Here is exactly why the Canadian Football League (CFL) is a tougher, more fun, more exciting brand of football (admitting that football is more accurately that game that the entire WORLD plays much better than North Americans, and we should rightly change the name of our games to something like Passball) than the National Football League (NFL).

1) The NFL has much better recievers than the CFL, but they generally play in much warmer temperatures, and everyone knows it is harder to catch a football in cold weather than hot. So, the CFL has the edge in toughness.

2) In the NFL the coach can end the game by running on the field with several seconds to play, while in the CFL that NEVER happens. Many games in the CFL are decided by the very last play of the game, sometimes a field goal with zero seconds on the clock because the game ended on a penalty. Thus, CFL games have more potential to be more exciting.

3) The NFL has 22 men on the field, the CFL has 24 men on the field. More chance for fumble recoveries, a large lumbering man running his ass off to get in the end zone to score the ony touchdown of his entire life, which is the most heartwarming play in football.

4) The NFL has end zones that are 10 yards deep, while the CFL has end zones that are 20 yards deep. Women like men with depth. Therefore the NFL are girlie men.

5) In the CFL the field is 65 yards wide, while in the NFL the field is only 53.5 yards wide. The CFL field is more pleasing to women. Suck it, Yank Boys.

6) In the CFL the field is 110 yards long while in the NFL the field is only 100 yards long. NFL is easier to run, therefore the NFL players are WUSSIES.

7) In the NFL a Black Man chose to risk his career by protesting his brothers getting shot for no good reason by white policemen by simply not standing up during the playing of a song, and the League did not join him in the protest, not even his fellow Black Players. HUGE, COWARDLY, FAIL. Displayed the RACISM of marquee white players like Tom Brady, Peyton Manning and Eli Manning.

8) In the CFL the championship game, the Grey Cup, is played in November in Canada, and not always in the covered stadiums of Toronto and Vancouver, but in harsh, freezing conditionns in cities like Hamilton, Regina and Winnipeg, one of the coldest cities in the world. And people sit in the stands and watch the whole game and have a great time.

9) Finally, and this is the biggest reason why the NFL is a sucky game, is the fact that in the NFL the offence has 4 downs to make 10 yards, while in the CFL the offence has 3 downs to make 10 yards. CASE CLOSED. THE CFL IS TOUGHER, MORE FUN AND MORE EXCITING THAN THE NFL.

*****To add insult to injury, isn't it stupid that Canadians chose to call their league the CANADIAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE (very logical) while the brain dead Americans chose to merge their National and American Leagues and NOT CALL IT THE AMERICAN FOOTBALL LEAGUE, BUT THE NATIONAL FOOTBALL LEAGUE.*****

This message was posted in fun by me, 7thday, a Canadian, please do not declare war on us. We're your best friends, remember? Canadians are just like Americans, but without the guns. We love you and want you to progress to peace, love and understanding of all the rest of the world.

Sorry but the Steelers are in the NFL, thus making the NFL better

http://www.cfl.ca/

[Edited 12/24/16 12:56pm]

kpowers said:

Sorry but the Steelers are in the NFL, thus making the NFL better

Yeah, right, the Pittsburgh Steelers who only have their logo on one side of their helmets! GAY.

I hope that when I write GAY that sensitive orgers don't think I'm insulting homosexuals. I'm just hurling the insult the way atheletes say it to each other as if they are not giving 100%. And yes, I know that if their ever was an Ultra Bowl Game between the winners of the Super Bowl and the Grey Cup, the Americans would win for a hundred years, providing they could learn Canadian rules, which we would insist in our fake nice way that the game would be played under. Maybe I'm revealing a Canadian Super Secret here but we do really enjoy HOW VERY, VERY IMPORTANT Americans make their Super Bowl game. Just the Super Patriotism of the thing is quite hilarious to us Canuckleheads. And we love seeing Janet Jackson titty just as much as Americans, but without the guns.

It's also a great alternative for players who can't make it in the NFL

7thday said:

I hope that when I write GAY that sensitive orgers don't think I'm insulting homosexuals. I'm just hurling the insult the way atheletes say it to each other as if they are not giving 100%. And yes, I know that if their ever was an Ultra Bowl Game between the winners of the Super Bowl and the Grey Cup, the Americans would win for a hundred years, providing they could learn Canadian rules, which we would insist in our fake nice way that the game would be played under. Maybe I'm revealing a Canadian Super Secret here but we do really enjoy HOW VERY, VERY IMPORTANT Americans make their Super Bowl game. Just the Super Patriotism of the thing is quite hilarious to us Canuckleheads. And we love seeing Janet Jackson titty just as much as Americans, but without the guns.

nice save there trying to be PC and all

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kpowers said:

It's also a great alternative for players who can't make it in the NFL

Yes, that makes Canadians laugh too, because in the CFL the hardest position to fill is quarterback. Every year, there is THE hot prospect at QB from Florida State or somewhere, the Canadian sportscasters will give some hard luck story of some ankle injury that kept him from the Bears, and of course he'll be back in the Mighty NFL in 2 years, but THE DUDE DOESN'T LEARN CFL. The first three or four games he fucks up because he can't get the swing of 3 downs, all his life he's played 4 downs, and it is HILARIOUS to see the confusion on his face. I've stopped being serious about football and rather cruelly, I know, just looked at it as dumb jocks trying to get big money and hot chicks. And the guy will rule the League eventually, but he won't get back to the NFL. He might even get into the Grey Cup, but then again, he is completely unprepared for the freezing weather and how it will affect everything. SUPER FUNNY. Our balls are quite more inflated than NFL balls and Tom Brady would really not dig it. That is one bad thing about the CFL, we really should play with the American sized ball. And I honestly don't know why we have the two white stripes on our ball, it's some kind of measurement thing. I think what would be fun is if the CFL would go to metric, and we would have a 100 METRE long field by a 50 METRE wide field. LORD, the CFL should hire me, I know how to make the game entertaining. Aren't the Greatest Sports Moments clips quite often the tremendous screwups? That is what Joe Blue Collar loves to see! Rich Fat Cat Football Player panicking in Bonehead Play!

I'm actually glad there are little differences in the NFL and CFL like field size and rules. Even the XFL had some different rules. The USFL (which was going to come back but things fell apart) were going to have different rules as well.

Yes, viva la differance, but I think you guys have to come clean with all I've laid out here, and just get off your high sports sepremacy horse and admit that the CFL is the best. Playing football indoors, on a very hard surface, on a much shorter field, I'm assuming is a recipie for badly damaged players, also quite nuts. Gene Simmons had a team called KISS, I rest my case for the ridiculous of that nonsense. Yes Gene Simmons, the Republicans next choice for President no doubt. I'm sorry, but since November 8 it's like the Big Guy Upstairs, whom I believe in, has enraged me to go on message boards and fucking GET RILED UP ABOUT THE DUMBNESS OF THE USA. It is all so clear to me. The USA is finally in a position where some people are ready to make fundamental changes. People I think, are quite ready for future debates with Democrat, Green, Republican and Libertarian. Not all that hard to accomplish.

7thday said:

7thday said:

Yes, viva la differance, but I think you guys have to come clean with all I've laid out here, and just get off your high sports sepremacy horse and admit that the CFL is the best. Playing football indoors, on a very hard surface, on a much shorter field, I'm assuming is a recipie for badly damaged players, also quite nuts. Gene Simmons had a team called KISS, I rest my case for the ridiculous of that nonsense. Yes Gene Simmons, the Republicans next choice for President no doubt. I'm sorry, but since November 8 it's like the Big Guy Upstairs, whom I believe in, has enraged me to go on message boards and fucking GET RILED UP ABOUT THE DUMBNESS OF THE USA. It is all so clear to me. The USA is finally in a position where some people are ready to make fundamental changes. People I think, are quite ready for future debates with Democrat, Green, Republican and Libertarian. Not all that hard to accomplish.

The high horse debate is more about team rivalries such as fans putting down other teams rather than NFL vs CFL. There are people who like College football better than NFL. I could also make the argument of Europeans putting down "American" football (thats what they call it). They argue that their "football" is better. USA does have MLS and of course they put that down as well. In other words they want the US to stop playing sports and only watch them. You make some interesting points, like different rules and stuff which I think it's cool. If you have another league you need to be different. The whole Gene Simmons KISS team is another league (not NFL) and of course it's a minor league (Indoor I believe) so it has to be different. You're all over the place with poltics (please don't bring that in the debate, and no not gonna vote Katy Perry for the Democratic party)

7thday said:

kpowers said:

Sorry but the Steelers are in the NFL, thus making the NFL better

Yeah, right, the Pittsburgh Steelers who only have their logo on one side of their helmets! GAY.

It doesn't matter what NFL team I pick you would find something to complain about

Canadian football....how cute!


This is a great excuse to rep my Steelers once again, so thanks for this thread.

Both pale in comparison to SEC football. Hotty Toddy!

7thday said:

Yeah, right, the Pittsburgh Steelers who only have their logo on one side of their helmets! GAY.

So then you must think the Browns helmet is the coolest thing ever!!

RodeoSchro said:

Both pale in comparison to SEC football. Hotty Toddy!

Oh please not this season. I'm in the heart of SEC football and outside of Alabama there is

not one team in the SEC that could scare the likes of Clemson, Oklahoma, Florida State, Ohio State, and Penn State this season. I won't even start on the SEC East. Florida could be beaten

by Pitt or South Florida.

Pokeno4Money said:

7thday said:

Yeah, right, the Pittsburgh Steelers who only have their logo on one side of their helmets! GAY.

So then you must think the Browns helmet is the coolest thing ever!!

LMAO

Believe it or not I've seen CFL uniforms that look more fucked up than the shit stain

colors the Browns wear. The CFL is minor league football. Enough said.

phunkdaddy said:

RodeoSchro said:

Both pale in comparison to SEC football. Hotty Toddy!

Oh please not this season. I'm in the heart of SEC football and outside of Alabama there is

not one team in the SEC that could scare the likes of Clemson, Oklahoma, Florida State, Ohio State, and Penn State this season. I won't even start on the SEC East. Florida could be beaten

by Pitt or South Florida.

TRANSLATION - Even in a down year, the SEC still has the best football team in the nation.

But I agree that this year, the Big 10 has more quality teams at the top. But top to bottom? I'd still say the SEC is tougher. I'd much rather play Rutgers or Purdue (the bottom-place finishers in the two Big 10 divisions) than play SEC cellar dwellers Ole Miss or Missouri.

The SEC East has been down for awhile, no doubt. But the West more than makes up for it. The SEC West is the toughest division I've ever seen. And it is far and away the most FUN division I've ever seen. The game experiences are just unbeatable, IMO.

EmmaMcG said:

7thday said:

I hope that when I write GAY that sensitive orgers don't think I'm insulting homosexuals. I'm just hurling the insult the way atheletes say it to each other as if they are not giving 100%. And yes, I know that if their ever was an Ultra Bowl Game between the winners of the Super Bowl and the Grey Cup, the Americans would win for a hundred years, providing they could learn Canadian rules, which we would insist in our fake nice way that the game would be played under. Maybe I'm revealing a Canadian Super Secret here but we do really enjoy HOW VERY, VERY IMPORTANT Americans make their Super Bowl game. Just the Super Patriotism of the thing is quite hilarious to us Canuckleheads. And we love seeing Janet Jackson titty just as much as Americans, but without the guns.

The "gay" comment doesn't offend me at all. It's the bad grammar that offends me...

Thank you for wading into this testosterone nonsense EmmaMcG. Exellent avatar you've got there. Sorry for the poor gammar, I was speed typing at times and not composed fully in my poor noggin. So what, would you rather we men turned off the Sunday game and paid you some attention, or are you happy to have us distracted with something so you can have some time to yourself?

You do know the Steelers are a dirty team?

Has anyone here watched Australian Rules Rugby? THAT is a tough game. They play in just teeshirts and shorts, knock the CRAP out of each other, get all together in a mob and push against each other, sometimes they will run towards a kind of end zone, sometimes they will do a dropkick in mid-run, sometimes they stop everything and do a field goal at posts that are way narrower than either CFL or NFL, it is weird!! I watched and didn't understand it at all, but it was super entertaining! Final score: 85 to 81.

Pokeno4Money said:

7thday said:

Yeah, right, the Pittsburgh Steelers who only have their logo on one side of their helmets! GAY.

So then you must think the Browns helmet is the coolest thing ever!!

I do have a friend who's lived and worked in Cleveland all his life and he loves his Browns thru thick and thin. He's very quick to get into Browns history, when they were a strong team and won the very first Super Bowl. I might have that detail wrong, but the Browns were good at one time. But yes, the Cleveland Browns need a make over. Or maybe the fans would not stand for it.

Also, can anyone describe what an ARMY-NAVY game is like? That must be some intense American football. Must be war.

7thday said:

7thday said:

Also, can anyone describe what an ARMY-NAVY game is like? That must be some intense American football. Must be war.

I wish! It's on my bucket list. But I don't think "war" is the right word to describe it. All the announcers always say that it's a game played by two teams who respect each other in ways civilians cannot understand.

I do know everyone Army was pretty dang excited to win this year. It had been awhile!

7thday said:

Also, can anyone describe what an ARMY-NAVY game is like? That must be some intense American football. Must be war.

That's not NFL, it's college ball. Classic rivalry between two military academies.

EmmaMcG said:

7thday said:

Thank you for wading into this testosterone nonsense EmmaMcG. Exellent avatar you've got there. Sorry for the poor gammar, I was speed typing at times and not composed fully in my poor noggin. So what, would you rather we men turned off the Sunday game and paid you some attention, or are you happy to have us distracted with something so you can have some time to yourself?

The grammar doesn't really bother me, I'm just teasing. Whatever makes you happy. I watch American football sometimes too. I don't fully understand all the rules but I know enough to enjoy it. It can be hard to watch it over here (Ireland) though because due to the time difference, the games don't be on until quite late. But when I DO watch it, The Patriots are my team.

Oh my, that's a deal breaker for me. I guess we'll never be lovers because the Patriots are the team I hate the most in the entire NFL when I do watch the NFL, which is usually the Super Bowl. Everyone watches the Super Bowl now right? We're all looking for half-time celebrity nudity! But the quarterback Tom Brady? Seems like he can win it all and never crack a smile. Why so serious, Tommy? I like the Seattle Seahawks, when they won it all they were super happy, and it was a huge team effort. When I look at the Patriots' helmets, the guy looks just like John Kerry, the current Secretary of State, who ran for president in 2000. It's weird.

RodeoSchro said:

7thday said:

Also, can anyone describe what an ARMY-NAVY game is like? That must be some intense American football. Must be war.

I wish! It's on my bucket list. But I don't think "war" is the right word to describe it. All the announcers always say that it's a game played by two teams who respect each other in ways civilians cannot understand.

I do know everyone Army was pretty dang excited to win this year. It had been awhile!

That is very interesting. Makes perfect sense though. In an actual war, the Army certainly needs the Navy to back it up, and vice-versa, as well as air support. I can't help thinking Army must be the worst thing to sign up for. It's crawling through mud, it's outdoor camping, it's mosquitos, it's don't shoot until you see the whites of their eyes. I saw Hacksaw Ridge, Mel Gibson's latest film, and almost came out of it with PTSD myself. Super tough battle scenes. It is the greatest antiwar film ever made though. It is inspiring. Getting back to the ARMY-NAVY game, I'm guessing both teams would want their players to play hard, but neither would want either team to have injuries, because if a real war comes up, that's a good man out of the fight. That is so interesting. And the coaches must have a lot of commanders looking over their shoulders on football strategy? Or maybe not. A different culture than mine.