In late 2017, a proposal emerged to move the start of the CFL season to five or six weeks earlier than it begins in the present day, so that the
Grey Cup would have been held on the third weekend of October, as opposed to the fourth Sunday in November as it was scheduled in 2018. The change, designed to accommodate a potential U.S. television agreement with
NFL Network, had support among CFL owners and would have, if approved, taken effect for the
2019 CFL season. If the proposal had taken effect, Thanksgiving Day weekend would have overlapped with the CFL's division championship games. While this change was not implemented and the season schedule remained the same, the league did not schedule any Thanksgiving Day games in 2019. A modified version of this proposal was eventually accepted in April 2026, to take effect in 2027 along with several other controversial rule changes bringing the CFL's rules closer to those of
American football. Under the revision, the regular season will end on Thanksgiving (part of an initiative to build the regular schedule around Canada's holiday weekends, including beginning the season on the weekend of
Victoria Day), with an expanded eight-team Grey Cup tournament beginning the following weekend. ==Results==