CFL History/20 years ahead of nFL: Archer v. Flutie

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Texas, Tennessee, Alabama…that was the mistake. You don’t go into the heart of football USA with 3 down football. Prove out a couple teams, then maybe. That is why it never worked.

Oh during that time there were a lot of factors that conrtibuted to the expansion failing. Don’t forget at that time there wasn’t a salary cap, the Canadian dollar was badly hurting, next to zero US media coverage and there was a real issue with finding proper facilities to play Canadian football on. The CFL was hurting even in the heart of 3 down football in those years.

Don’t forget that all American teams could not abide by the import ratio rules because of American court ruling regarding U.S. labour laws. Still the league was competative even with top QB,s playing on U.S teams.(Alan, Dunnigan)
Bring back the Goldminer,Stallions,Texans etc :rockin:

And also got to pay in USD, w/o correction factor, and the CAD was at <0.70

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Can anyone remember the circumstances under which Archer went 'postal' on the sidelines when he played with the Eskimos? I seem to recall him pile-driving someone into a scorer's table and holding him down or choking him? Does anyone else remember that incident? It stood out as it seemed completely out of character.

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Can anyone remember the circumstances under which Archer went ‘postal’ on the sidelines when he played with the Eskimos? I seem to recall him pile-driving someone into a scorer’s table and holding him down or choking him? Does anyone else remember that incident? It stood out as it seemed completely out of character.

cant find it, but did find this clip about Doug Flutie early CFL career and what a smart move by Murray Pezim for the BC owner to sign him.interview at#312

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-XunGM4sew