CFL gets boost in bid for federal funding to stage shortened season
Posted August 7, 2020 1:55 pm.
Last Updated August 7, 2020 4:21 pm.
OTTAWA — The CFL received a huge boost Friday in its bid for federal funding in order to stage an abbreviated season cut short by COVID-19.
Health and safety protocols remain the biggest requirement in the league’s request earlier this week for a $30-million, interest-free loan from Ottawa.
Dr. Howard Njoo, Canada’s deputy chief public health officer, is positive about the CFL’s proposed measures and says the discussions are ongoing.
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“What has been submitted to us, I think, is encouraging in that they are going with the similar kind of model that we had for the NHL in terms of a hub city and using sort of a tight quarantine-type bubble.,” he said. “There are still details to be worked out.”
The league announced in late July that Winnipeg will be used as a hub for a shortened 2020 season.
