Proposed Revivals
World Wrestling Federation chairman Vince McMahon was given a chance to buy the Toronto Argonauts in 1999. He countered with an offer to buy the entire league and eventually "have it migrate south" (either adding teams in, or relocating teams to, the United States). The league refused McMahon's offer, but these proposed American teams became the basis of the XFL, which played one season in 2001.
In February 2009, former NFL receiver Oronde Gadsden (cousin of former CFL star John Avery) proposed that, because of the discontinuation of other spring football leagues such as the Arena Football League (which has since returned) and NFL Europa, the league consider expanding back into the United States, with potential markets being Detroit-Windsor and Rochester, New York. Wetenhall was open to the idea, but league offices have been unwilling to hear the proposal, with an Ottawa franchise set for launch in 2013, and both Halifax and Moncton angling for a maritime franchise in the future.
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