Commissioner Randy Ambrosie continues to work with the federal government, but isn’t banking on CFL-specific funding to help the league through the COVID-19 pandemic.
TORONTO —
Like all professional sports, the CFL has been severely impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Last week, Ambrosie told season-ticket holders the league’s best-case scenario is starting an abbreviated season in September, but reiterated a cancelled campaign also remains a definite possibility. “But if all you’re doing is suffering pain in 2020 and then acknowledging you’ve got more pain to come, that’s not a very compelling business argument. That is the nature of this beast but you don’t have to look far to see challenging circumstances . . . this is causing tremendous pressure everywhere.”The league ordered its teams in March to close facilities to players due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In the event of an abbreviated season where CFL teams play in their home stadiums, the Grey Cup finalist with the best regular-season record would host the CFL championship game. “We have some signals for sure, certain cities have been more advanced in their prognostications about what they will allow . . . right now there’s a lot more speculation in the market than absolute bedrock facts.”
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