3DOWNNATION: CFL HOPEFUL ITS SEASON STARTS ON TIME

The Canadian Football League provided the following statement to 3DownNation.com regarding the Coronavirus:

– “We remain hopeful our season will start as scheduled in June. We continue to plan for it.

But, of course, the health and safety of the entire CFL family, including our fans, comes first. And this crisis is clearly bigger than football or anyone’s plans. So, we are monitoring the situation, speaking with medical experts and listening to public health officials. And we’re planning for contingencies.

But with so much uncertainty at the moment, it’s not productive to indulge in speculation in the media about what may or may not happen.

In the meantime, the vast majority of CFL employees here are working from home and we have been sharing health information with them throughout. We are also talking with our partners, trying to determine if there are ways we can help people at this difficult time. Of course, our usual practices — a food drive at the stadium, for instance — are compromised at the moment.

Randy told our staff today that he is confident we are going to get through this. And he is confident in the power of football to being people together, once again and more than ever, when that time comes.

All the best. I hope you and yours are safe and coping well.”

*This statement follows The Rod Pedersen Show Tweet from Tuesday afternoon that “At least one CFL team has informed its coaches that no disruption to the season is expected due to the #coronavirus.”

RP
@rodpedersen

(With files from www.3downnation.com)