Quote Originally Posted by Neely2005 View Post
Western teams have been asking for the schedule to be moved up for years as per the article that I Linked above. Yes Ambrosie expects more US TV $ from starting the season earlier:

http://ottawasun.com/sports/football...commish-speaks
Unless I missed the link you are referring to, that seems to be a call from one western team three years ago.

If this is being done for TV money, it needs to be a LOT more money to offset the potential downsides, particularly in this market. In addition to the risk of going against Leafs (and Raptors) and Jays in playoffs, Toronto is a get-out-of-town city on summer weekends. Ambrosie's latest appearance on Jay and Dan implied that he's hearing about this from a lot of fans, which I find hard to believe.