"Your Vote Can Make A Difference"

At least that is what they tell us. Even though several players and fans voted for having four teams in the playoffs this season, that outcome is probably unlikely at the moment. Having 4 out of 5 teams in the playoffs seems ridiculous from a competitive standpoint because it would render the majority of the 12-game regular season worthless. Why not just have every team team in the post-season as some players have seriously suggested? Um, basically for the same reason we stated two sentences ago. What logical incentive is there to have the best record possible if it makes no significant difference in the playoffs? There's barely any worth while incentive as it is now for the teams competing to make the post-season. Just a bye week and the coin toss for the top seeds? Surely there could be more. But for now, the CFL Committee has decided that it'll only be 3 teams in the playoffs. Its a long shot, but perhaps, just maybe, there's a chance there could be more than three teams in the playoffs, but that would probably require a playoff system where the fourth seed plays the third seed, and the winner takes on the second seed and so on, in order to reward the teams who finish with the better records during the year. Bottom line, if a team cant finish with more wins than losses, they probably don't deserve to be in post-season. While the CFL tends to be more of a pompous monarchy than a democracy at times, if there's enough support for expanding the number of teams in the playoffs, the CFL Committee will listen and seriously consider arguments for that case. The comment forum is open, so speak now or forever hold your peace.