Another problem for the CFL is what is the effect on the talent level of draftees if some or/all of the Canadian universities don't play football this fall because of Covid-19? Will some or all American universities shut down their fall football programs. There are also questions about what is going to happen with American university football. If some of them or all of them don't play obviously the new talent pool for the NFL and CFL will be weaker. The two comment I did find were not promising.

As a response to the on-going COVID-19 pandemic, the U SPORTS Board of Directors has extended the moratorium on all in-person recruiting for its 12 sanctioned sports until May 31, 2020. ...

U SPORTS will revisit this decision in the coming weeks to determine whether to extend this moratorium.
https://usports.ca/en/news/2020/05/3...id-19-pandemic


A day earlier, news broke that Los Angeles County, home to USC and UCLA, intended to extend its stay-at-home order by three months, which would push it into August.

If college football teams would need six weeks to prepare for a season that started Sept. 5, requiring players to be working out toget her by mid-to-late July, such a move could put the Trojans and Bruins behind schedule. This led to further speculation that USC would not be able to play Alabama in Arlington, Texas, in the season opener— and USC athletic director Mike Bohn immediately debunking that notion on Twitter. ...

The announcement Tuesday by the California State University system that it planned to operate virtually in the fall did not directly affect the Pac-12, but was an indication of political winds that sweep the opposite direction from what the SEC faces.

With the state-by-state response to the novel coronavirus dividing the country more by the day, the Power Five commissioners are attempting a seemingly ridiculous task: align the actions of the 130-team Football Bowl Subdivision, made up of schools from 42 states. “There’s a lot of unique pressures, and there’s different cultures throughout the country, and different cultures result in different public policy sometimes, and different pressure on commissioners,” Scott said. “But we all need each other to play a full college football season.”

Despite the uncertainty that is sure to hover over higher education for many months — even in the South, presidents understand the virus’ behavior in the next six to eight weeks will ultimately decide their plans for the fall — the Power Five leagues are preparing for a full 12-week schedule that, as ever, leads into the College Football Playoff.

To pull it off, Scott said it’s key that the commissioners are “locked at the hip.”
https://www.latimes.com/sports/story...ng-coronavirus