{"id":880017,"date":"2026-09-01T23:20:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T23:20:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/880017\/"},"modified":"2026-09-01T23:20:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T23:20:12","slug":"survey-finds-theres-plenty-of-interest-in-canada-in-both-the-cfl-and-nfl-fraser-valley-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/880017\/","title":{"rendered":"Survey finds there\u2019s plenty of interest in Canada in both the CFL and NFL | Fraser Valley Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/1788304812_469_imageRedirect.jpeg\" class=\"object-fit-cover\" alt=\"\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Toronto Argonauts&#8217; Tarvarus Mcfadden (2) runs the ball after making an interception during first half CFL Labour Day Classic football action against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in Hamilton on Monday, September 1, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS\/Nick Iwanyshyn<\/p>\n<p>By The Canadian Press<\/p>\n<p>\n\t\t\t\tSep 1, 2026 | 2:06 PM\n\t\t\t<\/p>\n<p>TORONTO \u2014 It\u2019s an annual perception in Canada that the start of the NFL season is bad news for the CFL. <\/p>\n<p>But sociologist Reginald Bibby, a longtime trend tracker, says that\u2019s not the case. Bibby\u2019s latest national survey on pro football in Canada suggests there\u2019s plenty of interest in this country in both leagues.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe assumption is the CFL is in competition with the NFL for fan interest and Canadians are choosing the American league over the Canadian league,\u201d Bibby said. \u201cWhile people do have their preferences, there\u2019s considerable overlap in fan interest in the two leagues.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The 2026 NFL season kicks off Sept. 9 with the defending-champion Seattle Seahawks hosting the New England Patriot in a Super Bowl rematch. Meanwhile, the CFL campaign began June 4 and currently all nine teams are in the second half of their respective 18-game schedules heading into the Labour Day weekend.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Toronto Argonauts&#8217; Tarvarus Mcfadden (2) runs the ball after making an interception during first half CFL Labour Day&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":880018,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[49,48,44937,44],"class_list":["post-880017","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-canada","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-chilliwack-news-fraser-valley-abbotsford-weather-traffic-lower-mainland-fvt","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880017","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=880017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/880017\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/880018"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=880017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=880017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=880017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}