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Originally Posted by tvp2003

Isn't there a rule that says if you're suspended in the NFL you can't play in the CFL? Or did they change that...

I found the following from 2016:

Does this mean that the CFL will enforce NFL or NCAA suspensions, preventing players like LaVon Brazill from joining the league? How will other WADA sports weigh into that; if someone tests positive in rugby or bobsled, should they be punished by the CFL for that, and will they be? Will the CFL enforce already-served suspensions from other leagues, or escalate those players to a higher level of its program? And what about suspensions from other leagues for substances that the CFL does not test for, such as marijuana? The league's new policy for prospects will ignore positive tests for substances it does not test for, so hopefully this one will too, but until the league spells it out, we don't know.

Update: The CFL has since answered the questions initially raised here. This is actually based on the February prospect policy, which also contains provisions for non-draft-eligible players. Any player who tests positive for a substance the CFL tests for (so not marijuana or other recreational drugs) or incurs a doping-program violation (by avoiding a test or violating a test rule) will be banned from the CFL for a year, but they can enter the CFL with a clean sheet after that. Fortunately, this won't affect players like Brazill who tested positive for marijuana; the CFL absolutely should not follow the NFL's prohibitions there, and it doesn't look like it's going to for the moment. However, as with the prospect policy, this may end some careers; it's providing one more place where a suspended player can't play.

https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/blogs/cf...205645322.html