The CFL canceled its 2020 season Monday.
The league pledged to return in 2021. At the heart of the issue were a series of Canadian government regulations that effectively eliminated the CFL’s primary source of revenue — ticket sales — and also would have made it a challenge for United States-based players to travel to Canada.
The league developed preliminary plans for a shortened season based in Winnipeg, in a bubble environment. But the Canadian government rejected the CFL’s request for a $30 million loan to help fund it.