{"id":205975,"date":"2020-08-17T15:22:25","date_gmt":"2020-08-17T20:22:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=205975"},"modified":"2020-08-18T09:16:37","modified_gmt":"2020-08-18T14:16:37","slug":"cfl-cancels-2020-season-pandemic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/?p=205975","title":{"rendered":"CFL Cancels 2020 season, pandemic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-205976\" src=\"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/CFLlogo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"212\" height=\"119\" \/>(AP) The Canadian Football League has canceled its 2020 season due to pandemic. The decision marks the<strong> first year since 1919 the Grey Cup won\u2019t be awarded.<\/strong> The nine-team league announced the move Monday, dashing hopes of a shortened season in the hub city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Commissioner Randy Ambrosie says the cancellation was in the \u201cbest long-term interests\u201d of the league and the CFL is \u201cabsolutely committed\u201d to 2021. The CFL, unlike other major leagues in North America, does not have the luxury of a billion-dollar television contract. While its deal with TSN has become more lucrative over the years, the CFL remains a gate-driven league, a major problem when fans aren\u2019t allowed in the stands.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(AP) The Canadian Football League has canceled its 2020 season due to pandemic. The decision marks the first year since 1919 the Grey Cup won\u2019t be awarded. The nine-team league announced the move Monday, dashing hopes of a shortened season in the hub city of Winnipeg, Manitoba. Commissioner Randy Ambrosie [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":205976,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-205975","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205975","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=205975"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205975\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":206006,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/205975\/revisions\/206006"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/205976"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=205975"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=205975"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/csinewsnow.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=205975"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}