HughC
06-11-2008, 02:15 PM
I know this is old news, but I had missed just how big a windfall Buffalo gets for playing a few games in Toronto. I knew that playing in Toronto would bring the Bills some more revenue, but this line caught my eye:
The deal is already paying off for the Bills. Rogers is committed to paying the Bills $78 million -- more than double the team's calculated 2006 operating income -- to essentially lease the eight games.
If a team is going to bring in that much cash for moving one regular season game per year, I wonder how long it will be before other teams follow suit. I could see San Diego playing once a year at Mexico City, Seattle in Portland or Vancouver, Jacksonville in Birmingham, etc.
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The deal is already paying off for the Bills. Rogers is committed to paying the Bills $78 million -- more than double the team's calculated 2006 operating income -- to essentially lease the eight games.
If a team is going to bring in that much cash for moving one regular season game per year, I wonder how long it will be before other teams follow suit. I could see San Diego playing once a year at Mexico City, Seattle in Portland or Vancouver, Jacksonville in Birmingham, etc.
Here's the link to the full story (To view links or images in this forum your post count must be 10 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.).