ONE DIVISION CFL

Im calling it...YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST...

2017-2018 will mark a significant year in the CFL.  It will be the year that talks commence on changing to a one division league.

Currently The Toronto Argonauts sit in 1st place in the East with a 3-4 record.  Saskatchewan, last in the West has a 2-3 record.  They would be in 2nd place in the East.

So there WILL be a crossover this year.  And there WILL BE  a WEST VS WEST Grey Cup this season.  Which will prompt all kinds of whining and complaining about the state of the CFL from Eastern Canada who IRONICALLY cant put people in the stands.  Eastern teams have the worst attendance records in the CFL despite having the larger population.

Eastern Canada will complain it wasn't a true Cup Final because there was no Eastern Team involved.

Look at the records of Eastern Canadian football teams...Toronto 3-4, Montreal 2-4, Ottawa 1-4-1 and Hamilton at 0-5.

How does a team with a losing record make the playoffs while a team sitting above .500 gets eliminated from play off contention?  Different divisions.  And it isn't right.  Not to mention with the play off format currently used in the CFL they are screwing themselves out of much needed cash.

The current play off format features the 2nd and third placed divisional teams playing each other with the winner taking on the number one divisional opponent who gets a bye in round one.

2 semi final games in each division with a Grey Cup final.  3 rounds in all with a total of 5 games played.

If this were changed to a one division league, the last place team doesn't get in.  Team 1 plays 8 etc.  That's 4-1st round games, 2-2nd round games and a Grey Cup Final.  7 games in all without a change in the schedule.  Its a better indicator of team talent and cash strapped CFL teams get a chance to get a little bit more money because of the extra 2 play off games.

Currently...if the second placed team in the East finished with a 4-14 record they would be playoff eligible while a 4th place team in the West with say a 10-8 record would be eliminated.  This seeding does not reflect the teams performance.

A ONE DIVISION league does.

AND FINALLY...The Grey Cup should be hosted by the team tat last won it.  Last year Ottawa won the Cup...so by way of illustration, that would mean this year they play host.  An incentive to win.

These are profitable brainless simple ideas...The CFL really needs to consider them.  Because this year when it becomes a West VS West final and the yelling and screaming starts out East in their empty stadiums...it will need to be addressed.

A West VS West Grey Cup Final...Suppose the final 2 teams were Calgary and Edmonton and the game was to be played in Toronto...they would have an empty stadium for the game.

The CFL "REALLY" needs to start considering this.  If the Eastern Canadian teams cant compete in the CFL as it is now, then West VS West Grey Cup Finals are something they better get used to and the CFL had best set up an answering machine to field the stream of complaints from Eastern Canada.