CFLBy: Jillian Yanni

Canadian Football League

• CFL: The Canadian Football League, premiere league of Canada• http://www.cfl.ca/

• Headquarters: Toronto Ontario• 50 Wellington Street East - 3rd Floor

Toronto, ON M5E 1C8, CANADA• https://www.google.com/maps/place/Canadian+

Football+League/@43.648559,-79.37466,17z/data=!3m1!4b1!4m2!3m1!1s0x89d4cb31ff9054ed:0xaeb940c30cf9f37f

• Commissioner: Jeffery Orridge

Background Info• Formally established January 19, 1958 in Montreal, Quebec• Consists of 9 teams and each play a regular season

• Includes 18 games, June-October

• Play for Grey Cup, location rotates on an annual basis• Teams are individually owned• Teams operate under a salary cap• Players brought in through the draft process:

• Teams select players from both US and Canadian colleges• Most players have experience and have played in the NFL or

AFL

Teams• BC Lions• Edmonton Eskimos• Calgary Stampeders• Saskatchewen Roughriders• Winnipeg Blue Bombers• Hamilton Tiger-Cats• Toronto Agornauts• Ottawa REDBLACKS• Montreal Alouetes

Keith Baker• Keith Baker

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Baker_%28Canadian_football%29)

• Played a season with the Philadelphia Eagles (WR) in 1985

Championship/current Champion

• Playoffs begin in November• When the regular season ends, the 1st place team from

each division has an automatic home berth in the division final, along with a bye week during the division semifinal

• Following, the 2nd place team from each division then hosts the third-place team in the division semifinal

• Then the winners from each semifinal game then face the 1st place team in the division finals

• When playoffs conclude, the two division champions battle each other in the Championships called the Grey Cup game

Championship: Grey Cup

• Grey Cup: acts as the name of the championship trophy and championship game

• Held on the fourth or fifth Sunday of November• Second oldest trophy in North American Sports• Location varies each year but is usually held in one of the

leagues member cities• Following the conclusion of the game, the Grey Cup Most

Valuable Player and Grey Cup Most Valuable Canadian Award winners are announced

• Broadcasted on CBC, CTV and Radio Canada• Sponsored by Scotiabank

Current Champions• Calgary Stampeders

• Beat Hamilton Tiger-Cats, 20-16 at BC Place for the 7th time in history

Scholarly article• CBC News

• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/football-fans-in-regina-react-to-cfl-rule-changes-1.3027098

• Fans reactions to the new rule changes the CFL made

• Change made regards the convert kick after a touchdown play, which earns the team an extra point when the ball passes through the goalposts

• New Rule: the kicker has to convert from the 32 yard line, which is 20 yards further than the current distance

• Also, the 2 point-conversion will now be from the 3 yard line instead of the 5 yard line

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SOurces• http://www.cfl.ca/• http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/saskatchewan/

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• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Football_League#Playoffs

• http://netlibrary.net/articles/keith_baker_(canadian_football)

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