Or...Take the Lions, Please.
Or...Get Your Own %$#& Team!
If the NFL is determined to have a presence in Canada, does it have to be the Bills? If the region was depressed before, this latest development is sure to put a city and county--struggling to get back to their feet--on the brink. Ted Rodgers, owner of the Toronto Blue Jays was exactly the opposite of depressed on the other hand. According to an article by Jerry Sullivan in the Toronto Star: ...Rogers had the smug, lascivious expression of a fox who had just been invited into the henhouse. He blamed the media for "dreaming up" the fearful notion that the Bills might move to Toronto and called it "exaggerated hooey."
New County Executive Chris Collins made an offer, only to be rebuffed. And then there was that pause in the press conference when Wilson said he didn't see a move coming, followed by.................."Don't worry." However, the speculation is that when Mr. Wilson says he can't see the future, he's talking about events that won't take place in his lifetime. What his heirs plan to do with the Bills could be an entirely different matter.
How long has Canada been looking at a future with an NFL team in it? Well, The Star's Chris Young answers that question here. The Bills have a wide fan base that would welcome them in Toronto, but a move would leave legions of local fans in the cold.
The eight scheduled play dates over the next five years will show in terms of numbers and enthusiasm just how welcome the Bills will be across the Peace Bridge.
The Toronto Hooeys? We're with Sullivan on this one; pardon us while we worry.