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From: gdave@ubvax.UUCP (Dave Guertin)
Newsgroups: net.sport.football
Subject: Re: USFL + CFL = North American Football League
Message-ID: <281@ubvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 29-Jul-85 19:10:31 EDT
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Posted: Mon Jul 29 19:10:31 1985
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Summary: Won't work

In article <2251@watcgl.UUCP> sahayman@watcgl.UUCP (Steve Hayman) writes:
>
>One solution might be for the CFL champion to play the USFL champion
>in a sort of Super Duperbowl; both leagues could function independently
>during the regular season.  Or maybe you wouldn't have full interlocking
>play - play teams in your own country more often than the foreign teams.

This would never work, because of the vast differences in the rules, style
of play and field size. Even if you could get both leagues to modify their
rules there would probley be a big difference between the current CFL and
NFL and all this would do is outrage and alienate current fans of both
leagues (Does the USFL have any?).
>
>Well, net.sport.football, what do you think?  Would the North American
>Football League work? Canadians - what could we do to keep the CFL
>at least somewhat 'Canadian'?  Americans (particularly in USFL cities) - 
>would you go to see (say) the Oakland Invaders vs the Toronto Argonauts?

Sounds interesting, but as I said above it wouldn't work. However if it was
tried I certainly give it a good look just like I gave the USFL. Unfortunely
the USFL lost!!!!