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TheAlpineOracle · 11-16-2015, 04:53 PM

If the CFL wants a short term fix to improve the game they need to reduce (or get rid of) the Canadian Ratio. It would dramatically increase the talent, and thus the product being sold to the consumer.

Some people won't like that suggestion and say the ratio is necessary to keep Canadians playing the game at the grass route level, but I call BS on that. There's not many Canadian kids that play football growing up with the end goal of playing in the CFL, or start watching it simply because their are Canadian athletes in the league. Kids play in this country because they like the sport or have had it pushed on to them by their football loving parents. Having 4 less Jabari Arthurs or Eric Frasers on the field isn't going to change that.

11-16-2015, 04:53 PM	#95
TheAlpineOracle Lifetime Suspension Join Date: Sep 2015 Exp:	If the CFL wants a short term fix to improve the game they need to reduce (or get rid of) the Canadian Ratio. It would dramatically increase the talent, and thus the product being sold to the consumer. Some people won't like that suggestion and say the ratio is necessary to keep Canadians playing the game at the grass route level, but I call BS on that. There's not many Canadian kids that play football growing up with the end goal of playing in the CFL, or start watching it simply because their are Canadian athletes in the league. Kids play in this country because they like the sport or have had it pushed on to them by their football loving parents. Having 4 less Jabari Arthurs or Eric Frasers on the field isn't going to change that. Last edited by TheAlpineOracle; 11-16-2015 at 07:21 PM.