CFL's Jon Ryan with inside info(?) on what CFL/XFL partnership could look like
Posted: Thu May 27, 2021 2:04 pm
This was Tweeted out by @CFL_News, quoting RoughRiders P Jon Ryan, from an interview he did with the Regina Leader Post:
"I think there could be some kind of alliance without a merger. I have some partners who have something to do with the Dallas team (in the XFL) and they kind of talked to me like the agreement would be that the CFL would kind of share the on-field experience with broadcasting with the XFL, and the XFL kind of would share some of the social media and some of the stuff they do on that side of it. They would kind of collaborate on some of those things to make it more powerful. Whatever it's going to be, I'm not too sure, but I'm excited and frustrated at the same time."
Mike Mitchell followed up in a Tweet. His response: "Every indication to this point is that Jon Ryan is not that far off. However, the purpose of the NDA's is for something bigger than this."
As I've made clear before, I would prefer Ryan's scenario as opposed to a full-fledged merger. Yet, as Mike points out, you would think the requirement of NDA's speaks to something more. I just can't figure out how to split the hair of Jon Ryan being "not that far off" but also the NDA's being for "something bigger than this."
"I think there could be some kind of alliance without a merger. I have some partners who have something to do with the Dallas team (in the XFL) and they kind of talked to me like the agreement would be that the CFL would kind of share the on-field experience with broadcasting with the XFL, and the XFL kind of would share some of the social media and some of the stuff they do on that side of it. They would kind of collaborate on some of those things to make it more powerful. Whatever it's going to be, I'm not too sure, but I'm excited and frustrated at the same time."
Mike Mitchell followed up in a Tweet. His response: "Every indication to this point is that Jon Ryan is not that far off. However, the purpose of the NDA's is for something bigger than this."
As I've made clear before, I would prefer Ryan's scenario as opposed to a full-fledged merger. Yet, as Mike points out, you would think the requirement of NDA's speaks to something more. I just can't figure out how to split the hair of Jon Ryan being "not that far off" but also the NDA's being for "something bigger than this."