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Canadian Football League Eligibility

Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:39 am
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
42408 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:39 am
If they didn’t attend college in the states, wouldn’t they technically have eligibility for college football much like the Euro League pros in basketball that come over to the states and play college ball? Just bring over a bunch of linemen from the Toronto Argonauts and Calgary Stampeders.

Average salary of a CFL player is around 65k
This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 9:45 am
Posted by SEC Doctor
Member since Aug 2024
12112 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:40 am to
Yep.

Under the current rules, you could find a guy who didn't use up his time clock of 4 seasons in five years, went to the NFL, and returned to use up the rest of his eligibility.

Find a guy who went pro after three years and didn't make an NFL roster.
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
42408 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 9:44 am to
I suggested this to my LSU sauce this fall but it fell on deaf ears. Told them to research the legality of it. I truly believe it’s a loophole a team could exploit if they really wanted to currently. You’d literally have grown men controlling the line of scrimmage. Could probably get away with it for a season or two before it’s outlawed
This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 9:45 am
Posted by LSUcajun77
New Orleans
Member since Nov 2008
24254 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:52 am to
quote:

You’d literally have grown men controlling the line of scrimmage


Indiana enters the chat
Posted by Gnash
Cypress, Tx
Member since Oct 2015
10387 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 10:58 am to
RIP Shreveport Pirates
Posted by Steel_Tiger
BR, LA
Member since Aug 2014
236 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:05 am to
If former G-leaguers can go back to play college basketball, then I don't know why your scenario wouldn't work.
Posted by sunnydaze
Member since Jan 2010
32881 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:09 am to
I don’t see how it’s any different from g league players signing with college basketball teams
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
42408 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:15 am to
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Indiana enters the chat
exactly, but ours would be former oil rig baws who can push blocking sleds with ease even if they’re missing a finger or two.
Posted by UnluckyTiger
Member since Sep 2003
42408 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 11:25 am to
Let's start with the ALL CFL team


LINK


LG: Brandon Revenberg, Hamilton Tiger-Cats
Second Team: Pier-Olivier Lestage, Montreal Alouettes

Look at this mean SOB. You're telling me you don't want him opening up lanes for Berry? Looks like he went to Grand Valley State, DII out of Michigan.

6'4 300

Revenberg finished with a 70.1 PFF pass-blocking grade that ranked sixth among all offensive linemen. He permitted just 19 total pressures on 717 pass-blocking snaps.

5) Brandon Revenberg, Hamilton Tiger-Cats (N)

LINK
Hard money: $210,500
Maximum value: $221,000

The 32-year-old native of Essex, Ont. received a $25,000 offseason roster bonus on Feb. 1 and will earn another $162,700 in base salary, $13,800 in housing money, and $9,000 in marketing money this year. Revenberg will also earn $250 each time he plays more than half of Hamilton’s offensive snaps in a game and another $6,000 in potential all-star and awards incentives. The six-foot-four, 300-pound blocker is a four-time All-CFL selection and five-time All-East Division selection at guard.



You get the idea. They all seem to be pretty affordable and could make more at LSU than they do in the CFL. Half these guys went to a DII school or college in Canada. Yeah it would further bastardize college sports as we know it, but hopefully the absurdity of it all would lead to some control put in place eventually in the next few years. But until then, let's exploit it. Let's get Lane to Canada for a recruiting trip.
This post was edited on 1/21/26 at 11:30 am
Posted by mdomingue
Lafayette, LA
Member since Nov 2010
44458 posts
Posted on 1/21/26 at 3:09 pm to
quote:

If they didn’t attend college in the states, wouldn’t they technically have eligibility for college football much like the Euro League pros in basketball that come over to the states and play college ball? Just bring over a bunch of linemen from the Toronto Argonauts and Calgary Stampeders.


About 1/3 of the CFL players played college football in the US. Still, you could probably field some really good O-linemen that had not.
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