Toppy Vann wrote: ↑Wed May 29, 2019 3:05 pmTwo Provisions in the CBA with future repercussions for Canadians in the CFL:
https://www.tsn.ca/two-provisions-in-th ... -1.1313456
I believe neither provision goes into effect this season.
Remember the old days of the designated divers to slow down games late this would make it advantage to have the designated injure-prone player to take a dive on the first play from scrimmage.The first is the provision allowing teams to replace any Canadian starter who suffers an in-game injury with a veteran American, defined in the new agreement as a player with at least four years in the CFL or three with his current team.
This is a bit problematic as it could fill up Canadian teams with Americans.Also worthy of attention is the provision that allows an American or global player graduating with a degree from a U Sports school to automatically quality as a Canadian in the CFL, as long as he has played at least three seasons at a Canadian university.
I'd have preferred something like the old rule way where a player becoming a citizen after 5 years no longer was an import. That would lead to teams wanting to keep their International top players longer to get that bonus of the player becoming a National.
I might have that old rule off base, but something to keep players in one place longer would be a good thing. But that only works if there's more cap space to pay the player better.
Any American who plays for a Canadian university is doing so most likely because he is not good enough for a scholarship to a US university...so having him play as a NAT likely wouldn't give a CFL team a big edge.
As far as allowing Americans who become Canadian citizens to play as NATs: this was scraped years ago and for good reason. In the 60s the TiCats took advantage of this loophole more than other teams but when they went as far as having 2 future Hof interior D linemen, Mosca and Barrow, playing side by side as NATs... that was too much of an unfair advantage and lead to the closing of the loophole.