«We the fans of the ‘Canadian Football League’ who reside in the United States are voicing the need for a television contract which would allow us to see games live, the way they were meant to be seen.

We are asking the ‘Versus’ network to give serious consideration into starting talks with the CFL for the purpose of aquiring the U.S. broadcast rights for the upcoming 2009 season.

The CFL has many loyal fans in the United States who feel deprived of watching the kind of professional Football they truly love! »

These words come from a petition of CFL’s American fans. They can’t see any more Canadian football in the US. Very strange, this thing should be investigated. If Canadians can see the NFL games in Canada, the U.S. Canadian football fans should have the same rights in the United States. ESPN did very little promotion if not, like it was already planned. Just before the 2008 CFL season started and after the negotiation between the CFL and the NFL failed, ESPN stopped the broadcast of the CFL games not only in the US but also in Europe right after they bought NASH! Is that a coincidence?

ESPN broadcast the NFL games that are a fact. The question now is does the NFL wants to kill the Canadian football league? The very hungry money NFL needs to expend. 8 billions it’s just not enough! Avidity yes like the crash! No respect for the culture of a nearby and friendly Country. The first North American football game was played in 1860 in Montréal. 2008 was the 96th Grey Cup. Yes Canadian football is very old. The oldest football team in North American is the Toronto Argonauts 1871.

After the disaster of the NFL in Europe, the two London games and the Arena football witch many teams are owned by NFL teams. The NFL seeks a new target, Canada. But they are some resistance. In spite of an enormous advertising campaign, the two Bills games in Toronto was a fiasco at least 32,000 tickets had been given away and still it was not a fool house. Plus the two games where awful to watch. The football fans could easily see the different between a faster and more open game of the CFL and the ones they saw from the NFL. It was obvious. Lots of Canadians love the CFL. So, it seam’s to me, the best way for the NFL to assure a place in Toronto first and elsewhere in Canada is to kill the CFL. The NFL as the money and a very strong allied in Canada Rogers Communications. The anti CFL propaganda in Canada is very aggressive. NFL does big time propaganda in the Canadian Medias.

I also started asked myself whether the NFL regards the CFL as a rival. That seems idiotic at first but when you think it more deeply… For example, when the CFL had a team in Baltimore. CFL had a great success. Many believed this is the real reason why this city as now a NFL team, it was to stop the CFL. In 2007, the CFL was available in more and more us fans on TV. Then it stopped abruptly.

Many believed the CFL is a more exiting game. Is it in the NFL interest that the American football fan all around the US knows that? If the CFL was correctly promoted and easily seen, I’m not sure that the NFL will appreciate. Alter all it is business. So it will be much easy if there will be only one type of football the NFL for future expansion. One other thing, the arena football is gone, so there is less football for the US fans. Common sense would have been to show CFL games on TV. It is very suspicious it needs an investigation. Now if there is a conspiracy than it as to be stop!

“So, is there really an NFL conspiracy? not likely”

I don’t think there was a conspiracy. I’m just talking for the sake of the conspiracy theorist.