A few months ago, the Canadian Football League and the again-retooling XFL entered talks about a potential partnership. Discussions reached the point of a championship game and a merger eventually occurring between the two leagues.
However, the sides may now be going their separate ways. An official CFL release Wednesday morning indicated the league will not look to partner with the XFL at this time. The CFL did not slam the door on a partnership transpiring one day, but that prospect appears dead for the time being.
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The COVID-19 pandemic moved the CFL to cancel its 2020 season, but the league will return soon. The CFL is slated to open its 2021 season August 5. The season is scheduled to run through Dec. 12’s Grey Cup, which would be the 108th edition of the league’s championship game. The CFL also held discussions with The Spring League, an American minor league outfit. Those talks did not end up producing an agreement, either, and they came just ahead of the CFL canceling its 2020 season.
Despite the pandemic halting XFL 2.0’s season, and extensive legal issues cropping up in the wake of the hiatus, the winter-spring league — with Dwayne Johnson now its driving force — is tentatively expected to give it another try in 2022. It is unclear how the CFL talks pertained to the XFL’s latest revival effort, however.
Hard to partner when you employ different rules and field dimensions.
Plus the seasons are at different times
2 organizations doing the exact same thing but their egos and pride won’t let them join together.
Different rules. There’s no way to make that work.
And different months they work
Yeah, I see the different time of year as a bigger problem then the different rules and field dimensions. Hell, during the old North American Soccer League days, teams played on fields with a variety of dimensions, some American football, some soccer.
Yeah, other than downs, distance, playing style, playing field, talent pool and time of the year they play in they are doing the exact same thing….
thank goodness
Good. 3 down football is far more entertaing than 4 down.
3 down football leads to more punt returns which are always exciting if Brandon Banks is involved.