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Much has been made of CFL 2.0. Now we have CFL 2.7!

The latter label applied Friday night, when the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Montreal Alouettes played 2.7 quarters at Percival Molson Stadium before the game was called due to inclement weather and a 17-10 victory was awarded to the Green and White.

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Yes, due to the new inclement-weather protocol rule in the recently signed collective-bargaining agreement, the Roughriders-Alouettes game was ended after a delay of 60 minutes.

The game had become “official,” due to the protocol, midway through the third quarter. The one-hour wait was also part of the new rule.

I didn’t know that the third quarter of a CFL contest could mirror the fifth inning of a baseball game. Did you?

Nobody would argue that the safety of fans, players and others should be paramount in these situations. However, to halt the game is quite extreme.

If the thunder and lightning had continued into the wee hours of the morning, why not simply resume the game the following day?