{"id":9395,"date":"2023-11-15T04:12:16","date_gmt":"2023-11-15T09:12:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/?p=9395"},"modified":"2023-11-15T05:12:31","modified_gmt":"2023-11-15T10:12:31","slug":"canadian-football-league-could-add-10th-team-as-television-and-live-ratings-increase","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/canadian-football-league-could-add-10th-team-as-television-and-live-ratings-increase","title":{"rendered":"CFL Could Add 10th Team As Television and Live Ratings Increase"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"380\" height=\"250\" src=\"http:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/01\/canadian-football-league.jpg\" alt=\"canadian football league\" class=\"wp-image-2953\" style=\"width:300px\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Summary<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CFL reports an increase in live ticket sales and television ratings<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Commissioner Ambrosie says he wants to continue and expand the CFL<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>CFL looks to add 10<sup>th<\/sup> team to the league with new team potentially in Atlantic Canada<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The <strong>Canadian Football League<\/strong> (CFL) like many other sporting leagues and sporting events around the world <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/canadian-grand-prix-cancelled-over-covid-19-pandemic\">took a big hit during the COVID-19 pandemic<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This was a hard time for the CFL, its players and <strong>Commissioner Randy Ambrosie<\/strong> as the 2020 season was cancelled and the 2021 season was reduced.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cfl-reports-growth-in-ticket-sales-and-tv-ratings\"><strong>CFL Reports Growth In Ticket Sales and TV Ratings<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>However, things are turning around this season thanks to all the hard work done in the CFL. Television ratings and live ticket sales for this season has increased. <strong>TV ratings for the regular season have climbed by 11 percent<\/strong> while <strong>live ticket sales have gone up by three percent<\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another positive for the CFL is that they are getting a good response in the biggest markets in Canada which wasn\u2019t the case in the recent past. Commissioner Ambrosie told media that he was encouraged by these stats and would look to focus on growing the league and expanding its market share.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Commissioner Ambrosie is currently the 4<sup>th<\/sup> longest serving Commissioner in the CFL and says he has no plans to go anywhere. Ambrosie said he was happy serving as the Commissioner and would stay in the role as long as the governors wanted him to do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a statement, Ambrosie said <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>I feel like we\u2019re on the right track, there\u2019s lots of reasons to be thrilled about the results that we\u2019ve had. I also think that those results can be built on and I still have a lot of energy and passion. For me, as long as I have that energy and passion to do the job the way I believe it needs to be done, I\u2019d like to continue.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"cfl-could-expand-to-10-team-shortly\"><strong>CFL Could Expand To 10 Team Shortly<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Given the positive response to the CFL this season, the <strong>CFL which currently comprises of 9 teams is looking to expand and add a 10<sup>th<\/sup> team<\/strong>. Commissioner Ambrosie said that they have already opened conversations with a potential team owner for a team in &#8220;<em>Atlantic Canada<\/em>&#8220;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ambrosie went on to say <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>We need to bring this to a conclusion at some point. No matter how much we want to be there, and it would be great our have our 10th team in Atlantic Canada, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.betting.ca\/news\/name-proposed-for-halifax-cfl-team-sets-off-online-debate\">would be great to be in Halifax<\/a>\u2026The conversation with this current phenomenal ownership candidate will continue.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Summary The Canadian Football League (CFL) like many other sporting leagues and sporting events around the world took a big hit during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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