2026 CFL Winter Meetings

[Tecno]

I think adding pressure to the refs.

It also may spell the end of portly stick handlers.  Those dudes are going to be hustling now to get those sticks moved 50Y downfield and set well before the 35s clock expires.

Let's say it takes them 20s in some cases... that means teams may be breaking the huddle before the sticks are even set!  And how will the line refs set their feet spread if there is no stick there yet?

I really do foresee a big keystone cops farce by all parties involved for the first few weeks.  HCs won't be fast enough picking units, players won't be fast enough entering/leaving the field (good luck with hoggies), chain gang will be tripping over themselves sprinting to the new spot, refs will be falling down trying to get the ball set in a reasonable time frame.

The hubris in thinking CFL people can do it better/faster than the NFL people, and on a longer (for now) and wider field!  I can see them switching to a 40s clock in '27.  They probably chose 35s simply because they wanted to avoid the "Americanization" cry that the other changes were already inducing, knowing full well in the end they really wanted 40.

[Tecno]

IMP draft is the dumbest thing I've ever heard.  Thankfully it's really a non-issue.  Not even sure why he's bringing it up.

Almost never do 2 teams scout the same guy.  They are all NFL rejects who teams are taking wild flyers on and no nothing concrete about until they get to TC.

Why would a draft be needed?

Maybe all of this nonsense is to distract from the actual changes occurring that are causing an actual uproar.

[DM83]

This new commish seems to be the most clueless the CFL has had for the last 60 years.

[Sir Blue and Gold]

...I think an import draft is a good idea in the same sense that I think we could just call it "the CFL draft" and find the best players on planet earth not in the NFL and play them.

There's both your credibility and simplicity in one easy sentence.

[Jesse]

...I think an import draft is a good idea in the same sense that I think we could just call it "the CFL draft" and find the best players on planet earth not in the NFL and play them.

There's both your credibility and simplicity in one easy sentence.

...and once everyone was drafter they'd have to go on a neg list anyway that teams would want to constantly adjust the same as they do now.

It would be a pointless exercise.

[blue_gold_84]

...and once everyone was drafter they'd have to go on a neg list anyway that teams would want to constantly adjust the same as they do now.

It would be a pointless exercise.

But at least TSN could televise it! /s