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Originally Posted by JugglingReferee
It wouldn't be all American players, like you're trying to infer. Yes, there would be American players; more or less than now - who knows. What is true is that many players from the US don't even consider coming to Canada, often saying "ha ha" to such a career move.
You're the one that implied only the good players are American and that in order for a Cdn to make a team, it has to be reserved for him. If that is so, then show me evidence that the worst US player is better than the best Cdn player. Because if that isn't so, then a Cdn wouldn't need the reservation that you mention.
The fact that Cdns have earned their ways in D1 schools shows that there are many players who make a CFL roster without the rule you're referencing.
As for avoiding your question, don't be so afraid to use Google yourself. You're a grown adult - you can do it! I'll start you off: the link is www.google.com  |
I asked you a direct question. It must have been too embarassing for you to give me a direct answer since you knew that Canadians have to be reserved a spot on CFL rosters. I expected that a "grown adult" would answer a direct question.
As for the "good" players, I checked the stats for the CFL 2007 season. The CFL listed the 40 top passers and the 40 top rushers based on yards gained. Of the 80 spots listed, there were THREE Canadian born players listed. That's right, THREE. The rest were American born and these weren't good enough to crack the NFL rosters. In other words, they were worse than the 1700 players in the NFL last year yet they virtually shut out the Canadians in
their own league. If you look at the Americans (NFL rejects, so to speak) you can see that the CFL is loaded with Americans from small schools and even 3rd tier colleges. Such schools as McNeese State, Sacramento State, South Dakota, etc. are represented. Do these sound like football powers to you? The stars of the CFL couldn't play for the top schools in the US. So, we have 22 of the 39 CFL roster spots reserved for Canadians, yet even still, they can't be found among the stars of the league! So much for the "good" players being Cdn.
A friend of mine attended a Sas. Roughrider game a while back. Sitting in front of him was a former Roughrider player who played college ball at Ohio State. In talking with my friend, this guy eventually told him (quietly, so that the Cdn fans wouldn't hear him) that the CFL was a rinky dink league and that a good college team from the states would beat them. Upon checking the CFL rosters, I realized that he was correct since most of the US players were from smaller schools in the US who couldn't make it in big time US colleges.
Of the 1696 players on active NFL rosters last year, 14 are Canadian born, less than 1%. That doesn't sound like "good" to me. Congrats to those who made it but for N. American football, let's be real and admit that Canadians aren't very good at football. I'd say Arena ball and the CFL would have to be similar in quality. In reality, I have to admit that this discussion is silly since making the roster of a CFL team is nothing to brag about. If players can't make the NFL, they have minor league options such as NFL Europe, Arena ball and the CFL, probably in that order, based on what I've seen in terms of movement of players from those leagues into the NFL.
BTW, Rice University won 3 games last year against mid-major teams with a combined record of 12-25. So, when you are name-dropping, please don't use an inferior program to impress me. Rice is a joke when it comes to D-I football.