 Alright everyone, what is going on? Welcome back to another video. Today's video we're going to look at the CFL for the first time and you know probably not the last time. Apparently the CFL is to the NFL or American football as rugby is to rugby league or rugby union is to rugby league. You know when people say rugby they're most likely talking about rugby union but the fact is is that there is a game called rugby league. It uses the same ball on the same sized field. It's just completely different rules. So everyone has told me the CFL is more free-flowing. There's a lot more running. The game is quicker. So I'm about to find out. I don't know why I haven't yet. It's taken six months of being in this journey of American football to do this. But that's because I was so overwhelmed with that one sport I was like there's no way I can actually you know take in another one right now. It's just too much. So with that said it's about time we did. We're going to ride in the CFL. This is if that top video is going to be absolutely perfect. The differences between American football and Canadian football explains. You know what? Let's do it straight into it. The difference is between American and Canadian football. Oh yeah. This is a game of American football. This is a game of Canadian football. They both look the same so they must be the same sport right? Well no. Not quite. Same as that. There's several rule differences between the two that makes them almost completely different sports. Before I explain the differences if you guys want some more detailed explanation of the rules click here for American football and click here for Canadian football. Right so differences let's start with the field. Okay. The Canadian field is both longer and wider than its sun and counterparts. In American football the field is 100 yards by 53 yards. In Canada the football field is 110 yards by 65 yards. I think that's a rugby field. The reason why it's 110 yards in Canada is that Canada with its look for everything with the metric system originally specifies that the field should be 100 meters and 100 meters is roughly 110 yards. Well that's the size of rugby field. The American football end zones are 10 yards long with the goal posts at the rear. Canadian football end zones are 20 yards long with the goal posts at the. That's exactly like rugby. Front. So how about the players? There are 11 players on the field per side in American football. Canadian football has 12 players per side. And rugby late this 13 and rugby union this 15. In American football only one man is allowed to move during the snap and he can only move laterally or backwards. In Canadian football anyone who isn't a courseback or a lineman can move in any direction before the snap. In American football defensive players are allowed to line up at the line of scrimmage. In Canada defensive players have to line up one yard away from the line of scrimmage. How about some rule differences? Well in American football you have four downs to make 10 yards. In Canadian football you only have three downs to make those same 10 yards. In American football you can signal for a fair catch allowing the receiver to catch the ball safely. The Canadians think that this is an abomination and they don't have a fair catch rule. So you've got to go. In American football you have 25 seconds or 40 seconds to play the ball. In Canada you only get 20 seconds and you get a two minute warning in American football and a three minute warning in Canadian football. The scoring is exactly the same in both games except in Canada you get one point for missing a field goal. Wait what? What's in a field goal? Yeah if you miss a field goal and it clears the end zone the kicking team gets a point. This is known as a ruche but is more commonly known as a single. You can also score a single by tackling the ball carry. Now that is like Aussie rules. Huh this game is pretty damn cool. I am definitely liking what I hear. It's not further than four. This is known as a ruche but is more commonly known as a single. You can also score a single by tackling the ball carry in that end zone after a field goal attempt. Why didn't he try and get out? It's not further confusion. The kicker is allowed to recover his own kick so long as he travels 10 yards in Canadian football. Oh shit. Travel at least 10 yards and be touched by a opposing player. In American football a missed point or missed field goal is ruled dead and the player stops. In Canadian football a missed point or missed field goal is ruled wide and the other team may go over the ball and try and score a touchdown. There are other rule differences between the two. I thought that meant that if you were running with the ball you could kick it and you only had one guy to beat you could kick it and do an up and under like a chip kit but I mean I guess you could do that now. You could kick it along the floor. No you couldn't because the ball hits the ground. But these are the main ones that you need to know about. So what does all this mean? These rules generally mean that American football is more defensively and tactically minded. The extra down means that the American game is more balanced between running, passing and kicking. Canadian football on the other hand has won less down to move the ball 10 yards so emphasis is usually based on passing the football. Kicking is also more important than the Canadian game as kicking the ball occurs more frequently. The one-yard gap rule and the fact that there's only three downs is a severe disadvantage to the defenders of Canadian teams. This means that it's pretty much an offensive shootout every game. American rental players tend to be bigger in size and strength whilst in Canadian football. The players are slightly smaller as they need to be able to move faster than their American counterparts. There are various myths about these two types of football and I'm here to hopefully dispel some of them. Myth number one, Canada has bigger balls. It's common misconception that the balls in Canadian football are bigger but they actually allow damage. I'm just trying to think, did I actually see a running back get a handoff just then? You'd only ever give it to the hand, give it to the running back on the first down wouldn't you? Or am I wrong? It's fallen to each of the specifications meaning that in theory both sports can use the same ball given also that the balls are made by the same manufacturer it seems impossible that Wilson would have two different machines that make two different balls that vary only by a couple of millimetres. Myth number two, CFL has been an NFL and college players. Actually the CFL has produced many top players that went on to have good NFL careers such as Joe Dysman, Warren Moon and Doug Fleety. Myth number three, Canadian football has taken American football rules and blatantly changed them. It hates first your football there in yaks but the Canadians invented their game first. Myth number four, 20 footballs can get you down and got a rugby field and then started playing, I think. In theory too American football, I wouldn't say that. I mean sure if you're talking about the amount of money it generates and the amount of money the players get paid, American football wins hands down. But in terms of the actual sport itself, Canadian football is not in theory. It's just different. I thought it was 500,000. I personally watch both kinds of football regularly and I can honestly say that I prefer Canadian football but that's just me. You're entitled to think differently. If you found this video entirely helpful please comment, rate and subscribe. It takes me ages to know one of these things and good comment is appreciated. Likewise for the rules of each game. Slices them up. Okay so that was the differences between American football and Canadian football and my next video is most probably going to be his one about the rules of Canadian football and then the one after that is going to be me watching some footage and some plays because people have said it's a lot like rugby or it's more like rugby than American football and I can see why. So I mean you could have, so you've got your half back which is effectively like the snapper, the quarterback catches it, he's the first five, then you've got your second five, center and wing. So you've got the three guys out here, the quarterback could grab it, start running this way, have all you three guys running with them, any defender that comes up you just pop it. It's just a pop pass, pop pass, pop pass. Don't worry about blocking anyone, use all three men to just do a back climb move but I mean you could do that in football or maybe you can't because players can't run around before the snap. Only one player can move before the snap and I was actually confused about that rule, I didn't know that because I thought no players could move before the snap and then I would see people move but obviously it's only one player. So there you go, if you have enjoyed this video guys, hit like, if you want to subscribe please do and I'll see you in the next one. I think I actually like this game.