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Originally Posted by jnaygull
I'm not so sure that it is a forgotten region as much as there is not a strong ownership group willing to pony up. It takes a significant investment to start a professional franchise and get it on stable footing. That investment certainly won't come from the existing ownership groups in the league, it has to come locally. Right about now, the CFL would welcome a deep-pocketed owner anywhere in Canada.
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Owning a football team is a billionaires game. Although the Maritimes have a handful of prominent business families, they are not nearly as numerous as elsewhere in the country (and especially in the US).
This is one of the leading reasons why professional sports in Canada is so anemic compared to the states. The culture isn't there, and, there are fewer people with the ability or means to take on the risk of ownership.
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