How Could the Coronavirus affect the Argos and the CFL

[OV Argo]

The NFL can't care much about the CFL now - got their own worries.

But, IF, down the road, the CFL is on shaky ground / about to fold, I could see the NFL stepping in to maybe provide help and make the CFL a farm league sort of thing as doubleblue is suggesting; now that might mean some rule changes to make the CFL more like American ball, and the ratio would have to be done away with of course - and the BOGs and their GOBs would have no problem with that, and desperate for ca$h could mean anything is on the table. Could pave the way for an NFL team in Toronnawannanbeland down the road too. And this would be cause for all the wannabes up here to rejoice. And the CFL "ratio problem" cry-baby fans we hear from up here would probably be OK with this too. Would they still call this the CFL though ?

[jerrym]

Former Argo owner David Cynamon comments on the CFL problems during the Covid-19 pandemic below:

While Cynamon owned the double blue, the Argos won the Grey Cup in 2004 when Michael “Pinball” Clemons became the first black head coach to lead a Canadian franchise to the CFL championship. Despite the on-field success, the bottom line was never in the black, the boatmen lost money during his six years at the helm of the ship.

Therefore it was no shock to Cynamon when current CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie revealed to the standing committee on finance, collectively, teams lose between $10 and $20 million dollars a season while asking for Canadian government financial aid due to the COVID-19 crisis. ...

“When you’re living on the edge financially anyway and then you take away a material amount of your revenue and your in-stadium advertising and everything that comes with it, it cannot function and it doesn’t work,” Cynamon said. “This is an invisible enemy that we relied on government to protect us from and I just don’t believe in economic lines being drawn when it’s nobody’s fault. I can’t accept the bullet being shot from the gun by something of a pandemic like this that nobody asked for.” ...

Cynamon told Heroux he believes the federal government needs to help the CFL and inevitably will because many Canadians have jobs in and around the league when it’s operating full force. “Those individuals that were working the concession or the jersey stores or the beer concession or selling magazines, they are the people that are affected,” Cynamon said. “It’s all just us Canadians behind it and that’s the real unfortunate suffering that goes on and that’s the part that really bothers me the most.”

https://3downnation.com/2020/05/11/f...e-financially/

[doubleblue]

The NFL can't care much about the CFL now - got their own worries.

But, IF, down the road, the CFL is on shaky ground / about to fold, I could see the NFL stepping in to maybe provide help and make the CFL a farm league sort of thing as doubleblue is suggesting; now that might mean some rule changes to make the CFL more like American ball, and the ratio would have to be done away with of course - and the BOGs and their GOBs would have no problem with that, and desperate for ca$h could mean anything is on the table. Could pave the way for an NFL team in Toronnawannanbeland down the road too. And this would be cause for all the wannabes up here to rejoice. And the CFL "ratio problem" cry-baby fans we hear from up here would probably be OK with this too. Would they still call this the CFL though ?

Things are rather shaky for the League right now. The NFL might only have to place X number of players on CFL rosters and pick up the tab. That could make a difference for the CFL and allow them to lower their salary cap expense. The NFL have had 8 players on their PR and are talking about increasing it to 14. Why not have some of them getting some playing experience. The ratio wouldn't have to change.
For that to happen I believe the CFL would have to shut down completely and re-start with a new PA.
I'm not so sure this kind of deal hasn't already happened between the Leagues for a player here or there. But 8-10 players a year would make a difference for the CFL bottom line.

[AngeloV]

Things are rather shaky for the League right now. The NFL might only have to place X number of players on CFL rosters and pick up the tab. That could make a difference for the CFL and allow them to lower their salary cap expense. The NFL have had 8 players on their PR and are talking about increasing it to 14. Why not have some of them getting some playing experience. The ratio wouldn't have to change.
For that to happen I believe the CFL would have to shut down completely and re-start with a new PA.
I'm not so sure this kind of deal hasn't already happened between the Leagues for a player here or there. But 8-10 players a year would make a difference for the CFL bottom line.

Not a fan of this idea. Theoretically, the NFL would only send players up here if they are guaranteed to be starters, otherwise why send them at all? That puts teams in a bad situation of perhaps having to start an inferior player because they are obligated to do so.

[SkalbaniasGhost]

The NFL can't care much about the CFL now - got their own worries.

But, IF, down the road, the CFL is on shaky ground / about to fold, I could see the NFL stepping in to maybe provide help and make the CFL a farm league sort of thing as doubleblue is suggesting; now that might mean some rule changes to make the CFL more like American ball, and the ratio would have to be done away with of course - and the BOGs and their GOBs would have no problem with that, and desperate for ca$h could mean anything is on the table. Could pave the way for an NFL team in Toronnawannanbeland down the road too. And this would be cause for all the wannabes up here to rejoice. And the CFL "ratio problem" cry-baby fans we hear from up here would probably be OK with this too. Would they still call this the CFL though ?

Those GOB's would all be out of a job once the initial press conference high is over.NFL would use the psuedo-CFL as a test bed for their game.

[OV Argo]

Those GOB's would all be out of a job once the initial press conference high is over.NFL would use the psuedo-CFL as a test bed for their game.

Maybe there could be a GOB ratio in the new look CFL? - but GOBs would not get to try-out for HC, that would be reserved for superior NFL trained coaches only ? ;o)