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

Trying out the 'no vote comments' option just to see how it goes. 3 rounds only so first round you can already accept and post counter arguments. 7k char limitI believe that the if the NFL, the National Football League, wishes to add more franchises to itself in an attempt to increase revenue or expand its influence, than the best option for them to pursue would be to merge with the Canadian Football League, its neighbor to the north. My opponent will argue AGAINST a merger with the CFL, and instead argue for a DIFFERENT METHOD OF EXPANSION. Con CANNOT argue that the NFL shouldn't be expanding in the first place. Arguments for the resolution:1) The NFL is looking to expand, and this would be the biggest and best way to do so.Roger Goodell, current commissioner and Sith lord ruler of the NFL, has long been wanting to expand the NFL to a bigger audience, whether it be by putting a team in LA, London, and is also looking at Mexico, Brazil, and even Germany as well.http://www.cbssports.com...http://bleacherreport.com...http://mweb.cbssports.com...http://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com...One of the many problems people cite while advocating against putting teams in places like London or Germany is the burden it places on players. During the regular season when teams would be flying back and forth over the Atlantic just to get to the games, the exhaustion from traveling such extensive distances could take its toll on players. Most NFL teams have half of their games at home and half of their games away from home, and for a team on the other side of the ocean, having to fly back and forth for almost entire days just to get to the game on time can be physically taxing. Canada though does not have this distance issue. It is literally located just north of the US border, and some teams like Green Bay, Detroit, New England, New York, and Seattle are already so close to the northern border that it would be easier going to away games in Canada than it would in other parts of the United States itself. Merging with the CFL would satisfy the NFL's interest in expanding, while also avoiding the issues that would plague players if the NFL expanded overseas into Europe, or deep into South America. 2) The Infrastructure is already there. Previously when the NFL created new teams, these organizations would have to be build from the ground up and completely from scratch, and this would be the case with fielding a team in London or even Mexico. However, this is not an issue with the CFL, because the Canadian Football league already has teams established and functioning, meaning the transition period needed to integrate these new teams into the NFL would be minimal, since teams in Canada already have front offices, fields, and even filled up player rosters. No other possible locations the NFL is looking to expand to has this luxury, giving a merger with the CFL a decisive advantage over building ones from scratch in completely new places. 3) The CFL has 9 teams, 8 of which could be of use to the NFLWhy does the CFL having 9 teams matter? The NFL is divided into two conferences; The NFC, and the AFC... Each Conference has four subdivisions based on geography as well, the North, South, East, and West, for a total of EIGHT different divisions. A merger with the CFL would bring UP TO 9 new teams into the NFL, but if the NFL only wanted to keep 8 of them, then it would mean that each division in both conference could get one new team as a result of the merger, without any one division having more teams than the other (Assuming that the NFL would decide to only annex 8 of the teams rather than all 9). This is important because one of the biggest stumbling blocks in adding a single team to either LA or London is that it would cause there to be an imbalance in the number of teams in each division. A merger with the CFL though eliminates this potential imbalance since every division in every conference would be adding an already functioning franchise, rather than just one or two divisions having more teams than any other division, with the franchise being brand new and barely functioning. A merger would also allow the NFL to jettison the absolute worst team in the CFL, while the second worst team could actually solve another vexing problem to the NFL:4) This would solve the LA problem. The NFL wants a team in Los Angeles and has wanted one for a while. If the NFL merges with the CFL, one of the worse teams in the league could easily be relocated to Los Angeles and solve this problem once and for all, essentially killing two birds with one stone. Moving an already existing franchise in the NFL to LA is frequently discussed as an option, but in terms of EXPANDING the NFL, merging with the CFL is the best way to solve the LA problem, since just adding a new franchise to LA would create a team imbalance within one of the conferences of the NFL, whereas a large merger with the CFL would avoid this. 5) Every other major sport in the US has teams in Canada. MLB has the Toronto Blue Jays and used to have the Montreal Expos, The NBA has the Toronto Raptors, and the NHL has SEVEN teams located north of the border: The Toronto Maple Leafs, the Vancouver Canucks, The Montreal Canadians, Ottawa Senators, Edmonton Oilers, Calgary Flames, and the new Winnipeg Jets.... The NFL could easily expand its influence north of the border and incorporate new teams in Canada, since literally every other major sport in the US has successfully done the same thing, whereas expanding into London or Mexico is completely unfamiliar territory.6) Hugely increase the potential fan base. As big as London is (8.6 million people) incorporating teams in all of Canada (35 million people) would allow the NFL to drastically increase its fan base and influence in the world by merging with the CFL, rather than try to field only one or two additional teams in individual cities. 7) Possible rule changes. When the NBA merged with the ABA in the 1970's, one of the conditions of the merger was that the new league would incorporate one of the ABA's rules (the three point shot) into the game as part of the de