From: mcneill@eeserv.ee.umanitoba.ca (Dean K. McNeill)
Subject: CFL expansion: A survey.
Followup-To: rec.sport.football.misc
Keywords: CFL, football, expansion
Reply-To: mcneill@ee.umanitoba.ca
Organization: Electrical Engineering, U of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 1992 05:29:21 GMT

I have been greatly concerned of late regarding the repercussions of
the Canadian Football League expanding into the U.S. market.  In order 
to get a sense of both the potential interest and feelings of CFL fans,
I have put together the following survey.

If you have any opinions at all regarding this matter, I encourage you
to fill out the survey and return it to me as soon as possible.
(Ideally on or before Tuesday Nov 24th, as I am leaving on the 25th for 
the Grey Cup in Toronto, but PLEASE feel free to submit your responses
after this date.)

If I get a sufficient number of replies to make statistics worthwhile, 
I will post a summary of the results.

Thank-you for your time.

--- Dean K. McNeill

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1.  Do you feel the Canadian Football League should expand at all?
    YES ___  NO ___

2.  If yes, do you think expansion should include:
    Canadian centres?        YES ___ NO ___
    U.S. centres?            YES ___ NO ___
    Outside North America?   YES ___ NO ___

3.  Do you think that the CFL will survive if:
    It does not expand?   YES ___ NO ___
    It does expand?       YES ___ NO ___

4.  Do you feel that the following expansion sites can support a CFL 
    franchise?

    Montreal?     YES ___ NO ___
    Portland?     YES ___ NO ___
    San Antonio?  YES ___ NO ___
    Sacramento?   YES ___ NO ___
    Other?	  YES ___ NO ___ (please specify): ___________________

5.  If expansion outside of Canada does occur, do you feel that the
    rules of the game should be altered?
    YES ___ NO ___

6.  If yes, which of the following should be changed...

    a) Remove the Canadian/non-Canadian player ratios?  YES ___ NO ___

    b) Alter the dimensions of the playing surface?     YES ___ NO ___

    c) Alter the number of downs allowed from 3 to 4?   YES ___ NO ___

    d) Rouge (single point)?                            YES ___ NO ___

    e) Other (please specify): _______________________________________
       _______________________________________________________________
       _______________________________________________________________
       _______________________________________________________________

7.  Do you live close enough to a current CFL franchise to have
    attended games in the 1992 season?
    YES ___ NO ___

8.  If no, assuming expansion occurs as proposed, will you now be close
    enough to a franchise to attend a game in 1993?
    YES ___ NO ___

9.  How many CFL games have you attended this season?
    0 ___ 1-3 ___ 4-6 ___ 7+ ___ 

10. If expansion does occur, how will it affect the number of games
    you attend, compared with your 1992 attendance?
    More ___,  Same ___, Fewer ___.

11. Were you a CFL season ticket holder in 1992?
    YES ___ NO ___

12. If no, do you plan to be a season ticket holder in 1993?
    YES ___ NO ___

13. Have you watched a CFL game on television this season?
    YES ___ NO ___

14. Do you feel the NFL should expand into Canada?
    YES ___ NO ___

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||  Dean K. McNeill                              mcneill@ee.umanitoba.ca  ||
||  VLSI Research Laboratory                                              ||
||  Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering                     ||
||  University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, CANADA,  R3T 2N2          ||
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