National Football League In Toronto
The National Football League (NFL) has long been rumoured to be considering placing one of its franchises in Canada's most-populous city, Toronto, Ontario.
Toronto is the fifth most populous city in North America, and the fourth-largest market in English-speaking North America. While the Canadian Football League (CFL) has professional Canadian football teams in Toronto (the Argonauts) and nearby Hamilton (the Tiger-Cats), there are no professional American football teams in Canada, NFL or otherwise. Despite being in Canada, Toronto is physically farther south than existing NFL franchises in Minnesota, Seattle and Green Bay, and has teams in each of the other major professional sports leagues: the Maple Leafs in hockey, the Blue Jays in baseball, the Raptors in basketball, Toronto F.C. in soccer, and the Rock in lacrosse. Furthermore, San Diego Chargers executive Dean Spanos, speaking in regards to international NFL play, was quoted in January 2008 that "the long term goal is globalizing our sport" and that "it is possible that within five or 10 years, the league will have franchises outside the United States."
Toronto would most notably be competing with Los Angeles, the second most-populous city in the U.S., for an NFL franchise.
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