{"id":167984,"date":"2025-09-25T08:21:08","date_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:21:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/167984\/"},"modified":"2025-09-25T08:21:08","modified_gmt":"2025-09-25T08:21:08","slug":"saskatchewan-university-junior-minor-football-stakeholders-react-to-cfl-rule-changes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/167984\/","title":{"rendered":"Saskatchewan university, junior, minor football stakeholders react to CFL rule changes"},"content":{"rendered":"

With the calendar flipping to the fall, the Canadian Junior Football League\u2019s<\/a> (CJFL) Saskatoon Hilltops are preparing for their playoff push.<\/p>\n

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Sneaking its way into locker room conversation, however, is a revamping of rules coming to the CFL<\/a>, with Hilltops defensive lineman Johnathon Stevens unsure about what his league will look like in the coming years.<\/p>\n

\u201cI have mixed feelings,\u201d said Stevens. \u201cUltimately it\u2019s not up to me with what happens. I do know no matter what, the Canadian game is going to be great no matter what happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

Starting next season, the CFL will be introducing a number of rule changes including a modified \u2018rouge\u2019 for missed kicks or field goals and an automatic play clock.<\/p>\n

The biggest changes, however, will come in 2027, with the CFL moving field goal posts to the back of the end zones and reducing field size by 10-yards.<\/p>\n

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Those moves, according to CJFL coaches, could have a major financial impact on their league and programs if infrastructure needs to be replaced or adjusted at their fields.<\/p>\n

\u201cI know they got to make some tough choices and they did,\u201d said Regina Thunder head coach Scott MacAulay. \u201cThere\u2019s going to be people that are going to be feeling the consequences of it, but I\u2019m not 100 percent sure it\u2019s [the CFL]. It\u2019s going to be the grassroot programs that are going to have to spend the money.\u201d<\/p>\n

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In U Sports that will involve some maneuvering, with three programs in the University of Regina Rams, University of Calgary Dinos and University of Manitoba Bisons all playing in CFL facilities which will be part of the field changes.<\/p>\n

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However the University of Saskatchewan Huskies, UBC Thunderbirds and Alberta Golden Bears all have non-CFL facilities and it\u2019s not yet clear whether they would need to upgrade as well.<\/p>\n

Global Sports\u2019 Scott Roblin has more in the video above about the potential ripple effects teams in university, junior and minor football in Saskatchewan could face in the coming years.<\/p>\n

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