OT: Canadian Football

[TexanMark]

I just assumed that all football in Canada was the 3 down version. Apparently not. Many areas are converting to US rules in high school.

'It should be three-down football': Damon Allen wants Canadian football taught to next generation - 3DownNation

Since leaders from both the XFL and CFL announced an agreement to work together to identify opportunities to innovate and grow the game of football early last month, speculation has run rampant that a merged league would do away with the Canadian game in favour of a four-down hybrid. According...

3downnation.com

Finally, could Syracuse support a team in the XFL/CFL new league? The Dome having A/C is a game changer.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

I just assumed that all football in Canada was the 3 down version. Apparently not. Many areas are converting to US rules in high school.

'It should be three-down football': Damon Allen wants Canadian football taught to next generation - 3DownNation

Since leaders from both the XFL and CFL announced an agreement to work together to identify opportunities to innovate and grow the game of football early last month, speculation has run rampant that a merged league would do away with the Canadian game in favour of a four-down hybrid. According...

3downnation.com

Finally, could Syracuse support a team in the XFL/CFL new league? The Dome having A/C is a game changer.

Don't you need a field that's 150 yards long?

 

[TexanMark]

Don't you need a field that's 150 yards long?

110 yards plus end zones in the CFL. But the new league... we'll see if they are going to play in the US.

 

[OrangeXtreme]

110 yards plus end zones in the CFL. But the new league... we'll see if they are going to play in the US.

CFL end zones are 20 yards deep.

Unless XFL teams will still use NFL dimensions.

 

[TexanMark]

CFL end zones are 20 yards deep.

Unless XFL teams will still use NFL dimensions.

If they want to play in US stadiums something will have to give.

 

[RandomGuy]

They could have different rules for different leagues, like baseball. CFL shouldn't change their rules. I could see the xfl open to 20 yard endzones, but our football stadiums wouldn't fit their fields. They also use 12 players a side, and the defense has to line up 1 yard off. That's a pretty big difference...

I guess the CFL had 3 US teams, mid 90s. I presume Canadian rules.

 

[samspann1]

Don't you need a field that's 150 yards long?

Could be wrong, but I believe the field is also wider in the CFL

 

[TexanMark]

OX, you made me curious about the 20 yard end zones. Doing research it appears the CFL allowed teams to shoehorn in as best they could the field. Many of the American fields were not exact.

From Wikipedia:

Memphis Mad Dogs - Wikipedia

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(This is kinda wild about the Liberty Bowl)

The Liberty Bowl was not as well suited to the Canadian game, as the stands were very close to the field of play, making it difficult to reconfigure the field to CFL standards. As a result, even with the addition of AstroTurf cutouts to widen and lengthen the field, it was still narrower and shorter than all other CFL fields, including other US fields which were not regulation. In order to shoehorn even an approximation of a Canadian field onto the playing surface, the end zones became half-grass/half-Astroturf pentagons that were only nine yards long in the middle and seven yards long at the sidelines. CFL rules call for a 20-yard end zone, and no other stadium had end zones shorter than 15 yards. The stands jutted into the corners of the end zones, creating a clear safety hazard. In addition, the Liberty Bowl grounds crew had marked the field with 33 inch yards.[3]

 

[RandomGuy]

OX, you made me curious about the 20 yard end zones. Doing research it appears the CFL allowed teams to shoehorn in as best they could the field. Many of the American fields were not exact.

From Wikipedia:

Memphis Mad Dogs - Wikipedia

en.m.wikipedia.org

(This is kinda wild about the Liberty Bowl)

The Liberty Bowl was not as well suited to the Canadian game, as the stands were very close to the field of play, making it difficult to reconfigure the field to CFL standards. As a result, even with the addition of AstroTurf cutouts to widen and lengthen the field, it was still narrower and shorter than all other CFL fields, including other US fields which were not regulation. In order to shoehorn even an approximation of a Canadian field onto the playing surface, the end zones became half-grass/half-Astroturf pentagons that were only nine yards long in the middle and seven yards long at the sidelines. CFL rules call for a 20-yard end zone, and no other stadium had end zones shorter than 15 yards. The stands jutted into the corners of the end zones, creating a clear safety hazard. In addition, the Liberty Bowl grounds crew had marked the field with 33 inch yards.[3]

The Dome would be very poorly suited for a Canadian field. The extra 10 yard field would start pushing a regular endzone into the stands.

 

[TexanMark]

The Dome would be very poorly suited for a Canadian field. The extra 10 yard field would start pushing a regular endzone into the stands.

Agreed, the only way to host is if they can play with a normal configuration

 

[RandomGuy]

CFL also relies on the gate for survival. A Syracuse L'Orange team would almost certainly struggle. While a Monsieur Eric Le Dungea leading the way might develop some interest? What was our attendance for the 2019 spring game? (After a 10-3 season.) And that's WITH Tom Coughlin, Larry Czonka, and Floyd Little in attendance. Crowd was still just the size of a decent high school game.

 

[Chip]

Only if it can be the Syracuse Orange Jays.