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As the clocks on the east coast ticked towards midnight, the CFLPA sent a memo to their players to start a work stoppage for seven of the nine teams. While negotiations fell apart, fans made their voices heard, and to say that no one was overly happy with the news would be an understatement. CFL … Continue reading CFL Fans Express Frustration With CFLPA’s Strike
For the first time since 1974, the CFL is looking at a player's strike. Late on Saturday night, the CFLPA sent a memo to its players to initiate a strike in seven of the nine cities, with Edmonton and Calgary being the exceptions, thanks to labour laws that only leave them in a legal strike … Continue reading CFLPA Strike Hurts Everyone, But Not Equally
The 2022 CFL season is just around the corner, and it's time to start thinking about the season, and more importantly, who will be taking the field for each team when kickoff does happen. In the CFL, you don't get very far without a quarterback, and while there are some names that could be added … Continue reading Evaluating CFL West Division Quarterbacks
We are so often told that if just about any player in the NFL played in the CFL, they would dominate the sport and single-handedly take their team to the Grey Cup. Despite all of the history to suggest that isn't true, it frequently comes up in any Twitter argument. We have seen countless big … Continue reading 5 Big Names That Became Massive CFL Busts
Back in February, we looked back at how the CFL stadium landscape has changed in the last decade. Now it's time to go even further back in time and look back at the old Stadiums that teams have called home in the CFL era. Clarke Stadium - Edmonton Elks (1948-1979) Clarke Stadium - Edmonton Elks … Continue reading A Further Look Back at Former CFL Stadiums
It seems like every year at around this time, the Canadian Football League hits the self-destruct button and sets off on a path of negativity, at least as far as its fanbase is concerned. In 2021, it was a series of chats with the new owners of the XFL that set off the Twittersphere with … Continue reading CFL Self-Destructing on Cue
When people think of the young Canadian quarterbacks in the Canadian Football League, their minds will instantly snap to both Nathan Rourke and Michael O'Connor, both of whom are signed with the BC Lions for the 2022 season. It makes sense that both of those players are front of mind considering they are already known … Continue reading Evaluating Where Canadian Quarterback Tre Ford Could Be Drafted
In a previous article ranking the current CFL stadiums, I mentioned that the stadium landscape had changed dramatically in the league. In as short a span as ten years, there have been five stadiums that have either been replaced or no longer host CFL matchups. They may be gone, but they all left a mark … Continue reading A Look Back at Former CFL Stadiums
Power rankings in February? What kind of crazy talk is that? Well, with Free Agency open and many of the league's top names already signed, fans have started to talk about how their team is going to line up against other teams around the league. It might seem early to think about power-ranking teams, but … Continue reading CFL Power Rankings – Offseason 2022
Could 2022 be the year when we see not just one, but two Canadian quarterbacks playing in the CFL? It has been an awfully long time since we last saw that, but the upcoming season could finally break the drought. Not since the 1960s, when Russ Jackson (Ottawa) and Frank Cosentino (Hamilton, Edmonton, Toronto) were … Continue reading Canadian QBs Could Make Statement In 2022
