Some of the Canadian Football League changes announced this week are perfect. Article content

But at the same time, don’t mess with the history of a unique sport and try to American-ize it too much. Article content Article content

That was Western Mustangs coach Greg Marshall’s takeaway from the CFL’s decision to implement modifications to its game play and field configuration over the next two years. Naturally, U Sports and every other level of amateur football from high school down must soon decide if it will follow suit.

“The change in the timing is good,” said Marshall, who coached the Hamilton Tiger-Cats from 2004-06. “I like the idea of a new 35-second play clock (automatically beginning as soon as the previous play is whistled dead).

“Now, you can get teams actually playing

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