Like the B.C. Lions, the Eskimos have applied for a one-time NFL regular season game.
Edmonton would like the game on a Monday night at Commonwealth Stadium during the Thanksgiving long weekend in 2008 or 2009.
Lions owner David Braley said yesterday that he has applied for an NFL game in 2009 at B.C. Place to lead up to the Olympics. He seems very doubtful that an NFL team will permanently move to Canada anytime soon.
I think this could work, even though I hate the NFL.
I think the perfect game would feature the
Green Bay Packers versus the Philadelphia Eagles. Not because of great cross-promotional purposes or anything, but merely because I would want to see how long it would take Saskatchwan fans to realize they weren't
watching a
Roughriders-Eskimos tilt.
