Mark Cohon
CFL.ca

On behalf of our Board of Governors, our teams, and our fans across Canada, I want to express our profound respect for Canada’s veterans on this Remembrance Day.

Their courage, their sacrifice, their honour provided all Canadians with the freedom to express our opinions, build our democracy and pursue our passions – including our passion for the great game of Canadian football.

We are free to enjoy our way of life because they put their lives on the line for all of us – something our Canadian military is doing on our behalf at this very moment.

Our league has a deep  bond with our veterans. It manifests itself in a formal partnership with Veterans’ Affairs Canada. It will be evident at our playoff games this weekend. And it is an integral part of our history, which includes venerable service teams winning the Grey Cup during the Second World War.

But its’ most profound expression may be in the simple fact that all of us, including those of us who love our league, are free to choose how we live our lives, to choose our likes and dislikes, to choose who we want to be.

And for that precious and wonderful freedom, we are so deeply and eternally grateful to our veterans.