or CFL team, Monterrey is a juicy market for football. It’s close to Texas, they have a great brand new stadium where Monterrey fc plays, and they have a huge population that is heavily concentrated in the actual city and not even far away. As far as Mexico City goes..there’s a new stadium being built there called punta Azul stadium which will be a lot more modern than the one Pumas plays in while also being a more ideal size

My previous comment aside , pre covid I always thought a 12 team league was easily possible adding halifax, Quebec city, and Anchorage Alaska.

@mastroxz4693

3 жыл бұрын

Hamilton, Halifax, and splitting bc into Vancouver and Victoria would help

@ronniewilliams6469

2 жыл бұрын

I came to the comments to specifically lobby for Anchorage. I'm glad I was beaten to it. Seems like a good match to me.

@secondguess3128

2 жыл бұрын

Realistically, anything beyond Quebec and Halifax/Moncton (one of the latter, not both) is pie in the sky. No other Canadian market or region has a workable combination of size and fan interest. Anchorage? It would join the CFL as its 2nd smallest market, with the closest opponent almost 2,000 miles away. And it's not like Americans are clamouring (should I write "clamoring"?) for Canadian football -- although I like the thought of a team named the Alaska Icebergs.

@ronniewilliams6469

2 жыл бұрын

You may be right Second Guess. It may at least be worth a feasibility study though.

A US CFL watcher here. In my opinion Anchorage is a given but they need a stadium. Quebec City is a good place for a team but what about Mississauga? I know it's close to Toronto and Hamilton. I think the CFL is right to take a cautious approach. Omaha, Portland or Honolulu are other US options.

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

lots of ideas and cans of worms with each of those suggestions. I like the idea of anchorage and maybe I will do a video talking about how viable that would be :) Glad you are a CFL fan :D

@canadians2214

2 жыл бұрын

Let's make the CFL a Canadian league, hell with those American cities that were mentioned.

@scottthompson3493

2 жыл бұрын

They should just move Toronto to Mississauga

There has been so much talk about Halifax being in the CFL, but nothing has ever been done about it. I also thought that Saskatoon would be another good city for the league. But the way that the CFL operates any other cities to be added would be forever and ever. This is about all I have to say for now. Good luck for any other cities being in the expansion of the CFL.

I wonder would D. Garcia 'n Da Rock consider these marketz an well thought out list!!!

1. Windsor Wildcats (historically Detroit Lions) and 2. Little Gold, Yukon (a.k.a Fairbanks Alaska)

Love this video and constantly refer to it! Halifax is a no brainer.

When the Buffalo Bills move to Austin, TX, there’s an expansion opportunity right there, Buffalo, NY.

@theodoreking8468

2 жыл бұрын

I love Amherst as an expansion team if they move the start of the season to the 2nd Thursday of May

@davidbuswa9425

2 жыл бұрын

@@theodoreking8468 The CFL might move up their season into mid May to take advantage of single event sports wagering. It would give the CFL an expanded window for gambling until the NFL starts in the Fall. Everybody bets on football games

@jimmcdiarmid7308

2 жыл бұрын

Toronto and Hamilton would veto buffalo

@marvinalexander6796

Жыл бұрын

The Bills aren't moving to Austin, especially after the city announce their building a new stadium to keep The Bills in Buffalo

My top 3 would be Halifax, Quebec City and Victoria. But if I wanted a 16 league team. I would add Brooklyn New York (No teams in NYC proper and a large expat population), Orlando Florida (Large underserved football market and popular Canadian tourist destination), Windsor/Detroit (Play and market to people on both sides of the border) and Portland Oregon (Not that much travel compared to let’s say San Diego or Anchorage but large enough to support a team)

How about St John's, Newfoundland? Newfie ball! Maybe if two teams could fit in Atlantic Canada it could be considered. Btw, if Victoria had a CFL team, would the BC Lions have to be renamed the Vancouver Lions? Same with Saskatoon having a team causing the Roughriders be named Regina instead. Halifax would make 10 teams, maybe 12 would be the capping point in Canada anyway. Quebec City is better off with NHL team, as it would be less encroaching to Montreal than the CFL. Windsor is my favourite Ontario idea as it is far enough from Golden Horseshoe, unlike K-W and London, and close to Detroit, as long as the stadium is in Canada.

@MegaJustGeorge

Ай бұрын

Alex, my sir, St. John's would make for an interesting location - in this regard, you've reminded me of the song, "Moon Man Newfie", by Stompin' Tom Connors; in regard to Windsor, that would definitely interest me, as I'm originally from the Detroit area, and Windsor certainly has the legend of "The Big 8", CKLW radio, so this is also worthy of consideration.

Sydney Kangaroos 🇦🇺 - the 2000 Olympic stadium is still in use, Rugby League, Rugby Union and Soccer all play there.

2:11 On the 'Market Comparison' chart, you may want to include AHL, as hockey is popular in Canada and their season overlaps the CFL season. In current CFL markets, that would include Toronto, Montreal (Laval), Vancouver (Abbotsford), Calgary, and Winnipeg.

The NBA also plays a few regular season NBA games in Mexico City every year

Definetively Quebec city would be the right place with his population arounding 1 million with suburbs. Just imagine the rivalty between Montreal, Ottawa and Quebec city: Like the Canadien and the Nordique in NHL. Also Quebec produce a great deal of canadian football players and many are very good. But the issue in this town, is the people of the city hall dont see any benefits of having a football club at this point. Very sad.

@secondguess3128

2 жыл бұрын

I'm with you -- Quebec would unquestionably be the CFL's best expansion bet. The city is twice the size of Halifax, has been a football hotbed for 25 years, has a stadium that could be expanded to CFL standards with minimal difficulty, and is a regional hub. The Alouettes would have to sign off on a team ending their provincial monopoly -- but I don't believe this would be an impossible sell. Fans in La Vieille Capitale may watch Als games on TV, but they don't make up more than a smattering of ticket-buyers at Molson Stadium. Imagine a new tradition of the Als and Citadelles (!) matching up in Quebec every year on the Sunday before Labour Day . . .

Now we have the XFL but imho the CFL is CANADIAN and should be so.

Who’s here after hearing the CFL and XFL started talking ?

@InfiniteHorizons

3 жыл бұрын

Me!

@BHV0810

3 жыл бұрын

That'd be horrible

@kamelkadri2843

3 жыл бұрын

@@BHV0810 no that's desperately what CFL needs, if they're generating less money than the MLS you know they have serious problems and they are not even close (MLS has 4 times more revenue)

@BHV0810

3 жыл бұрын

@@kamelkadri2843 What would the league be called if they merged? Not saying they will or won't, but I'm just thinking about it.

@theodoreking8468

2 жыл бұрын

Champions football league

As someone who has lived in moncton his whole life. The potential of sports here are VERY high. The wildcats have been popular even when they've been garbage. And as someone who plays highschool football here the sport is more popular in the city then most people think. And The City is currently looking to modernize downtown and the surronding areas. (The Avenir Centre being an example of this). I could see an expansion working in around 10 years. But as someone who ran track at the University Stadium, The place is not the best for watching any kind of sports.

@secondguess3128

2 жыл бұрын

The best argument I've heard for Moncton is the claim that there is a larger population base within its 100-km radius than the same area around Halifax (not like I'm in a position to prove or disprove this). And it's been far more aggressive than Halifax when it comes to hosting the CFL's Touchdown Atlantic initiative (annual regular-season games).

Anchorage deserves a CFL team in my opinion

I kinda wonder if one day The CFL will merge with one, or both spring leagues in America.

How about putting a team in Halifax and have them play 2-3 home games in Moncton each season? Or vice versa?

I would personally like 12 teams, and similar to others I’d have Victoria, Halifax but I’d have Quebec City for the 3rd. Granted, I know Quebec would be difficult with Montreal needing to approve it, so maybe St. John’s or another Golden Horseshoe team I think the suggestion of Saskatoon isn’t feasible, due to the fact all of Saskatchewan love the rough riders. Just wondering, as I’m not too familiar with CFL, but do the rough riders play a home game or two in Saskatoon?

@tomw7367

3 жыл бұрын

I do agree with your comment below that waiting on Halifax’s progress and the league at 10 is a good idea!

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Halifax is still untested, and I really hope they succeed. 12 teams would be great. I don't think they can add in the Golden Horseshoe until the Argos turn things around. I think the league would be stronger if they added another team to Quebec and BC.... but of course Montreal and BC would need to approve that...

The Atlantic Schooners are still on Pogey!

Dawson Yukon should be the next city to get a team

Halifax/Moncton is definitely gonna be team #10. After that you'll probably be able to get two more. Likely Quebec City and London. After that? It's gotta be a plan to open down south again; but this time, keep the teams as close to the parallel as you can. More often than not, go where the NFL isn't. There's proof of concept from Sacramento, Baltimore, and Shreveport (all three retained 80% of its attendance from seasons 1 to 2), just find good cities near the border to make fan travel easier, and should be gold! Top 10 Candidates: Seattle, WA; Portland, OR; Boise, ID; Anchorage, AK; Omaha, NE; Minneapolis, MN; Milwaukee, WI; Detroit, MI; Rochester, NY; Hartford, CT

CFL-Continental Football League

@kamelkadri2843

3 жыл бұрын

smart name

Mexico City is smart. I would give a LFA champion to be promoted for a year to the CFL and play in the autumn. LFA plays in the spring. Give some players an annual salary

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

That's a good idea. The NBA G League (D League) is doing something similar by having a Mexican team join the league temporarily to see how well it works. I would be curious to see how well one of the LFA would compete against a CFL team.

@brownsupahero

3 жыл бұрын

It will be a process. Like Argentinan and Japanese teams in NZ/AUS rugby, it will take at least a decade before becoming competitive

@davidbuswa9425

3 жыл бұрын

The LFA cancelled it's 2021 because of the rising COVID cases in Mexico. Besides LFA is amateur level. The level of play is high school level. Only one Mexican player(OL Alarcon) as taken in the CFL 2021 Global Draft and he is signed by the Dallas Cowboys meaning he won't be coming to Canada very soon

Minnesota has a brand new soccer stadium that rarely gets used or filled properly lol

100 x 50 meters, 10 men and with 3 downs no TE with 1 RB instead of 2 or just drop 2 OL!

Quebec City deffinley needs an expansion team

CFL NEEDS to expansion SASKATOON ,QUEBEC CTY,Halifax,Usa,Mexico City,London,England,Ireland,Scotland,Wales

I think they would do good of they expanded into the us but into small cities Americans love football if you put a team where you wouldn't get a nfl team for 100 miles you could easily fill. 30-50k stadium 8-10 times a.year

Also Calgary and Edmonton need new stadiums. And Toronto FINALLY needs its own.

@liamsmith4566

3 жыл бұрын

If edmonton just take some on its secound tear of seat and put more premium seats and possibly for suits for revenue cause thats one thing comment weather is missing is premium seating and then possibly a simple roof and that would be huge, the stamps well calgary won't be getting a greycup again til la new stadium is done thats for sure, so hopefully the owners, the uni and the city can get a decent one build

@D27coolsgamingShow

3 жыл бұрын

If they do a new stadium there gonna raise taxes

@craigpetroskey8934

3 жыл бұрын

@@liamsmith4566 Edmonton won't build a new stadium unless there is a opportunity for another major prestige athletics competition they could hold (e.g. Summer Olympics, Commonwealth Games, etc.). City of Edmonton blew its sports venue budget for the next 20 years. All of the money is tied up in Rogers Place for the NHL Edmonton Oilers. Besides, Commonwealth Stadium is still pretty adequate for the needs of the Edmonton Esk-...(sorry, I meant Football Team) Calgary won't get a new football stadium as McMahon Stadium is owned by the University of Calgary. U of C would much rather operate McMahon Stadium until it falls apart, rather than spend money for a new stadium. The only way there would be a new stadium constructed is if the City of Calgary and Province of Alberta took part of the construction costs. Considering how difficult the negotiations were between City of Calgary and the Calgary Flames were regarding a replacement arena for the Saddledome, the chances of a replacement football/soccer/athletics stadium being built are mighty slim at this time. And they still haven't begun construction of the new arena. Who knows what the current construction costs are, compared to the costs they negotiated, taking two years of threats and back-and-forth negotiations to finally come up with a deal that the Flames, the City of Calgary, and the Province of Alberta could swallow.

@bufnyfan1

3 жыл бұрын

We were fed this bull that once the Argos left the cavernous Rogers Centre for BMO field attendance would "skyrocket"---well it sure didn't turn out that way--Toronto doesn't care about the CFL/Argos---its time for the Argo to leave (London, Ontario, Halifax etc etc)

@TOTN17

2 жыл бұрын

the only way the Argo's gets a new Stadium is if the NFL expand/relocate a team to Toronto

When you mentioned the competition in each city, for some reason you failed to mention that there are AHL teams in Montreal (Laval a suburb), Toronto, Winnipeg, and Calgary. I do not know why you consider MLS to be competition and not AHL

@admirals818

Жыл бұрын

And maybe even Abbotsford, just 69 km from Vancouver.

Toronto should move to London, halifax, Victoria, quebec should get expansion teams the als ill say are fine once the new owner get the team on its feet the franchise dose quite well and then move the lions to the interior somewhere that'll be easier for people to make it, such as kamloops for its avaliable highways north south east and west, kelowna has more people but traffic and travel times would be longer for fans around bc, but if in kamloops its pretty well central and be a way easyer travel for fans all of over BC, for me vancover needs a break, possibly have a labour day classic bc vs victoria at bc place, both teams split game day revenue, but right now the lions need to be put in an area that dosnt just have alot of people but has people that would buy a ticket, plus there's only WHL in the interior of bc so no competition

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

Toronto to London is quite doable. Victoria and Quebec yes! I agree The Interior is under represented in sports, and I actually think it would help the Lions to have another team in BC. It would boost support for the sport in general. If you live in Kamloops or Kelowna, you can go to a Lions game and go home afterwards. You can't do that if you live in Victoria, because of those ferries. I live in Vancouver and will drive home after an evening game in Seattle. 3 Teams in BC would be doable, but good luck selling the Lions on that idea.

I’m surprised Quebec City sill doesn’t have one

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

All thanks to Montreal, maybe Videotron should invest in a CFL team before they go for an NHL Team. It would be nice to see a Quebec rivalry in the CFL

The CFL Should try marketing the sport in Alaska Potentially?

@jareddudleythegoat7220

3 жыл бұрын

That would be perfect for CFL imo

I want teams in halifax, quebec city, and saskatoon

I think that the Canadian Football League should expand to 20 teams with the current ten teams in Canada, nine in the USA, and one in Mexico. Here are the ten expansion teams ideas that I think will work, complete with nicknames: Oklahoma City Outlaws Milwaukee Warriors Portland Pioneers Orlando Thunder Oakland Blackjacks Norfolk Neptunes Sacramento Surge San Jose Seals Dayton War Gods Mexico City Aztecs With those ten expansion teams, the Canadian Football League will cover ALL of North America.

We have high school stadiums in Texas with more stadium seating than the CFL.

@dychejs

3 жыл бұрын

What is an example?

I'd expand to 12: Halifax, St John's (would be a great rivalry with Halifax and having 20,000 Newfies in a stadium would make for great television) and Victoria.

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

I would expand to 12 as well. We have to see how well Halifax works, once they get that stadium built. In the short term, CPL may be a better option for these cities to test them out. They can survive in stadiums that already exist. Halifax's soccer team seems to be quite successful l so far

It would be nice if Boston had a CFL Team

@marcusjohnson7772

3 жыл бұрын

That's an American 🇺🇸 city. They already got the Patriots.

@kamelkadri2843

3 жыл бұрын

@@marcusjohnson7772 RIP Patriots

@theodoreking8468

2 жыл бұрын

They should play at Harvard one day

@sasquatch7963

2 жыл бұрын

@@marcusjohnson7772 I know but since the Pats are falling (no offense intended), and we have a large population of Canadians, The CFL could thrive in the Boston Metropolitan Area

@sasquatch7963

2 жыл бұрын

@@theodoreking8468 I don't think they would choose to play in Harvard, they would either choose Gillette Stadium, Alumni Stadium in Chestnut Hill, or maybe even a new stadium halfway between Boston and Manchester NH

First off expand to Moncton. Moncton Stadium can easily serve as their home stadium, if you removed the track and lower the bowl to at least 25,000 proper, with of course possible expansion for when Moncton ends up hosting the Grey Cup. Expand to Quebec City if they get a much needed new stadium, perhaps as part of their Winter Olympic aspirations. Furthermore, it will create a huge rivalry between Montreal and Quebec City to the point where the Olympic Stadium might be used more often. Halifax is expected, if they have a stadium built in time of expansion. Forget stuff like going back to the US or Mexico City, that just isn't happening. Keep it Canadian. 12 teams is a good expansion with maybe Victoria, Windsor etc in the pipeline.

I like Halifax and Quebec team hurry

What about Thunder Bay?

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

I don't think it is possible. They have a stadium of 3,500 capacity which of course would need work. The city itself has a population of about 120k and not many cities nearby, meaning a good percentage of the population would need to go to all the games. Folks from Winnipeg would probably make the 7.5 hour drive to see their Bombers. Thunder Bay is about half the population of Regina which is the smallest city that currently has a CFL team. I think the other cities I listed are way more likely to get a CFL team before Thunder Bay unfortunately

@0truckmafk

3 жыл бұрын

@@secondsports9927 basically need 1 million people in the area.

The other Ontario city angle is often ignored. London is far enough away from Hamilton that it wouldn't significantly poach on its fans, If you can make a go with a 20-25,000 person stadium, which apparently works there. Nine teams just doesn't work. 10 does, especially as a new eastern team would balance 5 vs 5. It would be good to have more teams to play. This reminds me of the original IRFU pre-CFL days in the 1950s. Only a 4 team league. They didn't normally play western teams in the regular season until 1961 if you can believe it. Must have gotten boring playing the same 3 teams I think 4-5 times per year. Like the original six NHL but worse.

Why not a Canadian nfl team and wave the red ensign flag instead ?

Always nice to see Baltimore be memorialized for being the "ONLY" non-Canadian home base to win the Grey Cup.

Halifax Moles Quebec City Maples Saskatoon Sasquatch Victoria Whalors Detroit Muscle Ontario Giants Moncton Lobster Mexico City Aztecs

Moncton for me.

Victoria will never expand to Victoria. Victoria residents complained that the commonwealth games temporary stadium at the university of Victoria was too large and an eye sore with little or no parking outside ring road at the university. After the common wealth games the stadium was taken down leaving the field for university recreational use only. The alternative stadium downtown Victoria would have the same issues. Local fan bases support university or community sports and have failed to attract an AHL or minor league hockey team even with the Save on Foods Center. CFL would never fly in the city of the nearly wed or nearly dead when rugby is bigger.

Qubic City London OT which is the home of the labalt Beer my favorite pilsner Canada beer

With 50% revenue from gate revenues, teams might want to have games in neutral sites.... ie Montreal playing two home games in Quebec City, Vancouver in Victoria..Etc... more bums in seats

Population wise the only realistic expansion city's are Halifax and Quebec. In the United States only Portland Oregon makes sense. Big population, not to far from the border, no MLB or NHL team to compete with. The 2 major college football teams are an hour away. They do have an MLS team but no one really cares about soccer.

@theodoreking8468

2 жыл бұрын

Amherst and Ypsilanti are good choices as well. I would invest the feasibility of Syracuse and Ithaca

@AJonAir1

Жыл бұрын

Timbers have one of the highest attendance rates in MLS...definitely strong interest for soccer there.

I’d kill for St. Catharines/Niagara to get a team. Natural rivalry with Hamilton since I hate all of their other teams except one already

Go metric for field size, 3 downs in first and 3rd quarters and 4 downs in 2nd and 4th

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

I think the opportunity to go metric is behind us. They could have done that when Canada converted mostly from imperial, but now is too late. That's not a change that football needs.

@secondguess3128

2 жыл бұрын

Funny you should bring up metric dimensions. I recall reading a plan to modify every field in Canada to 60 x 100 metres, with 20-metre end zones (their imperial depth at that time was 25 yards, not 20). It still would have been a 3-down game, with offences needing to advance 10 metres instead of 10 yards, and defences playing a metre off the ball. Can't remember who published it -- might have been the federal government (this was in the early years of metric conversion)-- but, obviously, the plan was never realized. Don't know if the prospect of needing an extra yard for a first down was too radical, or if the cost and inconvenience of redoing fields, measuring chains, etc., was more trouble than it was worth.

Quebec City for sure. The Rouge et Or have built a dynasty which creates many opportunities for Francophone players. As well who can forget the rivalry between the Montreal Canadians and the Quebec Nordiques. Quebec will probably never return to the NHL so the best way to recreate the rivalry is within the CFL

Give another team to Sacramento. It's going to work this time, I swear.

@dewaynepryor2909

Жыл бұрын

Bring back Sacramento Gold Miners,Las Vegas Posse, Shreveport Pirates , Baltimore Stallions

If the NFL was to take up the CFL, they either add a team to make 42, or dissolve a team, and make it 40 teams.

How about Yellowknife?

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

As much as I would love to see the territories have CFL action. Unfortunately you could take the entire population of Yellowknife + the average argos attendance and they still wouldn't fill Regina's Stadium 😅

@paulgarritt713

2 жыл бұрын

@@secondsports9927 Maybe Anchorage, AK. or Helena or Bozeman, MT would be possibilities. there is just not a lot of densely populated cities to chose from in Canada that aren't already supporting a CFL team. You would have to be very creative or go outside the borders. I do think some of the ideas in the video are possible with some very strategic planning.

@samkohen4589

Жыл бұрын

I prefer Dawson. They actually had a hockey tear that challenged for the Stanley Cup, but lost to Ottawa

Saskatoon roughriders and the Regina roughriders

Ti cats where founded in 1869 not 1950

@secondguess3128

2 жыл бұрын

Yes, Hamilton has had football teams since 1869 -- but the Tiger-Cats were indeed created in 1950. The original team was known as the Tigers -- but when it suspended operations in 1941 (due to most of its players enlisting in World War II), the rival Ontario Rugby Football Union stepped into the void with the addition of a franchise called the Wildcats. The Tigers came back in 1945, and predictably, both teams struggled for fan support. The unwieldy rivalry was ended with a merger that resulted in today's Ticats.

Also fun fact: the CFL doesn’t consider the new Montreal team the same team as the Baltimore Stallions/CFLers

@secondguess3128

2 жыл бұрын

I believe that was the choice of the Alouettes themselves, who attached the history of previous Montreal franchises to their own. I could imagine some awkwardness to combining this with a 2-year history in Baltimore. As someone who grew up in Montreal, I'm sympathetic to Colts/CFLers/Stallions fans who might resent their team's history being disregarded. I feel the same way about how Washington's baseball team pretends the Expos never existed.

Any market in the US that joins the CFL would just want to show the NFL the they can support a team.

@ronniewilliams6469

2 жыл бұрын

I'm not sure. I don't think the NFL would ever consider Anchorage for multiple reasons. So, if it got a CFL team it would be in for the duration.

We want da CFL in da Louuu da Edward Jonez Dome would be an great venue for Our XFL Expansion Team!!! Do it before da NFL put an team back in da Louuu!!! Da CFL should include every US City!!!!

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

I want that too! I wonder if the CFL field would fit inside the dome...?

Besides Atlantic, I say St John’s for expansion to have a true coast to coast league,Thunder Bay for expansion. and move the Alouettes to Quebec City

@InfiniteHorizons

3 жыл бұрын

Maybe but we don’t have a large enough stadium ( I don’t think we even have any here ) unless they were to somehow play at King George V park

@BlazeOfGlory742

3 жыл бұрын

@@InfiniteHorizons True. But maybe they could build a temporary type one like BC did when BC place was renovated

@liamsmith4566

3 жыл бұрын

I'd move the lions to the interior of bc and I'd put a team in victoria with that city being larger then Regina and has had a great fan base for the other levels of football they have

I swear it feels like the CFL doesn't want to succeed, right now things are not working out they need teams asap you can't function with 9 teams only, for how long ? in addition to the obvious Canadian Cities, there's no reason why they shouldn't expand in the US I know they tried and failed before but look where they have expanded it was doomed from day 1 1- Shreveport really are you kidding me 2- Sacramento not too bad an option but not good either 3- Las Vegas at that time it wouldn't have worked, until recently Las Vegas was not suited for any pro sports but ever since the economy has been shifted away from gambling and casinos into more robust branches, the city has changed and become more like a normal US city hence NHL NFL expansions, and NBA on the way 4- Baltimore was the only successful Team because it filled the gap left by the NFL relocation So St Louis and San Deigo are guaranteed success add Columbus Portland Orlando, San Antonio, Salt lake City and you'll see the picture, so so much potentiel is lost, Risk is part of progress if they don't change their habits CFL will collapse sooner than you might expect

Why would you build a 50,000 seat venue and not use all the seats on a more regular basis. Sounds like a waste of money. either build a stadium that's more intimate for your fan base or down size the stadium

@LordDavid04

2 жыл бұрын

Because they were built for specific purposes! For example: Edmonton's Commonwealth Stadium was specifically built for the 1978 Commonwealth Games, at a considerably cheaper cost than the monstrosity that was Montreal's Olympic Stadium and being around the same capacity at the time (and expanded since then). Or Vancouver's BC Place which was intended as the showcase of their hosting of the 1986 World Expo. Then we have the Argo's former stadium, the Skydome, built as a baseball/football stadium.

How about Minot North Dakota or Bismarck South Dakota. No NFL teams there as far as I know. Also both states are real close for travel distance.

alaska!!

Yukon!

The best place to expand is in Canada only and the expansion they had in states was bad and I say don't try again stay in Canada CFL is a Canada's game

Halifax

Most of the teams don’t turn a profit sadly

Actually, Mexico City is a good idea.

Newfoundland, anyone?

One year later as of mid april 2021, CFL will not receive a federal bailout. CFL will have a delayed season start and the CFL may be forced to cancel two seasons in a row. Pending CFL talked the league may go under

@davidbuswa9425

3 жыл бұрын

The CFL will have a shortened season starting in August. The 2021 season is delayed because of rising COVID cases in Ontario and Quebec. That's half the league there that can't play because the those provinces won't allow mass gathering events

The problem is that cfl has to many outdoor stadiums and no one wants to watch a game in snow storm

@davidbuswa9425

2 жыл бұрын

Not if the CFL moves their season to mid May. If the CFL season ends in October, it avoids the snow. But football was meant to be played outdoors anyway.

@secondguess3128

2 жыл бұрын

A full CFL season has 86 games -- maybe 5 of them experience snowstorms, even with the Grey Cup game being played at the end of November. There isn't a fan in the country who thinks the biggest problem facing the CFL is a shortage of covered stadiums. Could be interesting this year, though. The pandemic necessitated a late start to the season, so it's extending to mid-December -- with the Western final somewhere on the Prairies (probably Winnipeg) on Dec. 5. Global warming may prove to be the league's best friend.

Vancouver shoulda stayed with a smaller outdoor a stadium. BC place is a dump.

Will Trudeau allow football to be played in Canada?

@secondsports9927

3 жыл бұрын

Oh boy I hope so! I think they can come up with a plan that can get government approval. The NHL made it happen...

@tundrablast5514

3 жыл бұрын

Spring Camps are starting for HS Football here in moncton. So probably

Duluth, MN needs a NHL team. They could be a NHL version of the small town packers. A Duluth team would be a big draw from all of MN, WI, upper MI, and southern Ontario. Hockey is huge in this region.

@Steve_Hunts96

2 жыл бұрын

There is absolutely no way the NHL would expand to Duluth when the Minneapolis/St Paul market dominates the entire state, not to mention the Wild I’m sure don’t want any in-state competition with another team. Duluth should have an AHL team like Milwaukee does, but not NHL.

@admirals818

Жыл бұрын

The difference is, much of the Packers fan base is in Milwaukee. What nearby big metro area would Duluth look to for fans? Not the Twin Cities, because they already have a team.

CFL can't come to detroit

@secondsports9927

4 жыл бұрын

Not impossible, but definitely a lot of hurdles to overcome. I don't think the CFL is adventurous enough right now to try Detroit :/

@davidbuswa9425

4 жыл бұрын

A CFL team can play at Comerica Park which is owned by the Illitch Family. You can fit a CFL size dimension, but it will be a tight fit. Schedule CFL games when the Tigers play out of town. Football fans can tailgate in the warm summer days instead of the cold Fall weather The Ford Family that owns the Lions also owns Ford Field, so they will obviously reject that idea

@lincolnjames848

3 жыл бұрын

Well done.

@MrChrisdube

3 жыл бұрын

Fortunately, for the CFL, the Lions have sucked for generations.

@charleswebsterjr.6350

3 жыл бұрын

Just go to Windsor

First ... get rid of those idiotic WOKE names. WTF is a Redblack?? And Elks? Asinine names!! They're the Eskimos and Rough Riders!!!!!!

Toronto should have 2 teams instead of just 1

@Gene601

2 жыл бұрын

Why? They have a hard enough time supporting one.

@admirals818

Жыл бұрын

You want to take the Argos horrible attendance and divide that in two?

@tbowers0045

Жыл бұрын

Oh

No tax payer money should pay for a stadium or arena let the grifter owners pay for it

CFL should just rip the band-aid off and merge with the NFL

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They should change the rules to reflect the nfl.

Kingston Ontario?