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Originally Posted by SuperMatt18
TBH I never understood why CFL never tried to have a more consistent time for their games.
You could easily have the 4 games per week at consistent time slots on Friday/Saturday.
Friday 7:30 ET Start (9:00 ET for West hosted Game)
Saturday 1:00 ET Start
Saturday 4:00 ET Start
Saturday 7:30 ET Start
Stick to something like that consistently.
Personally I think a big part of the NFL success is that you know at 1:00ET, 4:00ET, and 8:00 ET on Sundays you are going to have a game to watch. Same thing with HNIC for the hockey fans, you know that every Saturday you had a game to watch at 7:00 ET and 10:00 ET. CFL should try to follow that same consistency and take over Friday/Saturday nights in the summer when there are limited sports options available elsewhere.
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One of the reasons that times are scattered is that fans complained about weekend games in the summer.
In Winnipeg in particular (where cottage-ing is a way of life), fans did not want weekend home games in the summer, so they started scheduling Thursday nights.
Then, come September, back to weekend afternoons.
Thus the times are now scattered and as fans, we have no idea when our team might be playing next.