The field dimensions were established long before the metric system was even thought about in Canada. The game is an evolution of Rugby, and the field length corresponds with rugby field length
Yeah, that who metric system explanation of field size is complete bullshit. Canada adopted the metiric system in the 1970s. The CFL started in 1958 and the Canadian game was around for almost 100 years before that. The guy clearly did not do any research and with a mistake that huge, the rest of his "facts" are suspect.
@@mrbond59 Exactly what I was going to say. Who says, "let's measure the length in metres but go by yards" ? It also doesn't explain the difference in width.
@@mrbond59 The rest of his summation of the two games is pretty good (in the opinion of the 'old guy' who has been a fan of both 3down and 4down football for several decades. But yeah - he sure googed about the metric explanation.
Lifelong Stamps fan here. One thing that typically gets glossed over in videos about the CFL are the specific traditions of the sport. For example, every year the Labour Day Classic in which historic rivals face each other off, normally followed by a return game in the other city the following week. So for example, every Labour Day Calgary and Edmonton face off at McMahon Stadium in Calgary, followed by a return game at Commonwealth Stadium in Edmonton. We term this sports rivalry the "Battle of Alberta" (it also applies to hockey). The rematch game between Winnipeg and Saskatchewan is termed the "Banjo Bowl."
The "Bigger Balls" myth wasn't always a myth. Decades ago, the CFL ball actually WAS slightly larger. And in a very cheeky series of adverts, the CFL tried to entice people to watch/come to their games with the slogan "We Have Bigger Balls". This is absolutely true. :)
I went to the Grey Cuo this year in Hamilton.... CFL is infinitely better..and we don't give a fiddlers fuck about what popularity it gains internationally Canada is the world's best kept secret..shhhhh..we love it that way❤
My pal's mom always made me laugh when she'd slag the NFL, saying "Hell, I could make 10 yds in 4 downs while wearing my stiletto heels while smoking a cigarette". Yup, the Canadian game is way more exciting. In 2023, over 60% of the games were won in the final 3 minutes!
*- Agreed, a much more fun game to play, too....* *- I played high school football in New Hampshire, USA and university football in Nova Scotia, Canada.* *- American field is like playing on a pool table as compared to being on a Canadian field.* *- The big Canadian field is Way More Fun to play on and the kicking game allows for a lot more hitting, too.* *- The sidelines are 6 yards wider on each side giving sweeps left and right way more running room.* *- The end zones are deep, making for a lot of passing room close to them.* *- Making the defense be a yard away from the scrimige line and only three downs makes for a lot more kicking.* *- Kicking makes for a lot more big field running and a lot more hitting.* *- Canadian football is a big running harder hitting game and way more fun to play.* *- Players tend to be lankier, taller and less chunky because of the amout of running and the bigger space.*
My dad was a CFL Referee for 3 years, and lifelong season ticket holder. Battle Of Alberta never dissapoints, no matter how bad the Elks or Stamps are.
Where the hell did this 100 metres idea come from. The field was 110 yds long before anyone had thought of the metric system in Canada or for that matter commonplace in the UK if one thinks of it as similar to a rugby standard.
the biggest differences come down to the action. With the Canadian game there is always something going on. The shorter game clock, unlimited motion, no fair catch, the bigger dimensions of the field and an extra skill position all increase the amount of action.
the canadian game still retains more of the rugby roots than the american game. it's faster gameplay, kicking plays a bigger part and there are lots of high flying throws. some crazy stuff happens as a result of the different rules which is why it's sometimes called the crazy football league. canadian football was introduced to the americans in 1874 and they adopted and adapted it. the oldest continuous team in north america is the toronto argonauts, earlier this year the 110th grey cup was played.
The emphasis on kicking the ball makes it more interesting. It feels like a combination of grid iron and rugby union. The bigger field is alot better. The NFL field is too cramped. Plus the extra man on the field adds more strategic depth.
Fun fact: Canada invented American football. Universities in Canada and the US evolved their own sports out of rugby over time. Then in 1874, Harvard and McGill decided to do a joint exhibition of their games at McGill, the two games being substantially different. Harvard's game was much more like soccer, with a round ball, etc, and allowed very limited carrying of the ball. McGill's game involved the oblong ball, and rules like those still followed in Canada. Following the exhibition where both games were played, the Canadian version was adopted throughout the US as the better of the two games, with the variations noted in this video eventually coming to pass. So that added football to the list of games invented in Canada or by Canadians, including hockey, baseball, basketball, and lacrosse. You're welcome, US.
I thought the English invented ice hockey.🤔. They would play with a ball. Later the sport was known as Bandy. As with Lacrosse the native americans invented it but the English modernized it with rules.
@@GabrielNavarro-bo7st ball and stick games have been around forever, hockey began in nova scotia and then it was formalized in montreal. lacrosse was formalized into the modern game in montreal as well. james naismith, who invented basketball, was educated at mcgill (in phys. ed.) which is in montreal where all this was taking place. mcgill played harvard in 1874 and introduced them to canadian football, which became american football.
@@blackberrythornsThe Irish sport of Hurling is becoming more popular in Canada. They should create a hybrid sport with Lacrosse but keep the outdoor sized Lacrosse goals but still keep the Caman Hurling sticks.
@@GabrielNavarro-bo7st there were lots of scottish and irish that contributed to the development of canadian sports way back when. when they saw the first nations playing lacrosse (french name) they would have immediately understood it.
In some instances some good NFL players have a hard time adjusting to the CFL when trying their luck in Canada. Vince Ferragamo was mocked for his poor play in his one year in Canada. He left and then criticized the league after he left. The truth is he sucked and so have other players like him who trashed the league after leaving. Many classy players have praised both leagues after playing in both.
American football players can have a fair amount of difficulty adjusting to Canadian football, which tends to be a faster-paced, more offensive game. Those who do can gain quite the skill set and become quicker when they return to the NFL. Canadian football is probably more fun, but our population just doesn't let us pay the big bucks they have in the states. That would be why you don't hear about it. Football (soccer) is gaining ground in Canada again though.
Actually, there are 13 fairly major rule differences, not just the half dozen mentioned in the video. In the CFL, one foot "in Bounds" on a catch is all that is required, for an example.
The only thing that bugs me about the Canadian game is that the players aren't paid enough, considering the amount of punishment and injuries that they take throughout their careers. The average career of a CFL player is less than other sports. Most of the CFL players are either playing for the love of the game or to get noticed in the NFL.
Mert, don't know if you noticed - at 1:02, Dwayne, The Rock, Johnson, briefly played in the CFL - until he was cut by his team. We live in the Toronto area and have always been fans of the Toronto team, The Argos (Argonauts) and have been to a few games. Prior to his death, Canadian actor/comedian John Candy was a part owner of the Argos.
Canada is a smaller country in terms of population, so the TV revenue in the US is much higher. This allows the NFL to do much more in terms of global marteting than the Canadian game. Although back in the 1980's and before the salary differences between three two leagues was much closer than it is today.
Number of Players: CFL teams have 12 players on the field, while NFL teams have 11. The extra player in the CFL is usually a slotback, who lines up off the line of scrimmage. Field Size: The CFL field is larger than the NFL field. CFL fields are 150 yards long (including end zones) and 65 yards wide, whereas NFL fields are 100 yards long (including end zones) and 53.3 yards wide. Number of Downs: In the CFL, teams have three downs to make a first down, compared to the NFL's four downs. This leads to a more pass-oriented game in the CFL. Motion at the Snap: In the CFL, offensive players, except for the quarterback, can be in motion towards the line of scrimmage before the ball is snapped. In the NFL, only one player is allowed to be in motion, and he must be laterally or backward. No Fair Catch: In the CFL, there is no fair catch rule on punts. Instead, the receiving team must give the returner a five-yard cushion to catch the ball. Single Point (Rouge): In the CFL, a single point (also known as a rouge) is awarded if a team kicks the ball into the opponent's end zone, and the receiving team does not bring it out. Overtime Format: The CFL has a different overtime format. Each team gets one possession from the opponent's 35-yard line, and if the game is still tied after each team has had a possession, they get additional possessions until a winner is determined. Timing Rules: The timing rules differ, particularly in the last three minutes of each half. In the CFL, the clock stops after every play during this period, whereas in the NFL, it stops only in certain situations (e.g., incomplete passes, out-of-bounds).
There was a game this season between the Elks and Riders where the game was decided by conceding a Rouge. It was week 5, right at the end of the game. I'm assuming he was an American player without adequate awareness of the rule. It's unfortunate that his mistake cost the team the game.
@@wolfmanatlarge6506 Lol@ special teams. All the damn players on the field need to be able to pass the ball well, kick it well, tackle,. shepherd block, run juke while running holding the ball. The quarterback is not the king of the team. Screw Tom Brady.
The differences make the Canadian game more "airborne" (kicks and long throws) whereas the USA game is more of a grounded slugfest (runs and short passes).
Canadian football IS more exciting. It owes some of its rules, field shape and tactics to rugby. I don't want to dis American football but I find it boring. Sorry.
The length of Canadian fileds has nothing to do with metric. It had to do with the fact that the game was played on rugby pitches in the early years. American football fields used to also be 110 yards, but were shortened to 100 yards in 1912. It appears that the width of the field was heavily influenced by the narrow stadium at Harvard University. Also, American Football changed from 3 downs to 4 downs in 1912.
*- I played high school football in New Hampshire, USA and university football in Nova Scotia, Canada.* *- American field is like playing on a pool table as compared to being on a Canadian field.* *- The big Canadian field is Way More Fun to play on and the kicking game allows for a lot more hitting, too.* *- The sidelines are 6 yards wider on each side giving sweeps left and right way more running room.* *- The end zones are deep, making for a lot of passing room close to them.* *- Making the defense be a yard away from the scrimige line and only three downs makes for a lot more kicking.* *- Kicking makes for a lot more big field running and a lot more hitting.* *- Canadian football is a big running harder hitting game and way more fun to play.* *- Players tend to be lankier, taller and less chunky because of the amout of running and the bigger space.*
The Grey Cup (CFL Award) is the second oldest continously awarded pro sport trophy in North America, behind only the Stanley Cup of the NHL. and to really bake your noodle. The James Naesmith Trophy from the NBA was named after the Canadian who invented Basketball as a sport. (in 2019 it returned home when the Toronto Raptors won the Championship). And baseball was also started in Canada, born from the British game rounders, the oldest continually used baseball facility in the world resides in London Ontario, and the first ever recorded game of baseball was played in Beachville Ontario. And to answer your question on why NFL is bigger then CFL...its absolutely the market. The US is 10 times larger and has 10 times the eyes, and 10 times the wallets. Fun fact the the CFL did expand into the US market to capitalize on unused football towns. 3 were abject failures but one team the Baltimore FC (commonly referred to as the Stallions as a result of being Footballs return to the city after the NFL Colts left to Indianapolis in the 70s.) sold out their games and won the Grey Cup, becoming the first and last US team to ever win a Grey Cup. CFL US expansion ended shortly after this due to the failures of most of the teams. The success of the Stallions was so much so that the Cleveland Browns of the NFL relocated to the city in the mid 90s and established the Baltimore Ravens, who have since been one of the most successful franchises in terms of audience, but also on field success, being a perennial contender for the Super Bowls Lombardi Trophy, and also winning it twice. The Baltimore FC (Stallions) relocated to Montreal Quebec and revived the then dorman Alouette Franchise and went on to have several years of success in the late 90s and early 00's. While the NHL (obviously) NBA and MLB have teams in Canada (the later 2 Toronto only). The NFL has resisted expansion to Canada due to the competing popularity with the CFL. The CFL is bigger in Canada then the US, and while Canada could support an NFL team for sure NFL fears existing CFL teams would outshine it, so are hesitant on moving/installing a team (likely toronto, obviously). They determined this by having the Buffalo Bills spend several years spliting games between Toronto and Buffalo, and the competition from the CFL showed a saturated market. So thats why Canada has presence in all major sports but the NFL.
There's a LOT of older CFL games on youtube. Including most if not all of the Grey Cup games. If somebody wanted to get into Canadian football you definitely want to start with the Grey Cup games. The last three have been absolute nailbiters.
So, as far as the rules and size of the field, the game was played in Canada first and was introduced to the states in a series of games between Mcgill University and, I believe, Harvard. The game at McGill was played on the Canadian sized field, but when they went to play in Harvard, they didn't have a big enough field available, so they used the smaller dimensions. The game then evolved organically and separately in both countries, resulting in the different rules. I watch both and find that the extra down in the ameican game adds more strategy as you never know if the second down will be a run or a throw, in the CFL if you have more than 4 yards to go, its probably a throwing down.
Field is ten yards longer and wider. There are three downs and it’s a faster game because we don’t stop to look at a 2 yard loss 4 times. A lot of games are close right to the end. I’ve been to some serious grey cup parties. Montreal Alouettes are my team and Saskatchewan Rough Riders have the craziest fans. They travel miles and miles to every game. Like soccer fans. The SSK RR are the closest thing. This is Canadian for you: if the cup is held in Hamilton, people let you park on their lawn for $20. Likely $40 now.
The CFL may not have the population to support as big as the US but it's the original grid iron! ! Some of the rules could be removed but it's awesome. If more people supported it , there would be more $ to get slightly better players and better tv production. It's not the NFL and that's good! #GreyCup
As for Canada's 'big balls', that used to be true because we kept the fatter rugby-ball in use when I was in Elementary School in the early '60s exclusively for Canadian rules games. We hated it because the American ball was far easier to throw for kids. The CFL subsequently shrank the ball in the '70s or '80s.
Lots of misinformation here 1) The metric system has nothing to do with the field being 110 yards long...The CFL came into existence long before Canada adopted the metric system 2) you do not get a single for missing a field goal.....You get the point IF the receiving team fails to get the ball out of the endzone. Therefor, you can get a point if you miss, you don't get a point because you missed 3) A bigger football is not a myth. The Canadian ball was bigger until 1986 when the supplier of Canadian footballs went out of business The CFL then changed to the NFL size ball
The myth is actually real, albeit, we USED TO have big balls. The Spalding J5V, which used to be the official CFL game ball, was visibly larger than an NFL ball. The CFL switched official suppliers in 1985 to Wilson, and with that, they changed the rule and made the CFL ball conform to the same variances in measurement as in the American game.
The metric explanation for the 110 yard field sounds like post-hoc, made up nonsense to me. Canadian football goes back to 1861, while metric adoption officially began in 1973. So right there, it's pretty fishy. And ask yourself this, if they wanted to use the metric system, why wouldn't they just have left it at 100m? Why pick 100m as the target, but then convert it to the nearest round number of yards? Makes no sense. There's also no parallel examples in any other sports in Canada historically using the metric system in and around that time period. Lastly, I actually searched for this explanation on the interwebs and came up with nothing. This leads me to the conclusion the author of the original video just pulled it out of his ass because it seemed clever. I had always thought the end zones were 25 yards. Turns out they used to be 25 yards, but were changed to 20 yards in 1986. As to the question of how that difference to the 10 yard end zone in the NFL affects play, the most significant effect is that it's much more difficult to defend against a pass into the end zone, with all that extra room.
Lifelong Hamilton Tiger-Cats fan here. Love, LOVE the CFL!! I personally can't watch NFL football....the field looks too small to me, I hate the lack of kicking & the quirks that brings into the game & the refusal to return kicks. Additionally, I can't stand to see the last 2 minutes of an NFL game with one team just letting the clock run out while the other team just stands around helplessly. Due to the clock rules in the CFL, the ball can change hands several times in the last 3 minutes of our game, which means that games often come down to the last few seconds to be decided. Other things I love about the CFL: it's much less of a business than the NFL & the fan experience is better, because you get to interact with players, coaches, etc. I try to attend the Ticats training camp each year & you can talk to the players between drills. Try doing that in the NFL. This past Grey Cup, I went to some of the events here in Hamilton & met players from all different teams in the league. Probably the reason why so few people outside Canada haven't heard of the CFL is because the NFL hype machine sucks up all the oxygen. Players familiar with both leagues will say that the difference in skill level is not that much.
CFL fan here, I find most NFL games slow and boring. Not enough exciting plays IMO. One very big difference not mentioned: NFL has 32 teams while CFL has 9. This means way more rivalries between teams. Also the CFL season ends way earlier.
Too many commercials in the NFL. The CFL does have ads that don't distract. Key difference is the CFL is more focused on the sport itself. The marching musical bands in the NCAA football games are annoying as hell. Sounds like a damn circus.
I love the CFL.. and yes the CFL ball was slightly larger than the one used in the NFL. Today the CFL and the NFL use the same size ball. The larger fields allow for more big plays as there is more field to cover.
I doubt americans know that the CFL exists🤣they're quite obsessed with themselves, they'd never consider changing to a canadian rule, they think their ideas are the best especially when they're clearly not
The bit about the metric system making the field longer is complete bunk. CFL was around decafes before the metric system came to Canada. The kicking game is much more exciting in the CFL, especially at the end of the game where the receiver of a missed field goal can punt it back out. Then the ount teceiver can punt it back in to try to get the single point. Lather rinse repeat. Punting on 3rd game is also more exciting. None of this fair catch or the return team sumply leaving the field. Cover team must give 5 yards to the receiver and punter can recover an untouched punt. Makes for crazy plays sometimes.
I can't watch NFL I hate that they try to walk the ball down the field then take forever to set it up to try to walk it down again.... throw the damn thing lol
The origins of the Canadian Football field size, is that the first games were played on a polo field. Thus, the size differences. As for popularity, the Canadian game is popular in Canada with a sizeable American following. But when the NFL can spend billions each yesr, it's not hard to see why they are promoted more.
❤❤❤ My dad RIP, was a life time Edmonton Eskimos fan as were my brother and all cousins. He held seasons tickets for over 50 years in Edmonton, taking us, and then the grandchildren to games. Before they changed the date of the Grey Cup, my dad was never home for my birthday 😂, but we always got a new Jersey! He and eventually my cousins and brother, never missed a Grey Cup. Dad went every year from the early 1960s to his death in 2015. We still have the seasons tickets right on the 50 yard line, just under the over hang. Go ESKS go! 🎉🎉
If you're curious, react to the most recent Grey Cup (Final game of the season, CFL's Superbowl) - 110th Grey Cup. It is one of the best Grey Cup games of ALL TIME that held fans excitement for all 60 minutes of action. Winnipeg Blue Bombers (Who won Grey Cups in 2019 in 2021 (there was no season in 2020) and then lost Grey Cup in 2022 to Argos) played against Montreal Alouettes (who last been in Grey Cup in 2010 winning it against Saskatchewan Roughriders for the second year straight and then had lots of problems with owners and other stuff). Btw. Montreal is in their third incarnation that started to play in 1996, first two folded because of no money. First was formed in 1946 and folded after 1981 season, second (named Concordes at first because they didn't had rights to the name) played since 1982 until 1986 (in 1986 they gained rights to use Alouettes name) and folded the day before the start of 1987 season, the third one started thanks to Baltimore Stallions, they won Grey Cup in 1995... but couldn't stay in Baltimore anymore because NFL "relocated" Cleveland Browns to Baltimore to form Baltimore Ravens and couldn't find any place in US to play the next season as the CFL US expansion ended (league done this to get money as it was very close to closing at one point), so league just told them to relocate to Montreal... kinda, Stallions and Alouettes doesn't share the history.
The video he is watching is a pretty good intro - EXCEPT the 'metric' explanation about field size... d'oh! Canadian field sizes were set long before the metric system came to Canada... otherwise - I like to say that 3D! (three down) "Canadian" football is the way a nation of hockey lovers like to play the game! Fast, flowing, hectic!, improvisational! Also I like our 'quirky' kicking/scoring rules that hark back to origins in rugby. Both versions of the game can be fun. Why not enjoy them both - each for what they are.
Also - "Where did the myth of the 'bigger balls' come from?" Because for a while it was TRUE. CFL balls were based more on rugby balls for a while ... but several years ago this was changed to create an essentially identical ball to NFL (aside from the iconic stripes.)
Charlie Taaffe, an American college football coach who end-up Head-Coach the Montreal Alouette, once said that the most difficult adaptation was the 3 tries and what to do with the twelfth player at first. Having only 3 tries means that there is an urgency to do 10 yards on your first try, his words.
A poor first down also tends to telegraph what the team has to do for their second down. If the team gets 2 yards on a first down running play, then the odds are pretty damn good 2nd down will be a passing play, and NOT a short screen pass for 4-5 yards. At the same time, there have been some VERY surprising plays that ran against expectations created *by* that I-know-what-you-have-to-do-now mentality by the defence.
It's refreshing to watch grid iron football without all the bullshit TV ads . Plus the Canadian commentators are actually pleasant to listen to. The excessive yellow flags in the NFL suck.
Life long cfl fan here. I find nfl boring. I will try to answer some of your questions. Firstly it is not a grave yard of failed nfl or ncaa players. Many come to Canada to learn the game properly because they get a chance to play. The issue with retention of players is all about money. NFL generates huge cash so they’re of players is always on returning or breaking into tha American League. Nothing to do with the nfl being a better game. Cfl game is way more fast paced = better to watch. One rule not mentioned curiously is the catch rule. In the nfl a sideline catch is only good if the receiver has both feet in bounds. Cfl only one foot I bounds is required. Btw ncaa rules is one foot as well. Which makes little sense as American college ball is the boot camp for nfl. Why teach them one method in college only to have that change when they get drafted to the nfl. There is so much to cover but I will end with this….cfl balls are bigger. Hold one from each league and see for yourself. I have no idea what the video commentator was talking about there. American just doesn’t want to admit they have small balls I guess. Of course a manufacturer would have a different machine to make balls to spec for however wants them. Pretty sure Wilson makes rugby balls too. The bigger balls is about girth in the cfl length compared to nfl is most likely close to identical. Cfl better mkay
@@teo_heel People in Canada still inflate the ball more than usual. It makes the ball more like a rugby ball so that it rolls and bounces more smoothly.
Canadian Football is way more fun, mostly because players have to return kickoffs and punts. It makes the game more exciting. You can actually see punts and kickoffs returned for touchdowns, which is something you almost never see in the US game.
National Field Goal League, if you can't make 10 yards in three tries you're not playing football. Ha, just an old argument we used years ago. Both are good.
It's a bit like the relationship between rugby league and rugby union. I say that that in the sense that game that comes from the larger market (union most known coming from England) dominates the imagination of people when the first think of rugby as a sport. Meanwhile rugby league is largely an Aussie thing and lesser known than the more internationally recognized union rules version.
I don't think anyone in Canada cared abou the Metric system when the game was developed. Metric was adopted in Canada around 1978....football has been around for a lot longer.. Likley the design was for a 150 yard field, of which 40 yards were designated as endzones...The Canadian game hase been around for over 150 years... The UK adopted the metric system around 1965 although it was in use as a measurment system much earlier....Canada 150 years ago was very Foot and Yards...
The main reason the NFL style is more popular is the population of the county and how smart the NFL decision makers were decades ago. At one point the two leagues were similar in popularity within their country and pay, etc, but the people in charge of the NFL made it an *event* and promoted youth sport at all pre-adult levels (child, high school, uni/college) to the degree that it didn't just become a passtime but an institution, a requirement almost. Football is so ingrained in US school and youth culture, so many people grow up with it that it just became a thing that is. Canada cannot compete with that sort of dedication, fervor, or involvement - it's 1/10th the population size of the US, and for like half the year it's not playable outdoors due to weather. That's why the NFL is far more widely known. But yeah, the CFL rules are more fun. The NFL is like, line up, execute your play which takes like, 5-10 seconds, pause, reconvene, everyone run to your positions, line up, start, play for a few more seconds, etc. The players are so talented that you learn to appreciate execution. You know what's good and why. I just don't like the whole stop go stop go stop.
Not many people care about football CFL or NFL in Canada maybe CFL out West... NFL people watch in Southern Ontario mostly popular An excuse to drink a 24 and have tailgate parties watch half time show. Hockey's number one I don't think that'll ever change. Like I said who really gives a crap about football. 🚨Hockey #1🚨🤟 Stanley cup is the Holy grail of sports...Americans put on this big show that they don't care about hockey, but meanwhile, they're expanding in the south why expand if you don't care or you can just blame it all on Gary Bettman the weasel of hockey. Gets booed everywhere he goes.
Sadly, huge NFL television revenues in the 1970s/80s made it impossible for the CFL to compete with the NFL for top talent. The NFL prospered and its reach spread globally. Interest in the CFL dived and league attention has been on remaining viable rather than spreading the sport internationally. This plus the power/reach of US media explains why people know of American Football but not Canadian Football despite the sport originating in Canada. 2023 CFL average attendance was 22,393/game.
Biggest difference between the CFL and NFL is money. Vastly larger city sizes, much more money poured into marketing, massively deep ownership pockets and the biggest one of all - gambling.
Lifelong Saskatchewan Roughriders fan here. Born in Saskatchewan and stayed a fan living in four other provinces. While I prefer the CFL, I know the NFL markets itself better and is more television-revenue driven. Whereas the CFL is gate-revenue driven.
CFL is a way better game! Much more action and excitement. People think NFL is better because they are constantly being fed that myth. I heard one person describe the NFL as “all hype and no show” while the CFL is “all show and no hype”. A lot of truth to that. A lot of Americans have said that after seeing a CFL game they couldn’t watch NFL anymore, too boring. Not many boring CFL games.
There is a simple difference between the CFL and NFL. If I wanna watch a good game then CFL, if I wanna nap then NFL...I'll be out in 10 min. You've never had fun until you have been to a Grey Cup. Every team has a fan there even if they are not playing. I went to the Grey Cup in Ottawa in '05 as a neutral. BC against Toronto. There was a bunch of guys behind us wearing Rider jerseys and long underwear...THATS IT. They were there to have a good time and that mission was accomplished.
The first recorded game of North American style football happened in Canada in 1861, at least 8 or more years before any game in the USA. But of course Americans take credit for having invented just about everything, even the English language.🙄
The CFL is a higher speed game because of players in motion, the extra receiver and less time between plays. Getting that last 1 yard for a 1st down is much higher conversion rate because of the give a yard rule. The CFL scores more. CFL definitely gets the second pick of players, NFL practice squad players make more. The CFL also requires 21 of 45 players on the team are Canadian, including 7 starters and a limited number of substitutions on those starters. Canadian star players are therefore quite the big deal for teams. US college football graduates more good players than there are NFL slots, so there are lots of good players, who need a bit to adjust to the Canadian rules. If you're a fan of football, the CFL starts in June, and finishes the Grey Cup finishes in November. They play a game Thursday -> Sunday until the NFL starts up and then they go to Friday/Saturday games (and Grey Cup Sunday in the second half of November).
The source material for your video is seriously flawed. NINH doesn’t really understand the subtle differences that the rule differences bring. I’d suggest that the differences between CFL and NFL is of similar scope as the differences between rugby league and rugby union.
when i was in high school, Kingston Ontario, we played a US high team in Kingston, we played half the game with Canadian rules and the next half with American rules. should the winners of NFL and CFL play each other?
If you get this I know it's 3 weeks later than the video. Used to be two teams called the RoughRiders in Canadian Football League one in Saskatchewan called Regina RughRiders and in Ottawa RoughtRiders! So there is something to say about being Canadian with are CFL! Plus there are only 9 teams and there are going to be 10 teams at some point!
Money plays a big role in who plays where, regardless of the enjoyment of one version of the game over the other, and that is a direct consequence of population differences. And it is an impact both in television and live viewing of games. The U.S. has 32 teams and a population draw of around 330 million, a little over 10 million per team. Canada has 9 teams and a population around 36 million - 4 million per team, So potential fan base is 2.5 times greater in the U.S. It is also worth noting that attached to the American version is an atmosphere of extremist American nationalism, much less than we find in Canada, so yeah, its almost like a duty in the U.S. to show a devotion to much higher paid football teams, even though the game is less exciting than the Canadian version because of the rules differences.
I can throw a NFL sized football easier than the CFL sized ball. It's harder to grip The CFL ball, rounder. In a sport of inches millimetres do matter.
The "larger ball" trope is getting really old and makes me puke. The size equality took place no later than 1986. Can we please get lazy comedians to stop telling those lame jokes, and those involving "2 teams with the same name"?
How crazy that you and JohnFAmerican both released reactions to this same video today?! You two are the best reactors - mostly because you're not completely ignorant about Canada, genuinely seem interested in our stories, and you both choose subject matter that is interesting to me. Case in point. Love it! (I posted this same comment on his page too. Haha)
