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The prospective owners already have a "Name The Team" contest planned for its fans, however sources say the name "Saskatoon Stallions" is favoured.

And get this: the General Manager of the team will be longtime U of S Huskies coach Brian Towriss and the Head Coach will be Gary Etcheverry.
 

http://www.rodpedersen.com/2017/04/breaking-news-cfl-to-saskatoon.html?spref=tw

Edited by M.O.A.B.

comment_257590
On 4/5/2017 at 2:39 PM, Nolby said:

I know it was a joke but even so, putting another football team in Saskatchewan would be like putting another nhl team around Toronto,it'd never work.

But at least Toronto has the market to support 2 teams.

This would be more like putting an NFL team in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, just because the Packers are beloved in the cheese belt. 

comment_257602
33 minutes ago, Jimmy Pop said:

But at least Toronto has the market to support 2 teams.

 

I disagree ... right now they barely have the "market" to support one team....  but they have the "population" to support 5 teams ... Toronto has to develop a niche clientelle at competitive entertainment value ... we have an exciting product to deliver right now but the prospects have to be educated on how much fun it really is .... that will take wisdom, skill  and time and if so it can become a booming "market" (fanbase)

By contrast Sask can sustain two teams .... the fans would probably cross buy each other's city .... it would be like having season tickets with twenty games instead of ten .... the entertainment dollar is easily there to do that ... it has no real sports entertainment competition .... and not that much from the music industry either .... in Winnipeg and most cfl cities you have hockey draining entertainment dollars .... not so in Sask and in fact increeased pro football will probably accelerate not diminish ticket sales ... it will be THE  thing to do in that province

comment_257643
4 hours ago, BigBlue said:

I disagree ... right now they barely have the "market" to support one team....  but they have the "population" to support 5 teams ... Toronto has to develop a niche clientelle at competitive entertainment value ... we have an exciting product to deliver right now but the prospects have to be educated on how much fun it really is .... that will take wisdom, skill  and time and if so it can become a booming "market" (fanbase)

By contrast Sask can sustain two teams .... the fans would probably cross buy each other's city .... it would be like having season tickets with twenty games instead of ten .... the entertainment dollar is easily there to do that ... it has no real sports entertainment competition .... and not that much from the music industry either .... in Winnipeg and most cfl cities you have hockey draining entertainment dollars .... not so in Sask and in fact increeased pro football will probably accelerate not diminish ticket sales ... it will be THE  thing to do in that province

I think Jimmy Pop meant Toronto has the market to support 2 NHL teams...

comment_257691
15 hours ago, BigBlue said:

I disagree ... right now they barely have the "market" to support one team....  but they have the "population" to support 5 teams ... Toronto has to develop a niche clientelle at competitive entertainment value ... we have an exciting product to deliver right now but the prospects have to be educated on how much fun it really is .... that will take wisdom, skill  and time and if so it can become a booming "market" (fanbase)

By contrast Sask can sustain two teams .... the fans would probably cross buy each other's city .... it would be like having season tickets with twenty games instead of ten .... the entertainment dollar is easily there to do that ... it has no real sports entertainment competition .... and not that much from the music industry either .... in Winnipeg and most cfl cities you have hockey draining entertainment dollars .... not so in Sask and in fact increeased pro football will probably accelerate not diminish ticket sales ... it will be THE  thing to do in that province

I'm sure the Riders would love having their sponsorship dollars drastically reduced.

It could work but it wouldn't. You're not going to get enough buy-in for the new team. You're not going to get people buying two sets of season tickets, the same way you don't get a mass of people buying season tickets to TiCats and Argos.

Over time, you may get a Saskatoon vs Regina thing happening but the Riders will always be the province's team.

comment_257794
6 hours ago, JCon said:

I'm sure the Riders would love having their sponsorship dollars drastically reduced.

It could work but it wouldn't. You're not going to get enough buy-in for the new team. You're not going to get people buying two sets of season tickets, the same way you don't get a mass of people buying season tickets to TiCats and Argos.

Over time, you may get a Saskatoon vs Regina thing happening but the Riders will always be the province's team.

Not even in our grandchildrens' lifetimes.

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