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Originally Posted by Cheese
Labor Laws in the States makes it impossible to make US based teams play any Canadians...period! The ONLY way that this league with US based teams could survive would be to remove the Canadian limits period. In other words...become a farm system to the NFL. No thanks.
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If those restrictions weren't in place, I think it would be neat to see the CFL in border area US cities. The farm system concept is a bad idea because they really are two different games. The CFL has a unique brand of football and I think it's difficult to project talent to the NFL based on CFL play. I agree with you there. I wish someone would broadcast CFL games here though. I used to love watching when ESPN showed games.
That said, I'd love to see the NFL get a full fledged farm system where all 32 teams have a minor league affiliate located in non-NFL cities. Not sure how feasible it is, but based solely on the expansion of 'real' (not arena) professional football in the US aimed at feeding talent to the NFL is a neat idea. The roster turnovers would be massive though as you just won't see a guy put 5 or 6 years in at the lower level and make it to the NFL very often as the prime years window is so short in the NFL.