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Originally Posted by cheevers
Here is a random question for the people who know more about football than I do. It seems like the thing holding back the league at the moment is QB play, it feels like an all time low level of talent in the position. If the CFL were to switch to an NFL or College Football sized ball, would that help at all? Or am I way off?
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I'm not sure if changing the ball size would help all that much, but I'll just throw this out there - The CFL certainly benefitted specifically at the QB position from guys who likely should have been playing in the NFL, but never got the chance due mainly to racism. Chuck Ealey was the first closely followed by Warren Moon, but also guys like Tracy Ham, Damon Allen, Anthony Calvillo and Darian Durant. Other guys deemed too small to play the position and thus shunned by the NFL who came up to the CFL and excelled include Doug Flutie, Dave Dickinson, and Danny McManus. Fast forward to today and you're seeing a guy like Kyler Murray starring in the NFL when 30+ years ago he would likely never have even gotten a sniff.
In summary, I think NFL coaches/management embracing more diversity at the QB position has hurt the QB talent in the CFL.