For many, the raging debate about the Canadian Football League’s potential alignment with the XFL boils down to a choice of either staying Canadian or selling out to be part of another attempt at alternative professional football in America. What’s been largely ignored in that conversation is the idea that XFL and CFL leadership share a similar vision of professional football going global. Beyond the XFL-CFL merger itself, the new collaboration could be a launching point to aggressively pursue franchises in places such as Mexico, Germany and other European countries. It’s only a tiny leap of faith to believe that whatever is on the table between the CFL and XFL has a considerable international component to its vision.