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Originally Posted by Digetydog

The problem with moving to Canada can be seen in the way the NFL and MLB have had problems with Canadian team. Because we do not operate on a common currency, the Canadian teams eventually get screwed b/c they have to pay salaries in US $'s when attendance income is generated in CD $'s.

Eventually, costs and revenues get out of whack and the team's fall behind American teams.

In terms of TV, the reality is that there aren't an enormous amount of TV's in Canada that don't already get the NFL. Plus, all those TV's are spread over an enormous land mass. Thus, adding a team in Toronto isn't likely to generate huge ratings in Calagary or Vancouver.

I think we all know why Mexico isn't considered a prime expansion candidate for the NFL.

In contrast, London represents a foothold in a huge market that is relatively affluent.

If I owned a NFL team in a Bad Market (Jacksonville, Buffalo, Boston (LOL)), I would look to move my team to:
1) Los Angeles - fix the stadium problem and you should mint money.
2) San Antonio - the country is moving South and that Alamodome ain't bad.
3) London - the travel issues are the only reason it is not second.

Since when is San Antonio a country?