On Sun, 16 Nov 2008 01:41:50 -0600, "G Wiz" <Nothere_@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>The CFL IS better than the NFL. (In a lot of ways).
>
>For doubters . . . likely they are hockey fans trying to hold on to a
losing
>proposition. (In 1984, for example, according to an older newspaper
article
>long gone, it was said that over 176 countries and numerous ****ps at sea
>watched the CFL. That same year, the opening NHL game in the States was
>replaced by a Dog Show!).
>
>I believe it was "Pinball" Clemons (correct me if you know for sure) that
>basically said (some time ago) that to compare the American game with the
>Canuck version (as it relates to running backs) is that in the U.S. a
300+
>pound Linebacker falling on you is like getting crushed by a ton of
bricks .
>. . if he can catch you. Fortunately, that is easier with a narrower and
>shorter field. Because of our larger field and smaller defensive players,
>when the guy with the ball gets hit in the CFL it's like a locomotive
that
>has gotten up to speed. And if you get sandwiched at that speed, well
you
>get the idea.
>
>That comment, while general in it's form (not a direct quote), was given
>from a player who had been at field level on both sides of the border.
>Others have made statements that have a resemblance.
>
>Skill is one thing . . . money and promotion is another. But, the CFL
game
>can stand on it's merits. It is truly Canadian and unlike hockey it is
not
>played across borders. Many great players have chosen to play in the CFL
>even when given the chance to play for our neighbours to the south.
Unlike
>the NHL, the CFL has increased and is still increasing it's popularity,
>while the NHL is losing ground, and the NFL is cash strapped from high
wages
>and costs, and salary caps and other fiscal restraints have helped the
CFL
>not only to survive, but to add to the promotion successfully.
>
>I will say that coaches and officials are a big plus for the NFL. But
even
>they are imperfect, and money talks in these positions too.
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ice_Hockey
states first play was 1875 (as
the
>first organized modern indoor version).
>
>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Canadian_Football
1868 Canadian organized
>football was in play (although it was similar to rugby); but 1874 (a year
>earlier than the first organized indoor hockey) Americans (Harvard)
played
>(McGill) with their interest of Canada's tradition and the rest is
history.
>
>I'm certain that we could call football or even basketball the true
Canadian
>s****t except for the fact that hockey (it's like soccer) is so simple
that
>it is no problem to have any adult on the block quickly understand the
rules
>(immigrants can easily associate with the similarities of hockey and
soccer
>or field hockey). It is easy to explain hockey to a pre-schooler and a
game
>(in the street or elsewhere) can be underway in it's simple form in a
matter
>of minutes. Try that with football or hockey and you would have a problem
>finding an adult on the block that would know the rules yet alone have
the
>resources to teach a pre-schooler or older child or adult for that
matter.
>
>Still the rules for North American football and basketball are, no doubt,
a
>Canadian development for which there is no equal.
Don't forget lacrosse.
Small players thrive in the CFL as running backs, just look at that
rookie Logan from BC yesterday, if he hadn't have gotten injured for
two plays they would've won the game!
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