The NFL has a greater talent pool than the CFL to draw from, true, plus a larger population base, thus larger payrolls. However, it somehow still manages to be slower and less intense than Canadian football. The difference is in the rules themselves. Some people overlook the fact that Canadian football is a *different game* than American. A player whose skills are right for the U.S. version is not necessarily right for the CFL, and vice versa. A case in point is Doug Flutie, who was a major star in Canada and has been an inconsistent performer in the U.S.

If the CFL could draw from a talent pool the size of the NFL's, I think it would be more entertaining than the American game by several orders of magnitude.