Bigger Balls: The Cfl and Overcoming the Canadian Inferiority Complex

by Jeffrey Giles

Fans of the Canadian Football League don't have to be told that the latter half of the 1990s was a close call for their league. From Vancouver to Montreal, every franchise stared into the abyss of financial ruin. Some failed, while others went through owners faster than George Reed mowed down defenders on a goal-line tear. But the league survived and has shown signs of new life. Profitability has returned to the front office, and attendance and television...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1553660838
• ISBN13: 9781553660835
• Release Date: January 2001
• Publisher: Winding Stair Press
• Length: 212 Pages
• Weight: 0.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

The best book ever written on the CFL; look at the two losers the CFL has had as Commissioners since

The CFL is the oldest and best Pro Football League (barely) on planet Earth. Jeff Giles, who I called and talked to once has written the quin- ticential book on the 21st century for this troubled League. If the CFL Board of Governours had taken Mr Giles advice back in '99-'00 they could have had a great realtionship and partner- ship with the fastest growing League on planet Earth; the Ar.FL( & Af2) family. But alas, as the Thomas Wright's and Mike Lysko's have tried to ruin this fine League, Giles looks more like a CFL prophet all the time. Read espec- ially Chapters on Ar.FL and XFL!

An entertaining inside look at the CFL and Canada!

As a huge football fan with ties to the CFL and Canada I found this book to be entertaining. Jeff Giles pulls very few punches in this book. The way he views Canada and the CFL is very interesting! I have well over one hundred books on football in my collection and this one is a fine addition!