03-26-2021, 06:58 PM
(03-26-2021, 05:37 PM)Nately120 Wrote: Im just saying this move may play into theme american view that the CFL is just where crappy football is played. Canada ain't likely to follow along with this so if they go full on minor league nfl they're going to have to draw in a lot of American viewers.
The CFL is different from American football and it's also the only football League to exist long term along side the NFL. Being a lower tier american football League has been a real kiss of death since 1983 or so.
I'd wonder if they'd relocate the CFL franchises to the USA. At any rate, gling full USA football just seems like it would be a bad move. I can't see it pleasing anyone and having a low money league that straddles two countries sounds overly difficult.
1.) Crappy is way extreme but it is a minor league product. I don't really think Canadians can argue that point. Know one is taking a CFL job over an NFL job. Specifically if you're a player, coach, or GM.
1b.) I think Canadians will get over it. If you're in Saskatchewan or Winnipeg it's not like there is an NFL team close to you where you can watch. I compare it too how Americans view the MLS. Yes it isn't a top tier league but where else can I go and watch a professional Soccer?
2.) Yes the CFL has been around a long time but it is also has been losing a lot of money and that was pre pandemic. It doesn't matter how long it has existed if it doesn't have the money to continue it's just as gone as the USFL, the arena league, and the UFL.
3.) At the very least I could see the XFL buying the Argonauts, Alouettes, and BC Lions. Also I could see the XFL& CFL combining drafts, agreeing to pay scale for players, combining player unions, international player combines, international drafts, and partnerships with other countries federations.
