If the CFL didn’t have a player draft, would anyone care?
Well, we are a couple of days away from the annual CFL draft, which lags behind the Downtown Optimist TV Bingo or some old time dance music special for viewer interest.
CFL teams have held their mini-camps, or reasonable fascimiles to see if the guys they have scouted from all around the United States can make the next step towards an invite to training camp.
A change in the CFL rules now states all players taking part in the mini-camp must be signed and with many CFL teams at their off-season limits and now being forced to reduce from 84 to 75 players for training camp, the rubber is now hitting the road for many teams in getting their training camp roster set.
The elephant in the room is the NFL draft held last weekend, followed by the signing of undrafted free agents, then the release of players for medical or other reasons. So roster moves may be dictated by the availability or potential availability of players who are either down south or want to try their luck with the NFL.