Canadian Football League

Canadian Football League

Callie Yahyavi

CFL

• The Canadian Football League is a professional sports league located in Canada.

• The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football.

• It’s a form of gridiron football closely related to American football.

• WEBSITE: http://www.cfl.ca

About

• Headquarters: Located in Toronto, CA. http://www.cfl.ca/page/cfl_contact

• The commissioner of the CFL is Jeffrey Orridge. Born here in NYC, and attended Harvard University. His tenure will commence on April 29, 2015. He has served as executive director of CBC Sports and will continue his role until April 9,2015.

Teams

• Session: June- Nov/Dec• Teams Include: BC Lions, Edmonton Eskimos,

Calgary Stampeders, Saskatchewan Roughriders, Winnipeg Blue Bombers, Hamilton Tiger-Cats, Toronto Argonauts, Ottawa REDBLACKS, Montreal Alouettes.

Ottawa REDBLACKS

The Grey Cup

• The Grey Cup is the championship of the CFL and the trophy awarded to the victorious team.

• The current champion: The Calgary Stampeders. They won against the Hamilton Tiger-Cats in 2014.

Scholarly Article

• https://scholar.google.com/scholar?start=10&q=canadian+Football+League&hl=en&as_sdt=0,33

• This article talks about how a new commercial league, The World League of American Football will move into Montreal. So, the CFL has been redoubling it’s effort to regain its former popularity.

LinkedIn

• Unfortunately, because the CFL is in Canada, you can’t locate personal employers for the CFL’s names without a Premium Account. But I found out that a woman is the manager of events and production for the CFL.

Sources

• https://www.google.com/?gws_rd=ssl#q=whos+the+commissioner+of+the+CFL&spell=1

• http://www.cfl.ca/page/cfl_contact• https://scholar.google.com/scholar?q=Canadian

+Football+League&btnG=&hl=en&as_sdt=0%2C33

• http://www.cfl.ca• http://www.cfl.ca/section/amateur• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/

List_of_Grey_Cup_champions

PUMA

• Puma is a major German multinational company that produces athletic and casual footwear, as well as sportswear.

Info

• Headquarters: Herzogenaurach, Bavaria, Germany.

• PUMA operates its own retail stores in more than 40 countries worldwide. With over 600 Stores, they employ more than 5000 people in consumer facing positions which range from Sales Assistant through to Store Manager.

Jobs

• http://about.puma.com/en/careers/jobs-at-puma