NHL Expansion back on agenda?

[Takuto Maruki]

Also, the NFL isn't in Canada out of respect for the CFL? C'mon now. The NFL would run the CFL right out of business if there was enough of a gain financially in doing so.

I doubt it , CFL first grey cup was 1909, NFL has always respected the CFL.
They are not in Canada because they do t want to kill the league.

Where will the Americans go, that play in the CFL.

You're both correct, but on opposite ends, and not at the middle.

The NFL I think does believe that the CFL works within their own business scheme because it allows for more labor. Even with the combined spring football league currently operating, there's always going to be a desire for high level, professional jobs. Which is why the CFL has persisted for years now - because it is the gold standard for that second level of football jobs. If the NFL was truly going to kill the CFL, then they would have done so in 2020 when the CFL was effectively on the ropes, having cancelled their season and having the Major Market Question looming as large as it has ever in decades.

The reason why the NFL isn't trying to run the CFL (or really Aussie Rules football, considering that the AFL down under is operating under the same structure of being an effective national pro league in a place that the NFL covets for international dollars) out of town is that the owners of the teams, and the commissioner really, would run to the feds the instant they heard or got a whiff of the NFL actually going into the process of taking bids for an expansion team in Toronto. And no matter what government is actually in power, there's an expectation to protect Canadian cultural interests (of which the CFL absolutely is) alongside the jobs that are present from what can be spun as the conquering American horde looking to do damage. Even with the resources Goodell and the NFL have to put up a case in that scenario, why would you bother going up against the whims of a government who's going to be intent on muzzling you, and nationalist fervor whipped up by the opposite party?

 

[Big Z Man 1990]

No, nobody has put into place a worse system than "8 teams have on average a 1-in-8 chance of playing for the championship, the other 32 teams have on average a 1-in-32 chance of playing for the championship," The European Super League tried, and even their best effort wasn't as ludicrous as that.

As a Cleveland Cavaliers fan, I can say that the play-in games are easily the worst thing the NBA has done. The play-in games kept them from making their first LeBron-free playoff appearance since 1998 during the 2022 season. They finally broke through the following year, but my point still stands.

 

[dj4aces]

As a Cleveland Cavaliers fan, I can say that the play-in games are easily the worst thing the NBA has done. The play-in games kept them from making their first LeBron-free playoff appearance since 1998 during the 2022 season. They finally broke through the following year, but my point still stands.

"My favorite team missed the playoffs in 2022, therefore the system sucks" isn't exactly a good argument against it. The fact that they improved the following season and made the playoffs says the system is actually working as intended.

Just a little food for thought.

 

[hangman005]

You're both correct, but on opposite ends, and not at the middle.

The NFL I think does believe that the CFL works within their own business scheme because it allows for more labor. Even with the combined spring football league currently operating, there's always going to be a desire for high level, professional jobs. Which is why the CFL has persisted for years now - because it is the gold standard for that second level of football jobs. If the NFL was truly going to kill the CFL, then they would have done so in 2020 when the CFL was effectively on the ropes, having cancelled their season and having the Major Market Question looming as large as it has ever in decades.

The reason why the NFL isn't trying to run the CFL (or really Aussie Rules football, considering that the AFL down under is operating under the same structure of being an effective national pro league in a place that the NFL covets for international dollars) out of town is that the owners of the teams, and the commissioner really, would run to the feds the instant they heard or got a whiff of the NFL actually going into the process of taking bids for an expansion team in Toronto. And no matter what government is actually in power, there's an expectation to protect Canadian cultural interests (of which the CFL absolutely is) alongside the jobs that are present from what can be spun as the conquering American horde looking to do damage. Even with the resources Goodell and the NFL have to put up a case in that scenario, why would you bother going up against the whims of a government who's going to be intent on muzzling you, and nationalist fervor whipped up by the opposite party?

As a New Zealander I just call it that stupid sport Australians like for some reason, they aren't going to sucker me into saying those words that easily That said Personally I think the NFL would be more interested in the NRL, League is much closer to American Football than that stupid sport Australians like for some reason.