You bring up some good points.
Things have changed drastically within the past 5 years when it comes to CIS football. There are no clear cut answer but I know the Dinos have put a lot of time, effort and especially money into recruiting within the past 5 years. They also got an Under Armour sponsorship which I found really interesting.
When I played football (6 years ago) there were rarely scouts attending our games and I believe 6 people MAX got scholarships within the whole league. Now a days when I attend my brothers games there are minimum 2 scouts at each game. I don't know how they treated their recruits from when I played because I wasn't one of them but my brother is getting recruited at this moment and they treat him really well. They have not got into specifics of the education part of it yet (It is still super early still) but they have been showcasing the football program more then anything.
I know it might sound lame but I am sure quite a few players who play CIS want to play in the CFL because they enjoy playing football. When you look at a guy like Andy Fantuiz who lead the CFL in receiving, I am sure a lot of CIS recievers want to be like him.
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