CFL Faces Major Challenges in Efforts to Stage Comeback
CFL Faces Major Challenges in Efforts to Stage Comeback The pandemic sidelined Canadian Football League players in 2020, but analysts say the league must find a way to play in 2021. The 2020 season, scheduled to kick off on June 11, was pre-empted by COVD-19. Later, the league proposed a schedule one-third of its normal length, where each of the nine teams would only play six games in a safe “bubble” in Winnipeg. The federal government offered a $40 million loan to the league, but its fees and interest rates were too prohibitive for the CFL teams. When the season was officially cancelled ...
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