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Originally Posted by Clever_Iggy
The CFL has just become a last resort circus for mediocre Canadian talent and completely rejected American talent either because the person, on his face, isnt talented enough, the player is a criminal, or the this is the players last chance to make it make to the NFL.
It's a garbage league. Ownership problems, financial problems, the Ottawa circus, third rate talent, and so far the most boring season, makes me hope the league dies and takes it's equivalent, the WNBA, with it.
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The CFL has never been a major league, it's always been a minor league type sport. It's an event where you can go sit in the stands on a nice day have a couple beers and watch something going on for cheap. The rules which force teams to use rosters that are 50% Canadian players have been around forever. I really don't like it when fans call the players mediocre as a lot of these guys are playing because they love the game of football. Many of these guys are taking paycuts to play the game from what they'd make at a full time job. I mean what do you expect, you get what you pay for. If you want better talent pay $200 a ticket like they do in the NFL. They'd never be able to sell that in Canada even if the talent was that good. The competition on the field is better than many give it credit for, it's just that the game looks slow on the big field.
Arena football being on a small surface gives the game a false impression of superspeed. I suppose that helps the players think quicker which in turn might help them in the NFL. But the USFL has failed, the XFL failed, and the next time they try a minor league football league in the US it's going to fail too. With the NFL and NCAA there's too much competition to get another league off the ground.