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Bills Planning to Shuffle off to...Toronto?

Buffalo team seeks bigger share of Canada football market

By Jesse Andrews,  Newser User

Posted Oct 19, 2007 12:54 AM CDT

(Newser) – The Bills have announced that they intend to play pre-season games and at least one regular-season match in nearby Toronto as early as 2009. The move, intended to capture more of the Toronto market, may presage an eventual move, which the team denies. Buffalo has yet to secure approval from the NFL and local and county officials.

The Canadian Football League's Toronto Argonauts have been mulling an NFL expansion team, and this incursion would prove a setback to them. "The NFL and its owners have to think long and hard about whether they endorse this and how it will affect our Canadian game," said the CFL commissioner.

The CN Tower's new LCD lights paint a different picture of Toronto's skyline on Thursday, June 28, 2007 in Toronto. (AP PHOTO/Nathan Denette/CP) Canada
The CN Tower's new LCD lights paint a different picture of Toronto's skyline on Thursday, June 28, 2007 in Toronto. (AP PHOTO/Nathan Denette/CP) Canada   (Associated Press)
Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards talks to a coach during football practice inside the fieldhouse at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/David Duprey)
Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards talks to a coach during football practice inside the fieldhouse at Ralph Wilson Stadium in Orchard Park, N.Y., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2007. (AP Photo/David Duprey)   (Associated Press)
The moon in total eclipse sets over the Toronto skyline on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007.   (AP PHOTO/CP, Frank Gunn)
The moon in total eclipse sets over the Toronto skyline on Tuesday, Aug. 28, 2007. (AP PHOTO/CP, Frank Gunn)   (Associated Press)
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