PadawanWarrior
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'Eh'? Who's comparing the CFL to the NFL?
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ISK
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Well, the CFL is not better than the NFL....it would be asking what's better the NCAA or NFL, they are all just football with different rules, but these would be my top differences
1) CFL is mostly NFL rejects, hence wages are lower, as such ticket prices are lower
2) the kicking game is more prevalent..... quick kicks, punts and missed field goals can score a single point
3) the CFL field size is larger (110 yards x 65 yards wide + 20 yard end zones) as such typically more points scored
Generally CFL attendance has dropped off and very seldom are games sold out
rkymtnman
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that's kinda what i was getting at, it's different but maybe some aspects of it are better? like i think college OT rules are way better than nfl.
i like how that in the cfl it seems like there is way more motion by receivers before the snap. and the wider field seems like there is more room to run with after the catch. (kinda like watching a hockey game on a bigger ice sheet in europe vs a smaller nhl rink)
Herb & Suds
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Sure kick a guy when he is down
ISK
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I agree...NCAA OT rules are way better. The NFL & CFL should adopt them as they are totally fair and allow a quick entertaining resolution.
The CFL does allows 2 men in motion before the snap. They also use the one foot in-bound rule (like the NCAA) and with the wider field and the 20 yard end zone, they do have lots of room to run around.
Lots of other rule differences, such as CFL does not use the "fair catch rule" instead they must give the receiving player a 5 yard buffer until he touches the ball.
The biggest difference is only 3 downs to make 10 yards, hence there is typically more punting.... and 12 men on the field
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ISK
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I typically call them the Seagulls or the Shithawks but whatever you call them, I do enjoy watching them lose.
ISK
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In BC & Alberta our USA channels (ABC/CBS/NBC/FOX) are from Seattle or Spokane, thus we get all the Seahawks & Mariners games and associated programing.
Alberta & BC combined have 2 million more people than Washington state...thus lots of Seahawk fans in Western Canada.
xtsho
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No No No to a Portland expansion. We don't want it. There is no stadium for them to play and we don't want to pay for the hundreds of millions of dollars it would cost to build one. Plus Portland can't support a Football team. If someone wants to come in and spend their own money then let them. But all you ever see is some group coming in trying to get someone else to pay for a place for their for profit, private business to operate. If it's such a good idea and profitable then they should have no problem footing the bill to get it going.
That reminds of another reason why I don't like the Sea Chickens. Russell Wilson the quarterback and his wife were down here schmoozing as the face of this group trying to bring MLB to Portland. They were going on and on about all the revenue and jobs it would bring but in the end all they were looking for was money to do it. Let them show up with their own money. These public/private partnerships never benefit the public footing the bill. They come in and take over some new stadium funded with taxpayer money and provide some low paying jobs. Big deal. They make bank but the public that paid for the facilities can't even get inside unless they pay $80 for a ticket.
If someone wants to try and bring NFL to Oregon then they need to bring their own money and not use ours.
ISK
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Do you think it's feasible/possible that Portland gets a NHL team, especially now with the Seattle Kraken
xtsho
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Yes that's much more possible since we already have the facilities. The Portland Winterhawks have been playing at the Memorial Coliseum for decades. That facility is already setup for ice and is big enough to handle what fans exist in Portland. It makes more sense than NFL or MLB. Even then I doubt there is enough fan base. Portland isn't a big sports town. We have the Trailblazers but they've been having declining attendance for years. There is just too much to do around here and we don't have the sports culture like other areas of the country.
DrOgkush
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I’m just going off your guys vote for an nfl team to move there back in 2016 or whatever. Portland wanted it then. Idk about now. But San Diego, St. Louis, and Oakland went else where. (With the move even penalizing the nfl/rams almost a billion dollars to St. Louis) Montreal is on the list as well because they have a stadium and I guess that specific cfl team is like the patriots of the cfl. And the cfl doesn’t hardly intervene the nfl season unless postseasons are accounted.
xtsho
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I don't know what vote you're talking about but it wasn't the taxpayers that would be paying for a new stadium. It just won't work in Portland. The "If you build it they will come" is just a slogan. A better way to bring NFL to Portland would be to make it an "Oregon" team and build a stadium south of Portland somewhere around Eugene. That way you'd get more fans that are not going to drive to Portland to watch a game and it's close enough to Portland that Portland fans would make the drive south.
I have absolutely no problem with any sports team coming to this area. They just need to bring their own money if they do.
rkymtnman
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i don't see that happening. even with massive incentives to a new NFL team, they still need public funding. and it's not like a town is gonna build a 100 million dollar stadium when all these new ones are over a billion.
ISK
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maybe....Hamilton has wanted a team for years, but somehow I doubt it will happen