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By Britton Gray

CFL officially cancels 2020 season

Aug 17, 2020 | 12:17 PM

The 2020 CFL season will not take place.

The league announced on its website Monday the season has been cancelled and attention will now be turned to 2021 and the future.

“We are absolutely committed to 2021, to the future of our league and the pursuit of our vision of a bigger, stronger, more global CFL,” commissioner Randy Ambrosie said in a written statement.

The league said season-ticket holders will be contacted by their teams about how they can apply their deposits to next season or other options.

The status of the 2020 CFL campaign was dealt a significant blow on the weekend when the federal government denied the league a $30-million, interest-free loan.

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The status of the season was thrown into flux due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The 2020 Grey Cup was set to be played in Regina but that was already moved to 2022.

If a shortened CFL season was to take place, it would have been in a bubble in Winnipeg.

This will be the first time the Grey Cup has not been handed out since 1919.

Reaction from members of the Saskatchewan Roughriders have already started to come in.

Quarterback Cody Fajardo tweeted out he’s disappointed he won’t be playing this year.

Meanwhile, wide receiver Shaq Evans said it hurts not being able to play. He also brought up the notion that he might once again be a free agent after signing a one-year contract in February.

Both the league and Roughriders are set to address the news Monday afternoon.