Kyle McMahon
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- May 10, 2006
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seriously, I think you're the only person I have ever heard that has come out and said they prefer to watch inferior players and and inferior product. that kind of thinking is part of the reason people think the CFL is bush league.
to the vast majority of people, what makes the game Canadian is the field and the rules, not the nationality of the people playing.
often second rate talent getting paid the most amount of money.
people involved in, and close to those in canadian college ball and the CFL might feel a bit differently, but it's time to look hard at this.
The state of the game is to the point where the need to worry more about it's survival than protecting a few jobs for Canadians.
I don't really understand your last paragraph. What is it about the game that you feel has thrown its very survival into question? And why would this problem be corrected by a couple extra Americans on the field?
Eliminating the ratio at this exact moment would only see noticeable improvement in one, maybe two positions on this roster. Free safety is a weakness. Surely there are an abundance of Americans that could replace Neil King. And there's probably an American that could boom punts and kickoffs further than Hugh O'Neill. Besides that, I don't see where improvements can really be made. Most American O-linemen that come up here are stop-gap level players. Replacing fullbacks, back-up running backs, and the 4th option at receiver, positions Canadians typically fill, is hardly going to have a profound impact on the product.