Shania lives in Switzerland now. But remains a Canadian...

Tell you what... you can keep Celine in Vegas and we'll even throw in Alan Thicke...

Can't give you B.C. but if Alaska is part of the deal then you can also have Alberta and Saskatchewan.

What? You don't want to see the Dolphin's play real 3-down football? on a man -sized field? Lord knows we could use the super-sized players that the NFL uses with our manly football rules... :D

Alaska for Alberta? No way man. You are getting California and something totally different in Hawaii with it's warm tropics. B.C. is nothing more than an extension of Oregon.

And we will give you Jim Carrey back only if you keep Celine away from American soil. We'll even spot you the Dixie Chicks and the Baldwins.

Ahhh you Canucks know nothing of the football stick with that soccer on ice you folks are so fond of. Although if you give us the Toronto Raptors back we'll let you have the Tampa Bay Lightning. A championship franchise for a group of underacheivers that's a good trade.

Uh we have the CFL. You can have the raptors for Pam Anderson.

You have all overlooked the obivious benefit of this mass exodus to Canada.

It will probably raise the average IQ of both countries.

(pun intended)

Huh??? WE invented the grid-iron version of the sport. well, anyways it was a tri-country cooperative effort, definitely enough that you can say we know nothing about football. Have a read, and learn:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compari...rican_football

Also, the trophy (Grey Cup) that the CFL competes for is one of the oldest pro sports championships around, this year being the 92 time it will be contested.

we know plenty about football. and as for soccer on ice? that's sacriledge. Are you deliberately trying to provoke me? Hockey is actually watchable...

:D

The best sports have goalies.

Yet another person that has never seen the benifits of the CFL rules and gameplay...your loss :o


I'll sell you Ontario for $20...if fact I'll pay you $20 to take it away ;)

I would have sworn the hockey jab would have gotten more ire than the football one.

BTW I'm well versed on the history of Canadian football, but there is a reason the best players play in the NFL.

As far as the 20 bucks for Ontario...no thanks that's just what we need here yet another Eastern metropolis. It's bad enough a lot of folks in the media think America starts in New York and stops in Boston.

Water polo?

No doubt the NFL has more fans, more money (best players), but as any footfall fan knows, the CFL is a more exiting game. :thumbsup:

Oh...and hocky rules :D :o

Yes, water polo is one of them.

hockey
lacrosse
water polo
soccer

All excellent sports that demand tremendous amounts of endurance.

sorry don't feel like editing it , but your 2. is wrong, my wife and I had a baby girl 7 months ago, and with no complications or health issues we were not asked to leave the same day., as well my uncle just had a baby in vancouver and was not asked to leave, they keep you 24-48hours or deemed required.

Ok, ok....so I was a little harsh. You caught me in a bad mood. :lol:
I never said anything about relocating to Canada though..... :crazy:

well... I thought that the hockey jab was deliberate, and do deserved less mention (simply because the truth is self evident, the sport doesn't require defending - plus even tho I pnly play girls hockey, I bet I could jersey you in the corner... :p ). But I thought you were being chauvenistic about the football.

So supposing that you are well versed in the grid-iron sport, u have to admit that the rules of the game, the season starting in summer and endig before Christmas, the sheer tradition makes the Canadian game so desireable.

Marketing is another matter tho. Size, population, college dedication makes the NFL sport grander. Not to mention the $ that changes hands inboth contracts and gambling!

Heck even I make more $ than some CFL players. But I don't work for ony 6 months a year either.


btw, up here it seems that the USA is all about California. sometimes it' refreshing to see eastern cities represented in the media...

The rules aren't THAT hugely different although I think NFL rules on passing(i.e. both feet must be inbounds) makes the game a bit more interesting. The biggest difference is the ability to score singles and that has always just been so odd to me that I never gave it much consideration.
Now as far as starting times and tradition gotta disagree totally there. With the 4 major sports here starting the NFL in summer would step too much on the toes of baseball and the thoughts of football season being over before Christmas even hit makes me shudder in terror. Christmas and New Year's are some of the best time to gather around the tv with family get fat or drunk or both and watch hours and hours of football. And by the time football season IS over with the boring parts of basketball and hockey season would be done so you can transition right into a nice heated season of hoops or puck if you are so inclined. And as far as tradition is concerned...there is hardly any bigger tradition than the Super Bowl. Every year people who don't even WATCH football stop down on a Sunday night and watch the game. There's a reason the NFL has crushed any competition directed it's way. USFL? Ha! XFL? Please!
But I better stop or else this thread will have to be moved to the sports section.