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Toronto & the NFL
Topic Started: Sep 6 2006, 12:33 PM (41 Views)
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Well Canada and more directly Toronto may finally get it's first NFL team possibly just after the 2007-2008 season with the mega rich Rogers conglomerate....current owners of the Toronto Maple Leafs & Toronto Raptors vying for the first NFL franchise in Canadian history! And guess what the Skydome that has sucked billions out of tax payer dollars will not be good enough so yet again tax payers will have to foot the bill for a new stadium that will meet NFL guidelines....OH JOY. *mehem

Well I'm sure an NFL team in Toronto will only be a good thing for the tourist & service industry but people in Toronto always seem to get stuck footing the bill I hope this time ole Mr.Rogers uses his own money for this investment and not the taxpayers of Toronto & Ontario!

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The big dream, as was written here before and finally was confirmed by both men yesterday, is joint proprietorship of an NFL franchise for Toronto. That would be both Tanenbaum and Rogers as individuals, rather than MLSE and Rogers Communications, based on NFL ownership requirements. A few of the principals are jetting away to Cleveland, on Larry's private jet, to finalize a 2007 or 2008 NFL regular-season game in Toronto, likely a Browns game, as a precursor to landing an NFL franchise. Phil Lind, No. 2 man at Rogers, has been making nice with Roger Goodell, the incoming commissioner of the NFL.

Sure, sure, you've heard it all before about an NFL team for Toronto. But here are two awfully rich guys, governments in their pockets, already sharing their sports toys, now going public about the NFL. Asked the standard question about a suitable stadium, Tanenbaum mumbled about Rogers — and the Rogers Centre — now being part of the team.
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nfl comes to toronto and the cfl dies.
also, the "Rogers center" (i HATE that name; it's the friggin' SKYDOME!) should be more than good enough for an nfl team considering that toronto isn't really a football town anyway.
at this point i'm supprised that Rogers hasn't bought the ACC yet.
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