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Originally Posted by Fire
I don't see how that would help at all. Of the 24 starts only 7 has to be national players (Canadians). A lot of those Canadian players are better than the imports anyway.
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I think it would make a huge difference. Every team is always fighting to make the ratio and sitting/releasing players that are superior to Canadians that are playing. There is a reason there are separate awards for Canadians and it is the same reason that a Canadian only rarely wins the overall awards.
The number of football players in the US is enormous. As the CFL adds expansion teams the Canadian talent will continue to be diluted even more than it was this year and the in game talent will continue to go down, imo.
Of players that are dressed on game day normally 22 of them are Imports, that leave us with 20 Canadians or almost 48% of your game day roster. The coaches have to fight just to make this ratio all the time.
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Each team may have a maximum of 42 players, including 3 players who shall be identified as quarterbacks and 39 other players, of whom not more than 19 may be imports.
Teams must have a minimum of 41 players, including two players who shall be identified as quarterbacks and 39 other players, of whom not more than 19 may be imports.
Each team must establish a reserve roster of 4 players. These 4 players may be imports or non-imports.
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Roster BreakdownImportNon-ImportQuarterbacksTotal1920342
Each team may dress a 42-man active roster consisting of:
   3 QBs (no designation)
   19 imports
   20 non-imports
The 19 imports break down as follows:
   16 imports
   3 Designated Imports
The three designated imports are players who can play on special teams OR replace an import starter (they cannot start).
Of the 24 starters on a team, a minimum of seven starters must be non-imports. When applied to a starting roster of a team it breaks down as follows (when using the minimum number of non-import players):
   1 QB
   16 starting imports
   7 starting non-imports
A player who was physically resident in Canada for an aggregate of 7 years prior to turning 15 or if he’s a Canadian Citizen, was physically resident in Canada for an aggregate period of 5 years prior to turning 18.