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NFL Team in Toronto within the next 6 years?

Now I don't want to start anything or any arguments so please only comment if it is a good answer no answers like "You already have th CFL" or "It's our League" because it stopped being your league when you started playing world wide and broadcasting Internationally. So my question isn in the next 5 - 6 year do you think the Bills or another team may relocate to Toronto (of course after LA gets a looking at before Toronto). I do realize the Bills in Toronto hasn't been the most sell out games but thats mainly because the tickets cost 4X the usual price. Here are some bits of info from another persons answer. Greater Toronto-Hamilton Area "GTHA" Population: 6,248,823 (2006) Area: 4,564.9 sq mi Dallas-Fort Worth Metropolitian Area (US Rank: 4th behind Chicago, NY, and LA) Population: 6,599,850 (2009) Area: 9,286 sq mi Essentially, if Toronto were in the United States it would be the 5th largest market, maybe 4th depending on Toronto's growth in the last 3 years. CORPORATE SUPPORT Corporate support is the most vital thing for ANY professional sports franchise to have. Aside from the obvious Ad revenue, private boxes and the luxury seats are where teams make the most money. The average person does not have the money to buy seasons on the 50 yard line or to rent a private box for the season. This is Toronto's biggest asset. The Largest Corporate Centers in the world according too... Worldwide Centres of Commerce Index (UK Study, 2009) 1. London 2. New York 5. Chicago 13. TORONTO (#3 in North America) 17. Los Angeles (#4 in North America) World's Most Economically Powerful Cities (Forbes, 2009) 1. London 2. Hong Kong 3. New York 5. Chicago 8. Los Angeles 10. TORONTO Global Financial Centres Index (UK Study, 2009) 1. New York 6. Chicago 12. TORONTO 14. Boston Toronto was also on Entrepreneur Magazine's top 10 emerging financial centers. Essentially the Toronto market has the third (or fourth in Forbes case, which is quite frankly the least reliable of the lists) most important financial center in North America meaning it has lots of corporate dough to go around. Also Rob Ford has said that a new stadium will be privately funded and seats will be sold to people to help generate money like they did in Chicago. Rogers and the Blue Jays Franchise are interseted in purchasing a current franchise both are million and bilion dollar franchises and industries and adding the seat sales and the fact that Toronto is 5th or 4th biggest market in North America it looks like it could be fesable. The only problem I can see it TV contracts. The only thing I can see being done is all Toronto games sold to CBC or another major network or a network in Canada buying games off of us stations and broadcasting games. I also realize it basically means the end of the Argonauts but not the CFL and I honestly think it can survive without Toronto. So basically do you think in the next 6 or so years we will be a team in Toronto. And for all the people saying the stadium is always half empty when the Bills come to town you are wrong. The Rogers Center can hold 54,00 people and the 5 games played so far drew crowds of: Pre Season: 48,434 and 39,583. Regular Season: 52,134 - 51,567 and 50,746. With tickets 4X regular prices I would say it has been a success.

Public Comments

1. no, simply because it is the Nfl, N stands for national. they have those international games to show predominately soccer countries the sport of American Football. They broadcast internationally cause once they have instilled that love of the game the people in other countries who want to watch can. Plus it is up to the owners and then they have to get permission from the upper dogs, who would almost certainly say no, then there is Canada's Gov., who might not be happy with 50000 people crossing the border for one day. I mean, to get permission to relocate takes forever. Don't believe me? The Broncos are gonna change jersey colors in 2012, mostly cause they didn't get approval in time for the 2011 season.
2. Hopefully not because that would destroy the CFL. Who cares about watching a Toronto Argos game, when you can watch a Toronto Bills (or whatever they might be) game in the NFL? All of the canadians will be like screw the CFL, there's a canadian team in the NFL. Then everyone in Canada will be watching the Toronto Bills instead of the CFL. It'll screw the entire league.