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  1. 11-02-2018, 05:50 PM #1
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    Toronto Argonauts moving to Mexico ?

    At least one home game in 2019 could be.
    https://www.tsn.ca/cfl-could-play-tw...2019-1.1202839


    Make sense that it would be the Argos giving up at least one home game, and also might explain why season tickets haven't gone up for sale yet (most other CFL teams have done so already).
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    For selfish reasons, a road trip I could get behind, especially if there is a team organized promotion. I've been wanting to go to Mexico City and this gives me the perfect excuse. Despite what people may tell you, it's very safe in the city core.
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    I have no issue with an early July game against a non SK Western team.

    If we're getting 8 home games next year, I hope the trade off is we don't have to host a Thursday night game.

    Otherwise, Si!!
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    They are talking a 40 000+ crowd. That would be a huge revenue boost for the Argonauts.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ArgoZ View Post
    They are talking a 40 000+ crowd. That would be a huge revenue boost for the Argonauts.
    Not necessarily, as the CFL would most likely buyout the Argo home game.
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    Quote Originally Posted by R.J View Post
    Not necessarily, as the CFL would most likely buyout the Argo home game.
    Could said team say "No thanks" then? Can the league force a team to play in another country? Somehow I doubt the struggling Argos would be shut out of all profits.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ArgoZ View Post
    Could said team say "No thanks" then? Can the league force a team to play in another country? Somehow I doubt the struggling Argos would be shut out of all profits.
    They would still make more money than a true Toronto home game with a buyout. I suppose they could split the profits, but zero chance the League doesn't make a nice chunk of the money off this potential game, especially with it being Ambrosie's baby.
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    Not a bad idea, to grow or expose our game internationally.
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    I'm sorry but with Montreal, BC and Toronto having attendance issues, the league focus should be on that. Not Mexico.
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    The Argos playing in Mexico fits in with Ambrosie's earlier comments about an agreement with the Professional American Football League of Mexico (LFA) and the possibility of bringing some Mexican players to the CFL as global players.

    “Our plan in the short term is to welcome some of the very best players from Mexico into our great league under a new category ‘global player,'” Ambrosie said during the media availability. “We’ve been talking to our governors, our teams, our players about the opportunities that this would create to expand the game of football, to bring to Canadian football and players from around the world to excite them and thrill them.” ...

    The LFA was founded in 2016 and currently has eight teams and schedule starting in the third week of February and finishing in April with the Mexico Bowl. Teams are currently permitted to field two foreign players per team, usually from NCAA Division II or III schools.
    http://3downnation.com/2018/10/04/cf...otball-league/
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    No issues with this... Mexico City is awesome to visit and flights with interjet are nice and cheap
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    Quote Originally Posted by Treblecharger1 View Post
    No issues with this... Mexico City is awesome to visit and flights with interjet are nice and cheap
    One of the biggest problems is the fact that the average wage in Mexico is $680 per month, not too many people can afford to go to football games.
    I can't see that they would make much money out of holding a CFL game there.
    The Mexican soccer league is cheap admission and their players don't earn much and the best players head north to the MLS so they can make a living.
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    Quote Originally Posted by CFLfan View Post
    One of the biggest problems is the fact that the average wage in Mexico is $680 per month, not too many people can afford to go to football games.
    I can't see that they would make much money out of holding a CFL game there.
    The Mexican soccer league is cheap admission and their players don't earn much and the best players head north to the MLS so they can make a living.
    Over 200K attended the Mexican F1 GP 2 weeks ago. Don't underestimate the money and attendance there. I think this is a smart move. Hopefully the league can find more revenue down the road in other places in the world. Finally a commissioner with vision.
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    I cannot believe this is a plausible idea. I’m in the camp of growing the game in Canada – I don’t see growth for the CFL internationally the same as others and even Ambrosie but I guess that’s why he’s in the position he’s in.

    Hope whatever he chooses works out though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by timlb01 View Post
    Over 200K attended the Mexican F1 GP 2 weeks ago. Don't underestimate the money and attendance there. I think this is a smart move. Hopefully the league can find more revenue down the road in other places in the world. Finally a commissioner with vision.
    Just like the Montreal F-1 GP, the Europeans fly in by the thousands to follow their race team, they follow their F-1 teams all over the world. Rich Mexicans will also attend, F-1 is known world wide.
    The NFL teams playing in Mexico this month will have thousands of their own fans flying in for it, the NFL is on Mexican TV and is well known there. The games are in Spanish on telemondo.

    The CFL is unknown it's not on TV there, it's not going to be a slam dunk money maker just because the NFL is playing a game there.
    They are going to have to do a lot of marketing to sell a CFL game.
    There are wealthy people in Mexico City but the average wage in Mexico is $680 and the average citizen won't be attending the games.
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    The CFL would almost certainly get a minimum revenue guarantee before agreeing to this. It would be up to the local organizers to sell tickets.
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    The NFL had planned a Chiefs/Rams game next Monday night in Mexico City - but it's just been moved to Los Angeles because of poor field conditions at Estadio Azteca.


    http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la...113-story.html

    "A concert nine days before the planned kickoff left the playing surface at the Mexico City stadium in serious disrepair. That raised concerns about player safety with the league. Efforts to re-sod the turf were insufficient to convince the NFL to stay."
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    Quote Originally Posted by shayman View Post
    The NFL had planned a Chiefs/Rams game next Monday night in Mexico City - but it's just been moved to Los Angeles because of poor field conditions at Estadio Azteca.


    http://www.latimes.com/sports/nfl/la...113-story.html

    "A concert nine days before the planned kickoff left the playing surface at the Mexico City stadium in serious disrepair. That raised concerns about player safety with the league. Efforts to re-sod the turf were insufficient to convince the NFL to stay."
    "There were plans to lay an inferior artificial turf on parts of the field, including the end zones, but Mexican officials refused, exclaiming 'We don't need no stinking indoor/outdoor!! What do you think this is, BMO Field?!?!'"(sarcasm, of course)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Joe Barnes View Post
    "There were plans to lay an inferior artificial turf on parts of the field, including the end zones, but Mexican officials refused, exclaiming 'We don't need no stinking indoor/outdoor!! What do you think this is, BMO Field?!?!'"(sarcasm, of course)
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