The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the Canadian Football League to postpone the opening of training camps next month. Read More
CFL postpones training camps — Toronto Sun
The COVID-19 pandemic has forced the Canadian Football League to postpone the opening of training camps next month.
“The ongoing global pandemic and the resulting directives issued by various governments make it unsafe to proceed with plans to gather our athletes and coaches together as scheduled,” Commissioner Randy Ambrosie said in a Monday release.
Rookie camps were due to open May 13, with the main camps to follow May 17. The full 81-game schedule would have kicked off June 11. The CFL did not issue new opening dates but the schedule will obviously have to be shortened significantly if the league hopes to have the Grey Cup played in Regina on Nov. 22.
League officials have said they could realistically go as low as eight games per team but no number has been decided on yet.
“As for our future plans, we are in the hands of our public health officials, the advice they are providing governments, and the directives those governments are issuing to us all, and we acknowledge their timetable will be dictated by the virus itself,” Ambrosie continued. “We will make further decisions when we can and share them with our fans and the public as soon as possible.
“The CFL and its member clubs would like to take this opportunity to thank our fans, partners, players, prospects, coaches and staff, for their dedication and patience as we face this challenge. We are facing it together, even if we have to be physically apart.”
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