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Originally Posted by MonctonRad
But, looking at elly and someones comments, I get the impression that they think it a daft concept that Moncton would consider getting a CFL team ever, at any time, even into the far future. I find this vaguely insulting.  |
I don't mean for it to be insulting and I don't know what will happen, but this is basically how I look at it:
- Halifax was on the small side for the CFL a couple decades ago, and is just now getting to where it's a more standard-sized market, but there are roadblocks (like a stadium and maybe long-term CFL popularity)
- Moncton is a significantly smaller city than even 1985 Halifax.
- 2 teams to some degree cannibalize each other in the region, so Moncton either will be #2 or has the uphill battle of "start with the smaller city, maybe cripple the potentially larger market"
I think the rivalry thing is real sometimes but it doesn't seem common to do expansion of leagues in pairs of teams. It's a real stretch to say that there isn't a strong enough argument for 1 team, but 2 teams will work due to a rivalry.
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