New rules / commissioner's statements

[blue_or_die]

Please provide your theories on why the CFL is changing the field size.

My theory is the exact same as Sir Blue & Gold's theory: doing nothing is not an option.

Therefore, the logic goes as: change field size --> ?? --> profit.

Maybe one day the league will tell us the real answer. Probably not, though.

[Tecno]

Please provide your theories on why the CFL is changing the field size.

Part of my theory is they are doing it as a humiliation and demoralization ritual, like so much in our society & politics right now.  It's change for change sake and "we don't give a poop if you don't like it -- in fact we like that you don't like it".

And they poke that bear further by trying to gaslight us that "55YL wasn't really important", "no one thought it was a defining CFL characteristic", "hey look at all these other CFL-isms that aren't changing".  Since it's absurd, it furthers the demoralization.

There's other reasons too, but this may be the crux, and it may be due to the evil ultimate owners of TSN, and thus the ultimate leash-holders of the league.  Also, I think Johnston isn't a CFL fan in the slightest, is a slimy used car salesman, and wants to stamp the biggest, ugliest mark on the league right away as a power move.

Hey, you asked!

[Tecno]

Brady just said late in The Huddle you gotta keep the 55 YL.  Way to go Brady!

[theaardvark]

I wonder if there will be a compromise.  15 yard EZ with the posts moved could fit the fields into the current stadiums.  Not sure it fits Molson perfectly, but a lot better.

Or, you could have 2 50 yard lines and no 55... shortening it by 5 yards instead of 10...

Nah, it will go ahead as planned

[Blue In BC]

I wonder if there will be a compromise.  15 yard EZ with the posts moved could fit the fields into the current stadiums.  Not sure it fits Molson perfectly, but a lot better.

Or, you could have 2 50 yard lines and no 55... shortening it by 5 yards instead of 10...

Nah, it will go ahead as planned

Math not your strong suit? There are 5 yards on each side of the 55 yard line to the 50 yard line. Drawing an imaginary line to create a 50 yard line " center " eliminates 10 yards.

[theaardvark]

Math not your strong suit? There are 5 yards on each side of the 55 yard line to the 50 yard line. Drawing an imaginary line to create a 50 yard line " center " eliminates 10 yards.

"Centre" of the field without a 55 but still with 2 50's would actually be the 52.5 yard line, which would not be marked.  40 45 50 50 45 40  instead of 40 45 50 55 50 45 40.  Makes a 105 yard field instead of 110 or 100.

With the shortened EZ, would trim 15 yards off the total length, and 7.5 yards off each end line, which should make Molson fit.

I typed that real slow so the math would be easier.

[Blue In BC]

"Centre" of the field without a 55 but still with 2 50's would actually be the 52.5 yard line, which would not be marked.  40 45 50 50 45 40  instead of 40 45 50 55 50 45 40.  Makes a 105 yard field instead of 110 or 100.

With the shortened EZ, would trim 15 yards off the total length, and 7.5 yards off each end line, which should make Molson fit.

I typed that real slow so the math would be easier.

You're just making things up. You can't call the center of the field anything you want and have any distance on either side instead of the 55 yard line. It what world are you living where there is 2 1/2 yards between one line marker and another?

The CFL field has 5 yard line markers every 5 yards. If you eliminate the 55 yard line, then you have an imaginary Center as I said with 50 yard lines on either side as I indicated.

You do realize that the smaller stadium end zones could have been fixed by removing seating to accommodate the larger end zone playing depth?

[Throw Long Bannatyne]

"Centre" of the field without a 55 but still with 2 50's would actually be the 52.5 yard line, which would not be marked.  40 45 50 50 45 40  instead of 40 45 50 55 50 45 40.  Makes a 105 yard field instead of 110 or 100.

With the shortened EZ, would trim 15 yards off the total length, and 7.5 yards off each end line, which should make Molson fit.

I typed that real slow so the math would be easier.

I bet the league will "compromise" by painting a C at center field instead of a 50, pretending they're meeting fans half way.

[theaardvark]

You're just making things up. You can't call the center of the field anything you want and have any distance on either side instead of the 55 yard line. It what world are you living where there is 2 1/2 yards between one line marker and another?

The CFL field has 5 yard line markers every 5 yards. If you eliminate the 55 yard line, then you have an imaginary Center as I said with 50 yard lines on either side as I indicated.

You do realize that the smaller stadium end zones could have been fixed by removing seating to accommodate the larger end zone playing depth?

Again, there would be no "centre" line at 52.5 yards, but the literal centre of the field would be at that distance.

You  could even paint the space between the 2 50's a different colour, maybe like the EZ's.

As to removing seating to fit the field in, are you that unaware of the issue at Molson stadium?  Its not the physical space that is the issue, but the fact they have a track and field track that the football field must fit inside.  They cannot remove / adapt the track surface to put turf in, so the EZ has trapazoidal shape cutting off the back corners.

BMO is a different issue, and the 5 yard reduction in EZ makes it physically fit into the space.