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Originally Posted by Riise
I was wondering as well so I took a look. There were no definite answers but some suggestions were: the Grey Cup Final is traditionally played in November and the CFL doesn't want to go head-to-head with the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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Doesn't sound like very compelling reasons then. I'm sure the majority of football fans would be willing to push that that "tradition" to October. And the last game of the Stanley Cup finals was June 13th, and the first week of the CFL was June 26th...so if there was overlap it would be in the CFL preseason. Even if there was more overlap, I doubt it would make much of a difference. In fact, I actually think the CFL would get better attendance numbers with the season starting earlier...by the the the NHL Finals roll around, everyone is tired of the indoors and wants to get outside.
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