Did the Canadian Football League?

Question

always feature 3 downs, 110 yards, and 20 yard end zones? And why does a large city like Montreal have difficulty holding on to a team?

I always watch games that are shown around Philly and was always wondering. Thanks in advance.

Answer 1

A number of years ago, the  end zones were 25 yards.

Answer 2

Yup. The CFL is way older than the NFL. It has been around for over 80 years. It has always had those rules, except for our endzones are 25 yards, not 20.

We love our game, but love the NFL just as much.

Answer 3

The Montreal Alouettes are thriving these days, it's Ottawa that can't seem to keep a team. Aside from the fact that they can't seem to find a good ownership group willing to stick with it, there's a theory that  Ottawa is just too white collar to be a good football town.

Answer 4

Even though they have only a capacity of 20,202, the Alouettes have been extremely successful. They've sold out I believe every game since they've come back to Montreal.

Ottawa has been the team that has lost a team a number of times the past few years, and probably won't be returning for another season.

A city the size of toronto has some brutal attendance numbers. They average just under 30,000 people per game (28,000 or so) which I guess by CFL standards it isn't bad, but when you see Edmonton averaging 35-40,000 people per game doesn't say much for TO football fans.

Thanksgiving Day game yesterday in toronto had just a little over 26,000.