CFL- XFL merger

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(03-26-2021, 06:58 PM)J24 Wrote: 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.

 

A partnership makes sense, but moving on from the Canadian rules would eliminate the major point of differentiation the CFL has from American football and the short-lived American leagues that have failed in the past 20 years.  It's possible the CFL is just flat out done for, regardless in which case you have to wonder why the XFL would want to bring 9 failing franchises in another country into their developmental league.

I don't know what Canadians would do, but changing the rules to USA football and labeling the league as NFL Jr. would likely lead to what is left of the Canadian franchises needing to relocate to the USA or just be dissolved.  I like the CFL so ideally this would mean everything stays the same with some "CFL" teams in the USA, but that goes against the notion that it will be 4-down football on an American sized field with American rules because it is becoming the NFL minor league.

I just don't see how this could please the Canadian aspect of the CFL, in which case they may as well just reboot the XFL and keep the CFL out of it.

I'll admit that I'm biased because I watch and like the CFL and I have found minor league American rules football to be exceedingly underwhelming.