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Canadian Football League
Homepage:
http://www.cfl.ca/
Rules and regulations: http://www.cfl.ca/CFLRulebook/home.html
History:
The Canadian
Football League (CFL) and it’s
Championship, The Gray Cup has roots
back to the 1800’s and the
Canadian Rugby Union. In 1909 the
Governor-General of, Lord Albert-Henry
Earl Grey, donated a trophy to be
awarded to the championship amateur
football team of Canada, now better
known as the Grey Cup. The trophy
has been the height of accomplishment
for Canadian Football for nearly
100 years.
The current name, Canadian Football
League was selected in 1958 when
G. Sydney Halter was appointed the
first Commissioner of the league.
For a few
years in the mid 1990’s
the league expanded to include teams
in the United States. In 1995, the
Baltimore expansion team even went
on to win the Grey Cup.
Currently the league features nine
teams, four in the Eastern Division;
Montreal, Toronto, Hamilton and Ottawa)
and five in the Western Division
including: British Columbia, Edmonton,
Saskatchewan, Winnipeg and Calgary.
The CFL is the only professional
sports organization to operate wholly
within Canada. Fan support has been
growing and the annual Grey Cup championship
has attracted in excess of 60,000
fans and over 5 million television
viewers.
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