It's our league!!!!!!!!
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albertdesalvo
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Re: It's our league!!!!!!!!
Well lessee..... we have professional hockey, professional lacrosse, and professional basketball. Are they not all truly canadian sports played professionally? Ok, technically basketball was invented by a Canadian while he was working in the US, but still.....
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Dust Devil
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Re: It's our league!!!!!!!!
No they are not Truly Canadian. Those sports are played all over the world and over the years the rules have been changed under the direction of other countries. Not sure what would make any of those sports uniquely Canadian. Other than a lot of Canadians enjoying them which hardly qualifies IMO.
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albertdesalvo
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Re: It's our league!!!!!!!!
They're not truly Canadian? Ok, let's have a look at the CFL.
In 1971 I watched Leon McQuay fumble away the Grey Cup, a play that has become legendary. He was an American. His coach was the famous Leo Cahill. He was an American. Indeed, almost all the players & coaches of any impact in the league were American. They enacted rules that limited the number of imported players, otherwise 100% of the players and coaches would have been American, and that was four decades ago. They even had a "designated import" rule, still around today I believe.
This year four players are being inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame. Three of them are American. I had to go back 30 years before I found a Canadian winner of the Schenley Award (Tony Gabriel), all since 1978 have been American. In the 54 year history of that award, only one other Canadian born player has won it (the great Russ Jackson, who won it three times).
Don't get me wrong, I like the CFL, I think it's good for the country, and the game itself is a lot more fun than the NFL's boring marches up the middle. But apart from the quirky rules and big field, I don't see anything uniquely Canadian about it. The CFL has been totally dominated by Americans since before I was born.
In 1971 I watched Leon McQuay fumble away the Grey Cup, a play that has become legendary. He was an American. His coach was the famous Leo Cahill. He was an American. Indeed, almost all the players & coaches of any impact in the league were American. They enacted rules that limited the number of imported players, otherwise 100% of the players and coaches would have been American, and that was four decades ago. They even had a "designated import" rule, still around today I believe.
This year four players are being inducted into the CFL Hall of Fame. Three of them are American. I had to go back 30 years before I found a Canadian winner of the Schenley Award (Tony Gabriel), all since 1978 have been American. In the 54 year history of that award, only one other Canadian born player has won it (the great Russ Jackson, who won it three times).
Don't get me wrong, I like the CFL, I think it's good for the country, and the game itself is a lot more fun than the NFL's boring marches up the middle. But apart from the quirky rules and big field, I don't see anything uniquely Canadian about it. The CFL has been totally dominated by Americans since before I was born.
