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BANFF — Everyone in the CFL is aware of the rumours that Vince McMahon is contemplating bringing back the XFL.

They’re not particularly concerned about the prospect, though.

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While a thriving spring league in the U.S. might provide competition for CFL teams looking to lock up their stars in the long term, we’re a long, long way off from that actually happening.

And it’s not as if the people around the CFL haven’t heard this all before, anyways.

“You go through this almost every other year, it seems, with a startup football league” Winnipeg Blue Bombers GM Kyle Walters said Wednesday. “You pay attention, but it doesn’t change your day-to-day operations, that’s for sure.

“When you come into contact with agents who might want to bring that up, you can certainly talk about the recent history of start-up leagues versus the CFL, and where do you want to send your player?”

While the rumours that McMahon is mulling over resurrecting his infamous football league this spring have set the internet on fire, it’s understandable if folks around the CFL aren’t exactly shaking in their boots.