CFL board of governors votes unanimously to start 2021 season in August after meeting

The CFL says professional football will return to Canada in August. The league's board of governors have voted unanimously Monday in favour of an amended collective bargaining agreement and starting the 2021 campaign Aug. 5. It will mark the league's first action since November 2019 after it didn't play last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The CFL will release its 2021 schedule Tuesday. Board approval means training camps will be scheduled to open July 10. "To say this is a happy day for the