🏛️Official — CFL
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Recorded May 13, 2026
Foundational milestone — origin of the Grey Cup, the oldest North American football championship trophy still in continuous use. The Grey Cup was donated by Governor General the Earl Grey in 1909 to the team winning the "Senior Amateur Football Championship of Canada". The 1909 Grey Cup origin predates the modern CFL by 49 years, the NFL Super Bowl by 58 years, and is older than every other major North American professional sports championship trophy except the Stanley Cup (1893). Every modern CFL season culminates in the Grey Cup championship, and the trophy itself has been in continuous award since 1909 — making it one of North American sport's most enduring rule-making artifacts.
Recorded May 10, 2026
Federation-consolidation milestone in Canadian football. In 1936 the stronger senior clubs in Manitoba, Alberta, and Saskatchewan formed the Western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU) — bringing the western provinces' top football clubs under a single regional sanctioning umbrella. The 1936 WIFU formation paralleled the eastern Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) structure already in existence, and set up the later 1958 CFL merger that would unite east and west under a single national league. Every modern CFL western-division team (Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatchewan, Winnipeg, BC) traces its CFL membership to the post-1936 WIFU consolidation.
Recorded May 10, 2026
Foundational federation milestone — Canadian professional football's modern rule-making lineage. In 1958, the Canadian Football Council (CFC) formally left the Canadian Rugby Union (CRU) and reorganized as the Canadian Football League (CFL), bringing together the eastern Interprovincial Rugby Football Union (IRFU) and the western Interprovincial Football Union (WIFU) under a single national umbrella. Every modern CFL rule on the 12-player Canadian football game, 3-down format, 110-yard field, single-point rouge scoring, and Grey Cup playoffs descends from this 1958 CFC-to-CFL reorganization. The brief 1990s American expansion (Baltimore Stallions winning the 1995 Grey Cup as the only non-Canadian team) and the 2014 Ottawa Redblacks return have all operated under the post-1958 CFL framework.
Recorded May 10, 2026
Weather Considerations
May 23, 2026The Rouge (Single Point) — Unique to Canadian Football
May 23, 2026Kicked Ball Out of Bounds
May 23, 2026No Fair Catch — The 5-Yard Halo
May 23, 2026Pre-Snap Motion — Unlimited Backfield Motion
May 23, 2026Dead Line
May 23, 2026Player Welfare
May 23, 2026Equipment Standards
May 23, 2026Concussion Protocol
May 23, 2026Coach's Challenge
May 23, 2026Objectionable Conduct
May 23, 2026Common Penalties
May 23, 2026Section 7: Violations & Penalties
May 23, 2026Point Values
May 23, 2026Overtime
May 23, 2026Play Clock — 20 Seconds
May 23, 2026Offensive Positions
May 23, 2026Hash Marks
May 23, 2026Goal Posts
May 23, 2026Uniforms
May 23, 2026Player Equipment
May 23, 2026Section 8: Safety Considerations
May 23, 2026Section 6: Scoring
May 23, 2026Team Composition — 12 Players
May 23, 2026Section 4: Players & Officials
May 23, 2026The Field — Significantly Larger Than NFL
May 23, 2026Section 3: Playing Area
May 23, 2026Canadian Player Ratio
May 23, 2026The Football
May 23, 2026Section 2: Equipment
May 23, 2026