Quote Originally Posted by Shatto View Post
This resembles in some ways, the disastrous expansion to the States a few decades ago. We can all remember (if old enough) the great enthusiasm that went with that endeavour. Many so called league experts hailed it as a financial saviour of the league. Instead it turned out to be a terrible failure.
It was a failure in many ways, but without it, I doubt the league would still be here. The expansion money was needed desperately. Even after expansion ended, the league was teetering on the brink -- it had to get a sponsor to pay the players on the Eskimos and Argos their Grey Cup bonuses, IIRC. IMO the U.S. "experiment" should be remembered as a big factor in the league continuing to exist.