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On Wednesday, the CFL laid out a possible plan for back to work — sort of.
All we really know now is the season won’t start until September at the earliest, the Grey Cup could be in December and Regina will have to wait until 2022 to have its epic Grey Cup party.
Outside of that, nothing is certain because the league is waiting to see if fans can even be allowed into stadiums come the fall.
If not, the league has to look at which scenario will lose less money and go with that.
It’s the reality of the failing business model of the CFL, which commissioner Randy Ambrosie admitted needs a redo.
If you go ahead with a season, expenses go up — paying players, travel, hotels, food, potentially extra COVID tests, etc. So without fans, will TSN money, sponsors and maybe a federal government top-up be enough when teams are losing big money already?
Will you lose less money by just cancelling the 2020 season and maybe entice the feds to give the league more cash to stay alive?
If you’re looking to someone with the power to decide the future of the 2020 CFL season, it isn’t the commissioner. It’s likely the provincial premiers and chief medical health officers.