Plurality of CFL Fans OK With Making Game More Like NFL, but Say Now Not the Right Time: Poll

Toronto Argonauts’ Lirim Hajrullahu (70) kicks a successful field goal during the second half of a CFL football game against the B.C. Lions, in Vancouver on Sept. 26, 2025. The Canadian Press/Darryl Dyck

While almost half of Canadian Football League (CFL) fans approve of the league’s announced changes to its rules, nearly two-thirds say now is not the time to make the Canadian game more like the U.S. game, a new poll indicated.

CFL commissioner Stewart Johnston announced a series of changes to the league’s rules at a Sept. 22 press conference that are set to be implemented over the next two years.