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| quote: | Originally posted by ChemEnhanced
its not ticket sales that concern Toronto....but all the merchandising. The league will not allow it to happen......its been discussed before and it just won't happen.....give up the hope because it will not happen.....there will not be another team in Ontario. The only possible places for teams in canada would be Moncton (huge huge huge long shot simply because there isn't enough people), Quebec City (unlikely it will happen but they have proven before that it can work) and Winnipeg (this being the best shot for a team). |
Toronto has one of the highest (if not the highest) merchandising markets of ANY sport.
Sure they'll balk at the initial thought, the immediate knee-jerked reaction will be that they'll be stealing revenue from their market.
If they'd step back out from their vaults for a second they'll realize that any healthy competition breeds marketing dollars.
They'd probably MAKE money in the long run.
Besides, how can they loose if they're already been monetarily compensated before a single game is even played??? 
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