The CFL and the German football league AFVD (American Football Verband Deutschland) have reached a strategic partnership agreement aimed at growing the sport in both Canada and Germany that includes having selected German players come to the March CFL Combine, as well as the exchange of players between the two countries.
https://www.cfl.ca/2019/01/31/cfl-gf...l-partnership/“We will share resources with the aim of helping each other on the football and business sides of our two leagues,” said Randy Ambrosie, Commissioner of the CFL. ...
The two leagues also discussed creating better pathways for more young Canadian players to continue playing in Germany once their university or junior football careers have ended and for aspiring German football players to gain an education and opportunities to play the game they love in the Canadian university system. ...
The German Football League features 32 teams playing in two separate divisions or tiers, with the top 16 competing for a berth in its championship, the German Bowl.
It sits atop a rapidly growing national system of gridiron football that boasts 450 club teams and 65,000 members, often described as the deepest and most advanced in Europe.
“We are confident this partnership will benefit both leagues and football in both countries,” said Carsten Dalkowski, Chairman of the American Football Verband Deutschland (AFVD).
The Canadian league has embarked on a mission — Ambrosie calls it CFL 2.0 — to increase its international footprint, talent pool and business opportunities while growing the game in Canada and around the world. ...
“Gridiron Football is played and thriving in more than 30 countries,” said Ambrosie. “We all owe it to our great game, our talented athletes and our legions of fans to work together so gridiron football and those who play it can achieve their full potential.”
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