Great crowds this weekend (earlier start to the season was a mistake)

[Neely2005]

Summer obviously doesn't end until Sept. 21-22, but pretty well everyone I know considers Labour Day the start of fall. No one considers the NFL a "summer sport," yet look what just happened, a whole slate of "summer" games.

If the CFL ever gets a 10th team (which I'll believe when it actually happens), it would be possible to go to a 19-week season (as AV has pointed out), down from the current 21 weeks, and therefore start the season around July 1 and end on final weekend of November. If we are really concerned about not playing our championship game in bad weather conditions, we should be starting the season in early April.

Fall starts on September 23rd this year. The only people that I know who think the start of Fall is Labour Day are teachers.

Not sure what the NFL has to do with this discussion but the majority of NFL games are in the Fall and Winter. The majority of CFL games are in the Summer.

Or they could go to a 19 Week schedule and start around the same time as this year and finish the last Sunday in October or the first Sunday in November.

[paulwoods13]

Fall starts on September 23rd this year. The only people that I know who think the start of Fall is Labour Day are teachers.

Not sure what the NFL has to do with this discussion but the majority of NFL games are in the Fall and Winter. The majority of CFL games are in the Summer.

Or they could go to a 19 Week schedule and start around the same time as this year and finish the last Sunday in October or the first Sunday in November.

If you and your friends think of this time of year as summer, that's great. But teachers are not the only people who feel as if fall starts when school goes back and August ends. The fact that most CFL games are played in summer (and a few are played in spring some years) does not make the CFL a summer sport. Regardless, I don't believe future seasons are going to start any earlier than this year, despite some folks' desire not to sit in the cold at the end of the season and in the playoffs. The voices from the west who were bleating about this will have been drowned out by louder voices who realize it makes no sense to compete against NHL and NBA finals. Attendance the past two weeks certainly gives a degree of evidence (albeit small sample size) that crowds increase starting on Labour Day weekend. I'll be shocked if Ambrosie revives this discussion in any serious way.

[Neely2005]

If you and your friends think of this time of year as summer, that's great. But teachers are not the only people who feel as if fall starts when school goes back and August ends. The fact that most CFL games are played in summer (and a few are played in spring some years) does not make the CFL a summer sport. Regardless, I don't believe future seasons are going to start any earlier than this year, despite some folks' desire not to sit in the cold at the end of the season and in the playoffs. The voices from the west who were bleating about this will have been drowned out by louder voices who realize it makes no sense to compete against NHL and NBA finals. Attendance the past two weeks certainly gives a degree of evidence (albeit small sample size) that crowds increase starting on Labour Day weekend. I'll be shocked if Ambrosie revives this discussion in any serious way.

Lol, so the majority of CFL games are played in the Summer but the CFL isn't a Summer League? That's some outstanding logic right there.

The Western voices have been talking about this for years. If their October and November attendance remains low I doubt that they're going to give up.

[paulwoods13]

Lol, so the majority of CFL games are played in the Summer but the CFL isn't a Summer League? That's some outstanding logic right there.

The Western voices have been talking about this for years. If their October and November attendance remains low I doubt that they're going to give up.

Criticize the logic as much as you want, it won't change the reality that the schedule is not moving earlier despite the bleating of a few westerners.

[Neely2005]

Criticize the logic as much as you want, it won't change the reality that the schedule is not moving earlier despite the bleating of a few westerners.

Well since what you said is false I will definitely point that out. Where did I say that the schedule was moving earlier? I said that I don't think that they're going to stop trying for it.

[1971GreyCup]

Fall starts on September 23rd this year. The only people that I know who think the start of Fall is Labour Day are teachers.

I guess technically, after harvest ended kids became available and school began. Somehow kids working the harvest ended but the long break endured.

[SkalbaniasGhost]

Fall starts on September 23rd this year. The only people that I know who think the start of Fall is Labour Day are teachers.

Not sure what the NFL has to do with this discussion but the majority of NFL games are in the Fall and Winter. The majority of CFL games are in the Summer.

Or they could go to a 19 Week schedule and start around the same time as this year and finish the last Sunday in October or the first Sunday in November.

The NFL has everything to do with scheduling.Labor Day has always been considered the start of Fall by Advertisers/Marketers throughout North America.
The CFL's schedule will be controlled by Stewart Johnson and how Bell's NFL commitments line up.

[Neely2005]

The NFL has everything to do with scheduling.Labor Day has always been considered the start of Fall by Advertisers/Marketers throughout North America.
The CFL's schedule will be controlled by Stewart Johnson and how Bell's NFL commitments line up.

Do you work in Marketing? Just curious because I have a Marketing Degree and have never heard anyone say that Labour Day is considered the start of Fall.

[Argo57]

Do you work in Marketing? Just curious because I have a Marketing Degree and have never heard anyone say that Labour Day is considered the start of Fall.

I must have missed the great Labour Day fall or summer debate when I took marketing in college.
For many (myself included) summer is over after the Labour Day weekend despite what the calendar says.
Start the season around Canada Day and simply put a sweater on to watch games in the fall.

https://www.statutoryholidays.com/labourday.php

[Neely2005]

I must have missed the great Labour Day fall or summer debate when I took marketing in college.

That's exactly my point. I've never heard anyone in Marketing say that / talk about that.