NFL’s New Hot Market Is North of the Border
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The owners of the Canadian Football League’s Toronto Argonauts want a NFL franchise, according to an article published last week in the Toronto Globe and Mail. With this announcement, David Cynamon and Howard Sokolowski have become the third group of potential owners of an NFL team in Toronto. The chief executive officer of the Toronto Blue Jays, Paul Godfrey — who has spent the better of two decades pursuing an NFL team in Toronto — is working in cahoots with Jays’ owner Ted Rogers, who also wants a team in his city. And Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment minority owner Larry Tannenbaum is looking into the possibility of owning an NFL team as well.
Cynamon and Sokolowski intend to bring a relocated franchise to Canada’s financial and media capital. While there isn’t one NFL owner actively shopping his team around at the moment and the NFL has no expansion plans, there could be a few available within the next five years. NFL owners in Buffalo, Jacksonville, Minnesota, New Orleans, and San Diego are coming to the end of stadium leases.
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