major announcement - big changes to cfl playoff and season start

[Blueforlife]

yeah this guy reminds me a lot of high profile social media types... anything to draw attention to himself, regardless of what he knows or doesn't

Very true and agree and I don't like the guy but he generates interest, social media thrives on any type of buzz, they get just as much popularity through negative press and positive.  Just a hype machine. 

[Sir Blue and Gold]

This is a wonderful example, because it's a change that no one liked but was entirely data driven and come to through meaningful discussions with all parties.

An alarmingly higher percentage of injuries were coming on ST. The union and league made changes to prevent injury.

Even the new play-off changes in the CFL. The league and the union met. They discussed changed. Negotiated and Union members voted in favour of making the moves.

None of this has anything to do with CFL making changes to the field in a sweeping change without informing any if the involved parties with no data whatsoever because "reasons". 

However, to Aardvark's credit, the answer to his question is "no". Full stop.

[jets4life]

My purely anectodal observation:

It seems around 99.5% of fans either do not like or do not understand the changes.

And, about 99.5% of those fans just shrug their shoulders and still plan to be fans.

I'm not sure why the "Hurray for the changes!" posters keep insulting the intelligence of the majority of CFL fans who know exactly what the changes will mean to the league. It's fine that you love the changes, but why scrape to the bottom of the barrel and imply us hardcore fans are imbeciles.

PS...we both know that 99.5% of fans are not shrugging your shoulders. Hell, last season I was at a game, and overheard people discussing the changes. Nearly everyone there stated that they were unhappy with the loss of the 55 yard line, the reduction of the end zone, etc. 

There is also an inverse relationship between the more passionate the CFL fan, the more unlikely they are to be in favor of these new "improvements" to the game. The people least likely to go to games are the ones that are most open minded. The people who buy tickets, merchandise, streaming, etc are the ones that are going to be more opposed to them.

This fact leads me to believe that the changes will be detrimental to the league in the long run, and ultimately will hurt revenue and attendance.

[jets4life]

Even the new play-off changes in the CFL. The league and the union met. They discussed changed. Negotiated and Union members voted in favour of making the moves.

None of this has anything to do with CFL making changes to the field in a sweeping change without informing any if the involved parties with no data whatsoever because "reasons". 

Too bad the CFL did not bother to inform U Sports, high school leagues, or any other amateur organizations in Canada. It's going to be very costly for those organizations to change their fields to accommodate the "new" CFL field.