I'm Canadian and i can't stand the CFL. Many years ago, a good buddy of mine dubbed it the Cheap Football League. Another dubbed it the CheapFuckingLeague.
It's mostly a passing league. If you don't get much yardage on first down, you have to pass since there are only three downs. The players are much smaller and slower than the NFL. If you miss a field goal, you are still awarded a single point if the opposing player doesn't run it out. On offense, the receivers are all in motion when the ball is snapped. I swear i see them offsides on half the plays, but it's never called. The officials are hired on a part-time basis. They all have full-time jobs doing something else, like teaching or nursing.
It's basically a league full of the NFL's rejects. Most of the players are paid peanuts as compared to the NFL and other major pro leagues (MLB, NHL, NBA). Even players in the pro minor leagues of those sports make more money!
Montreal football fans don't realize this. The women all seem to think these guys are millionaires. A few years ago, i was in bed with an sp and she was bragging about knowing a couple of Alouette players. Heck, i thought she was going to cum just talking about them. Finally i told her "don't you realize most of these stiffs other than Calvillo are being paid peanuts? Don't you realize both you & I make more money than these guys?" She didn't believe me, so I googled their salaries. She was shocked, and from her expression i believe she stopped being an Alouette fan at that moment! lol
I chuckle at how the locals treat these guys like heroes and give them VIP treatment anywhere they go. Just a few days ago, a buddy of mine recognized one of the players and said hello to him. The player ignored him. He dissed him. To be honest, i had never heard of that guy before. But that's not surprising since it's a third-rate football league, far behind the NFL & US College football. I shook my head when this happened thinking to myself: "Who the fuck do these people think they are? They're nothing but second-rate professional football players & act like their the king-shit of the world!" lol
The CFL is a league that is very popular out west and in Montreal because those are smaller cities that don't really have much major sports teams. Montreal has the habs and not much else. Calgary has the Flames. Winnipeg the Jets, and Edonton the Oilers. And there's Vancouver, with the Canucks. In the East, the Hamilton Tiger Cats are popular. But then again, it's a city with no major sport.
The CFL is at best a poor man's football league. It's an inferior product. Heck, it even welcomed a bum like Chad Johnson with open arms! He had burned his bridges everywhere in the NFL! Tell me now it's not a league of rejects! lol
Give me the NFL any day! :thumb: