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Question

I know like everything there is to know about football But ive never heard of canadain football can someone tell me what it is

Answer 1

Dee Dee (or is it Joey?),

Go to cfl.ca or check out wikipedia.org as a start.
Basically, Canadian football has been around longer than the NFL and is three down football played on a wider and longer field with loads of passing and even single point plays.

Answer 2

Well, my friend, perhaps you don't know everything then!
CFL has been around for a hundred years, much longer than the NFL.
There is 8 teams in league and all of them have a long, rich tradition of football.
We have different rules than NFL. It is more of a passing league.
3 downs to get 10 yards, instead of 4.
Bigger field, and bigger endzones.
12 players on field instead of 11.
a whole load of different rules too.

It is exciting to watch if you like passing and more finesse in your football. For those who like the defense, the hitting, and the precision, the NFL is better.

Hope this helps...

Answer 3

its different.... the enzones are like 20 yards or 30 yards deep... the players wear advertisments for beer on their jerseys kind of like a nascar.... there is 2 hear this 2 50 yard lines... yeah so its different... but who said canadians were normal?

Answer 4

It's the same with less teams,shorter fields,and more ey's

Answer 5

football in canada.

Answer 6

I guess you don't know everything about football then

http://www.cfl.ca/

Article 1: Touchdown

A touchdown is scored when the ball is in possession of a player in the opponent's goal area, or when the ball in the possession of a player crosses or touches the plane of the opponent's goal-line. Should the ball subsequently be fumbled, or the player in possession forced back into the field of play, the touchdown shall score.

After a touchdown the team scored against may kick-off from its own 35 yard line, or require the scoring team to kick-off from its (scoring team's) 35 yard line.

Article 2: Field Goal

A field goal is scored by a drop kick or place kick (except on a kick-off) when the ball, after being kicked and without again touching the ground goes over the cross bar and between the goal posts (or goal posts produced) of the opponent's goal.

The ball shall be dead immediately when it crosses the cross bar.

After a field goal the team scored against may kick-off or scrimmage the ball as first down at its own 35 yard line or require the scoring team to kick-off from its 35 yard line.

AR Team A attempts a field goal. After the ball is kicked and before crossing the line of scrimmage it touches or is touched by a player of either team and then proceeds through the uprights and over the crossbar in flight. Ruling - Field Goal.

AR Team A attempts a field goal. After the ball has crossed the line of scrimmage it touches or is touched by a Team B player before it proceeds through the uprights and above the crossbar in flight. Ruling - Field Goal.

Article 3: Safety Touch

A safety touch is scored when the ball becomes dead in the possession of a team in its own goal area, or touches or crosses the dead-line or a side-line-in-goal as a result of the ball having been carried, kicked, fumbled or otherwise directed from the field of play into the goal area by the team scored against, or as a direct result of a kick from scrimmage having been blocked in the field of play or goal area.

After a safety touch, the scoring team may elect to have the ball next put into play as follows:

1. By scrimmaging the ball at its own 35 yard line, or
2. By kicking off from its own 35 yard line, or
3. By requiring the team scored against to kick off from its 35 yard line.

If while in the act of conceding a safety touch a team deliberately, in the judgment of the official, commits a Holding infraction the score shall count and the penalty applied at the point where the ball is next put into play.

When a Rough Play or Unnecessary Roughness foul is committed on a play during which a safety touch is scored by the non-offending team, the score shall be allowed and the penalty assessed from the point where the ball is next put in play.

Article 4: Single Point or Rouge

If the ball is kicked into the goal area by an opponent, a rouge is scored (1) when the ball becomes dead in possession of a team in its own goal area or (2) when the ball touches or crosses the deadline, or a side-line-in-goal, and touches the ground, a player, or some object beyond these lines.

AR Team A kicks to Team B. B1 attempting to catch the ball on Team B 3 yard line, fumbles it and is tackled with the ball in possession in the Team B goal area. Ruling - rouge (ball deemed to have been kicked into goal area by Team A).

AR Team A kicks to Team B. B1 catches the ball in the field of play while moving towards own goal line and, in the judgment of the official, the momentum carries B1 into own goal area. Ruling - possession deemed to have been gained in the goal area.

After a rouge the team scored against shall next put the ball into play by a scrimmage as first down at any point between the hash marks on its 35-yard line.

If the single point was scored as the result of an unsuccessful field goal attempt the team scored against may elect to scrimmage the ball at any point between the hash marks on its own 35 yard line or at the previous line of scrimmage.

Note: For the purposes of this Article a drop kick or place kick shall, without exception, be deemed to be a field goal attempt.

Note: If during a kickoff the kicked ball proceeds through the goal area and across the deadline or sideline in goal without being touched there shall be no score and the ball shall be awarded to the receiving team at any point between the hash marks on its own 25-yard line.

Article 5: Convert

A team scoring a touchdown may attempt to add to its score by means of a scrimmage play from any point between the hash marks on or outside the opponent's five yard line, as follows:

1 point - By kicking a field goal.

or

2 points - By scoring a touchdown by means of a ball carrying or passing play.

The ball shall remain in play until a score is made or the play has been terminated.

If Team B legally gains possession during an unsuccessful convert attempt (i.e. interception of forward pass, recovery of fumble or blocked kick), it may score two points by advancing the ball across Team A's goal line. If the play terminates with Team B in possession in its own goal area, there shall be no score.

If the play terminates with Team A legally in possession in Team B's goal area, Team A shall be awarded two points if the ball had been carried or passed across the line of scrimmage, but no points if the ball had been kicked across the line of scrimmage.

Note: For infraction on convert attempt, see Rule 8, Section 5.

There shall be no convert attempt on the winning touchdown scored in overtime


1861
First documented football game was played at the University of Toronto on the present site of University College (400 yards west of Queen's Park) on November 9. One of the participants in the game involving University of Toronto students was (Sir) William Mulock, later it's Chancellor.
1868

First written account of a football game played in Quebec on October 10 was by R. Tait Mackenzie. It was between a team of officers from the English troops garrisoned in Montreal and a team of civilians, mainly from McGill University, and was played on the St. Catherine Street cricket grounds.
1869

The Hamilton Foot Ball Club was formed on November 3 in a room over George Lee's Fruit Store and adopted the colours of black and orange. Games were played on the Maple Leaf Baseball Club Grounds on Upper James Street. The first game for the HFBC was on December 18 against the 13th Battalion (now Royal Hamilton Light Infantry) at the Baseball Grounds. No score was reported. According to the Hamilton Spectator on November 30 the HFBC had more than 100 members.