The NFL should merge with the CFL (Canadian Football League) if it is looking to expand

The ABA and NBA had different sets of rules and different styles of play but still merged fine with each other.There was no real merger, though. The ABA was in a financial crisis and the NBA simply absorbed them. The rules were adopted after because at the time fans favored the ABA's fast-paced games and rules over NBA's.Therefore a merger between the NFL and the CFL is not out of the question like you claim since other leagues experienced similar differences in gameplay but still worked out an agreement.Except the CFL isn't in dire need for a merger at the moment and even then with only 9 teams an an overall worth of less than 100 million they're doing fine.You could also say that many Canadians could be excited to see a merger with the NFL where their teams will play against the best in the world There are only two countries playing Gridiron at a professional level. Not necessarily the world. Misleading labeling.and also be allowed to draft American players in the NFL draft, greatly increasing the skill level of those Canadian teams in the process.Implying Canadian teams aren't as skilled as American teams. There has been a list of players from both sides of the code who jumped to the other.https://en.wikipedia.org...This statement is ludicrous as PRO implies Canadian teams aren't on the skill levels as the American teams. NFL games hosted in London routinely sell out every ticket to the stadium, sometimes even 8 months before the game beginsThat's just only one city, and even then it's only held once usually as an exhibition/preseason warm-up before the league commences.NFL Europe and the World Bowl folded partly because those teams had no talented players from the US or their home territory to draft from.You also forgot to mention the time differences, the different cost and taxing in European nations and other facotrs that lead to its demise. Lack of interest was one of them as what American wants to watch their football not played by the NFL, or worse, played in Europe?Canadian teams in the CFL though pick up players who were not drafted by the NFL, which gives Canadian teams some level of talent that European football teams lacked.And because of that the CFL is deemed a "second-rate" league that will never be on par with the NFL as it only harbors "rejects". Michael Sam strengthens that bias.The fact that Canada itself HAS a functioning football league in itself implies that it is simply untrue that the rest of the world doesnt care about American football.They don't care about Gridiron football. "American" football is simply the US variation of Gridiron. And Canada has 100+ years of gridiron culture since the late 1800s where it was developed from Rugby Union football and only took off as a professional sport in the 1920s, about as old as the American teams. That doesn't change the fact that the rest of the world has taken enough interest in gridiron to even pick it up let alone spend millions to have artificial pitches and invest in equipment that costs thousands per team. Gridiron in Canada flourished because it evolved there naturally, not because it was imposed. It's easy for gridiron to pick up in a country that's close to you rather than a country that's separated by sea.Furthermore your argument could serve as a reason FOR the NFL merging with the CFL since Canada clearly showcases an interest in American football, therefore making a merger with that league more sensible than trying to expand to other foreign markets where such leagues do not exist.An interest in American football doesn't necessarily mean a desire for both leagues (and codes) to merge. In fact, the CFL motto is This Is Our League (English) Notre ligue. Notre football. ("Our League. Our Football." in French).http://www.trademarkia.com...It shows the value Canadians have for their variation of football and I doubt the NFL merger will even bother implenting or adhering to half the rules in the CFL if a merger were to happen. The idea of teams playing Canadian code when in Canada or for every Canadian team to play CFL rules would create confusion.A merger with the CFL though would fix this problem while also allow the NFL to expand to a far larger, wider, and already existing audience than just putting one or two franchises in new cities and start them from scratch.But again there's already an existing audience in the US alone where there's no professional football team nearby or at all. Portland would love to have an NFL team. http://www.oregonlive.com...Their soccer rivalry with Seattle makes headlines in the PNW region, surely having a pro-football team in Portland generate a massive fanbase and profit there while establishing a rivalry with the Seahawks, ensuing large amounts of profit there. Canadian teams could play all of their away games at the time of the year when the winter in Canada is at its most frigid for example, playing all of their home games early in September and October and playing the rest of their games on the road when Winter really kicks in.The Mid-Atlantic, New England and PNW also experience frigid weather from Dec-Feb. What about them? What would their scheduling be?Another solution is that Canadian teams could invest in dome stadiums, which though expensive could be affordable since these Canadian teams would now be tapping into the massive revenue the NFL generates already. 2 teams already have dome stadiums, its possible that other stadiums could be converted to dome stadiums due to their small size, and also that the Canadian government would be interested in providing public funding for dome stadiums since their construction could create temporary jobs.And who will pay for them anyway? The CFL teams? The richest teams in the CFL are worth 20x less than the Bills which are just worth under 900m. Stadium costs peak in the hundred millions anyway, and Canada's comparetively low population aren't going to fill the stadiums all the time, not if there can be only 8 home games per team.In 2015 when the Buffalo Bills had a home game called off due to heavy snow, the game between them and the Jets was simply moved to Detroit where the game was played there. If during the regular season some Canadian teams experience too much snowfall to play their home games, those games can be moved to other locations to be played there. This could even be planned out before then if it becomes certain that the weather would not allow for the home games in Canada to be played.The argument you were making was that Canadians would gladly accept the NFL merger. So how can they enjoy it if home games involving their teams are moved south of the border due to harsh weathers conflicting with the fields?I skipped some arguments because the character limit was exceeded.