TSN Football Insider Suggest CFL Expansion to United States

Expansion and competition from down south have been topics of discussion for the CFL for a long time, and one of the top Canadian insiders believes the CFL might have an opportunity. On Friday, TSN’s Dave Naylor went on Ottawa 1200 The Drive and was asked about SI.com’s Mike Mitchell’s report on some inside the UFL believing the 2025 season could be the last. While Naylor was not surprised to hear it, he believes the UFL is good for the CFL. “I don’t think having an eight-team spring football league is bad for the CFL. In fact, I think it’s probably good because you are keeping more players active and just look at the number of players in our league right now that have UFL or USFL or XFL on their resumes. It’s a lot. And those guys wouldn’t be playing football without those leagues.” At one point after the COVID-19 pandemic, the XFL and CFL were in discussions for some kind of partnership, but it wasn’t specified as whether it was a merger or just a partnership. Those talks ended in 2022 with the CFL moving