Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

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  • better days
    Registered User
    • Jan 2010
    • 22028

    Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

    That is the poll question in the Toronto Sun.

    As of now 80% of respondents answered NO.

    That Spiked Lemonade must be tasting pretty sour about now.
  • don137
    Registered User
    • Jul 2002
    • 7720

    #2
    Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

    No offense but who cares...heck, they can't even field a competitive hockey team and that is their national pastime.

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    • Historian
      2020-2023 AFC East Champions!
      • Dec 2002
      • 61956

      #3
      Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

      This is just my perception but...

      I don't think the Canadians even want one. Attendance at those Toronto games stunk.

      The Canadians want to come down here to join our party. Sundays at the Ralph are more of a celebration of life than a football game.

      They can't do that up there.

      JMO.

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      • Homegrown
        Havin' a ball ... rollin' to the bottom
        • Jul 2008
        • 2774

        #4
        Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

        Toronto has the same "problem" LA has... No stadium.

        I truly believe if LA or Toronto had a modern, ready to use NFL stadium build ( or being built), some multi-billionare would have paid a premium for the Bills, paid the fee to break the lease, and moved the team ASAP.

        We may have dodged a bullet this time, but I get this feeling if the state & county don't commit to a new stadium by 2020, we're going to go through this whole "relocation" thing again.

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        • OpIv37
          Acid Douching Asswipe
          • Sep 2002
          • 101334

          #5
          Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

          Toronto and Buffalo will NEVER have teams at the same time. There is too much overlap in the fan base. Toronto will only get a team if the Bills move there, or if the Bills move somewhere far away (like LA) and then TO gets an expansion team.

          As long as the Bills are entrenched in Buffalo, Toronto will not get a team.

          The flip side of that: the nightmare scenario for Bills fans is a team in Toronto. If the team were to go to LA or somewhere else far, there is always the possibility of a Cleveland/Houston situation where we get the team back in an expansion. But if Toronto gets a team, then Buffalo would NEVER get another NFL team, at least not in any of our lifetimes.
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          • chris66
            Registered User
            • Sep 2006
            • 604

            #6
            Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

            Originally posted by better days View Post
            That is the poll question in the Toronto Sun.

            As of now 80% of respondents answered NO.

            That Spiked Lemonade must be tasting pretty sour about now.
            no, not because they don't want one. Nfl won't allow it as long as the bills call Toronto their market

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            • better days
              Registered User
              • Jan 2010
              • 22028

              #7
              Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

              Originally posted by chris66 View Post
              no, not because they don't want one. Nfl won't allow it as long as the bills call Toronto their market
              Well, I really don't think the majority of the population in Toronto really gives a damn about having an NFL team, but I agree Toronto is a part of Buffalo's market

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              • WagonCircler
                Escaped Convict
                • Jul 2002
                • 5876

                #8
                Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

                Originally posted by Homegrown View Post
                Toronto has the same "problem" LA has... No stadium..
                You're half right.

                Toronto has the same problem as LA.

                No fan support.

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                • Mr. Pink
                  Peterman Sucks!
                  • Mar 2006
                  • 35303

                  #9
                  Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

                  People didn't go to the Bills games there because the Bills aren't their team and let's be real here, they sucked for the entirety of the series.

                  Plus it's not like any marquee matchups were played there.

                  Say the Bills didn't have a team, would you go to the Ralph to watch the Browns play the Jags?

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                  • SpikedLemonade
                    • Jun 2024

                    #10
                    Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

                    Originally posted by Mr. Pink View Post
                    People didn't go to the Bills games there because the Bills aren't their team and let's be real here, they sucked for the entirety of the series.

                    Plus it's not like any marquee matchups were played there.

                    Say the Bills didn't have a team, would you go to the Ralph to watch the Browns play the Jags?
                    You are wasting your breath. They just don't get it.

                    Let's see if the big mouths keep buying tickets when they are not the cheapest in the NFL.

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                    • THATHURMANATOR
                      Registered User
                      • Jul 2002
                      • 69112

                      #11
                      Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

                      I will continue to buy tickets.

                      And I do understand the point on the Bills not being their team and no good matchups leading to poor attendance for the Toronto series.

                      If Toronto had an NFL team I am sure they would support it. It doesn't appear however they will get a team any time soon.

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                      • BuffaloRedleg
                        Registered User
                        • Aug 2013
                        • 1270

                        #12
                        Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

                        Originally posted by Mr. Pink View Post
                        People didn't go to the Bills games there because the Bills aren't their team and let's be real here, they sucked for the entirety of the series.

                        Plus it's not like any marquee matchups were played there.

                        Say the Bills didn't have a team, would you go to the Ralph to watch the Browns play the Jags?
                        I think we all absolutely would go to that game (if we hadn't lost the Bills in the first place, let's just say they never existed).

                        Those problems don't go away either if they get their own team. A Toronto v Jags game is most likely going to be just as much of a snoozer as a Bills v Jags game. Most games are not marquee matchups and most teams are middling garbage.

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                        • THATHURMANATOR
                          Registered User
                          • Jul 2002
                          • 69112

                          #13
                          Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

                          Originally posted by BuffaloRedleg View Post
                          I think we all absolutely would go to that game (if we hadn't lost the Bills in the first place, let's just say they never existed).

                          Those problems don't go away either if they get their own team. A Toronto v Jags game is most likely going to be just as much of a snoozer as a Bills v Jags game. Most games are not marquee matchups and most teams are middling garbage.
                          I wouldnt. I don't care about either of those teams.

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                          • SpikedLemonade
                            • Jun 2024

                            #14
                            Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

                            Originally posted by THATHURMANATOR View Post
                            I wouldnt. I don't care about either of those teams.
                            Then just imagine paying almost 4 times as much for those tickets in Toronto than they are in Buffalo. That was how they were initially priced.

                            In fact, when the series was first announced, you had to buy the whole series upfront -- 5 regular season games plus 3 pre-season games over 5 years.

                            It was a disaster.

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                            • stuckincincy
                              Buffalo Bills Fan
                              • Sep 2003
                              • 15084

                              #15
                              Re: Will Toronto EVER get an NFL team?

                              Originally posted by SpikedLemonade View Post
                              Then just imagine paying almost 4 times as much for those tickets in Toronto than they are in Buffalo. That was how they were initially priced.

                              In fact, when the series was first announced, you had to buy the whole series upfront -- 5 regular season games plus 3 pre-season games over 5 years.

                              It was a disaster.
                              I remember that. The pricing boggled anyone's mind.
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