The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league thats plays Canadian Rules Football. The league is compromised of eight teams with each of its eight teams equally divided into two divisions, East and West.
Fast Facts:
- Founded: 1958
- CEO/Commissioner: Mark Cohon
- Regular season last 19 weeks
- The Championship game is for the Grey Cup
- NFL greats such as Warren Moon, Joe Theismann, Doug Flutie and Raghib Ismail have all played in the C.F.L.
- Biggest differences between CFL and NFL are: unlimited number of players in motion pre-snap and 3 downs instead of 4
CFL Timeline
1958: League was founded
1993: Admitted its first United States franchise, the Sacramento Gold Miners
1996: Due to lack of American interest the league returned to an all-Canadian format
2005: Set an all-time attendance record with a total attendance of more than 2.3 million
2006: The British Columbia Lions won the 94th Grey Cup
