The Canadian Football League’s Board of Governors voted unanimously Monday on a revised 14-game 2021 regular season to begin August 5th and conclude with the 108th Grey Cup in Hamilton on December 12th.
“We’re back with a 14-game schedule and we’re stoked to be doing that and getting our coaches and players back on the field,” said Blue Bombers President and CEO Wade Miller.
The news also comes after the Canadian Football League Players’ Association approved proposed amendments to the current collective bargaining agreement last Friday.
There’s a lot of work ahead of us in this organization, but that’s what we’ve been looking forward to and waiting for because that’s what you do in sports.
But I knew we were going to play again, I just wasn’t sure when and how.
We were a little late to be impacted by the third wave here in Manitoba and the province has given us the plan as to how we will get back to various activities.
Q: No one can quantify what the impact of the lost 2020 season did to the league’s overall fan base.
The attention will be on the CFL and fans being back in outdoor stadiums. That’s going to be massive for our country as a symbol of us getting back to normal again.