New rules / commissioner's statements

[theaardvark]

The field dimensions relative to stadium fitment would've been addressed by simply reducing the depth of the endzones while retaining the standard 110-yard field length. You've yet to explain how these changes clean up the game since they were announced two months ago, but you continue to repeat the same tired narrative.

Respectfully, your opinions on this topic are immaterial. You make claims without basis and then run away when pressed for clarification.

Every CFL stadium will have an identical field.  15 yard deep EZ doesn't happen without the goal post moves.  Loss of a 55 yard line when you make FG's 15 yards deeper makes sense.

They all fit together.  I can see it making the game better, higher scoring and faster.  I cannot see it making anything worse, except losing the nostalgia of C or 55 on the field, many times in a different font than the rest of the field... and of course, the offensive play "doink" / goal post rub plays.

[TBURGESS]

None of the changes needed to be made. None of them will help scoring. All they will do is annoy the older folks who are the ones who buy tickets. 

[blue_gold_84]

Every CFL stadium will have an identical field.  15 yard deep EZ doesn't happen without the goal post moves.  Loss of a 55 yard line when you make FG's 15 yards deeper makes sense.

They all fit together.  I can see it making the game better, higher scoring and faster.  I cannot see it making anything worse, except losing the nostalgia of C or 55 on the field, many times in a different font than the rest of the field... and of course, the offensive play "doink" / goal post rub plays.

Every CFL venue would accommodate fitment even if you left the 110-yard length and changed to 15-yard endzones. Moving the goalposts back didn't improve scoring for the NFL; to claim the CFL doing so will result in any improvement to the game is not realistic. The amount of doinks that take place is basically a rounding error, anyway.

The NFL is objectively no better, faster, or higher scoring than the CFL despite playing on a much smaller field - it's personal preference, which is subjective. And it's pretty disingenuous for you, the commissioner, or any other shill on board with these changes to make such claims because the data simply doesn't exist.

These changes do nothing to address what's actually ailing the CFL in terms of its financial health or its sustainability as a league.