{"id":643880,"date":"2026-05-02T22:30:15","date_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:30:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/643880\/"},"modified":"2026-05-02T22:30:15","modified_gmt":"2026-05-02T22:30:15","slug":"cfl-promises-update-on-new-website-after-second-annual-draft-tracker-crash","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/643880\/","title":{"rendered":"CFL promises update on new website after second annual draft tracker crash"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"2147\" height=\"1092\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Screenshot-2026-05-01-at-11.26.14-AM.png\" class=\"attachment- size- wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tScreenshot: TSN<\/p>\n<p>For the second-straight year, the draft tracker on the CFL\u2019s website crashed partway through the event, making it impossible for prospects, fans, and members of the media to know which players were being selected in real time.<\/p>\n<p>CFL commissioner Stewart Johnston, whose hiring was announced last spring, referenced the failure of last year\u2019s tracker as one of the reasons <a href=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/2025\/11\/14\/cfl-announces-plans-for-launch-of-new-app-revitalized-websites\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">the league is investing in a new website and smartphone application<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn today\u2019s world, if you don\u2019t have a modern, reliable digital offering, you won\u2019t succeed,\u201d he said during his State of the League address at the Grey Cup in November.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn my third day on the job, during the CFL draft, our website went down. During the first preseason game of the year, it went down again. If we want to be considered a major professional sports league, this cannot happen.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Though it remains unclear when the new website and application will be launched, it appears they remain on track to be released in 2026 with the league committing to a formal update in the relatively near future.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe will provide updates on the new websites and app ahead of the season. As noted in last year\u2019s State of the League, both are set to launch this year,\u201d wrote a CFL spokesperson in a statement to 3DownNation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe tracker did go down late in the draft; however, the issue was isolated to the draft tracker functionality. We remain confident in the stability of the current website until the new platform is launched.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis incident further underscores why the Board of Governors has made a historic commitment to modernize our digital platforms.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Tuesday evening, the draft tracker stopped functioning near the end of the fifth round and did not resume operations until after the event was over.<\/p>\n<p>Teams were still able to announce their selections through social media, though this resulted in picks being revealed out of order. Some were significantly delayed.<\/p>\n<p>CFL teams are set to open rookie camps on May 6, followed by full training camps on May 10.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img width=\"60\" height=\"60\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/1125-Headshot-150x150.jpg\" class=\"avatar avatar-60 photo\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\"  \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>John Hodge is a longtime Canadian football reporter, insider, and podcaster for 3DownNation. Based in Winnipeg, Hodge is also a freelance television and radio broadcaster and curling reporter for Rock Channel.<\/p>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/3downnation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/3DownNation-Wordmark-v3-3.svg\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Screenshot: TSN For the second-straight year, the draft tracker on the CFL\u2019s website crashed partway through the event,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":643881,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[437],"tags":[166835,166836,1637,38076,49,48,7028,521,522,520,1625,239934,527,82,2936,51284],"class_list":["post-643880","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cfl","tag-3down","tag-3downnation","tag-app","tag-application","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-canadian","tag-canadian-football-league","tag-canadianfootballleague","tag-cfl","tag-draft","tag-draft-tracker","tag-football","tag-sports","tag-tracker","tag-website"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643880","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=643880"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/643880\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/643881"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=643880"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=643880"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=643880"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}