Since becoming the Canadian Football League's 14th commissioner in 2017, Randy Ambrosie has set a new goal for the nation's domestic pro league: globalization of the CFL and football.
Having seen the success of the Premier League, MLB, NBA, NHL and NFL to expand their markets worldwide by opening the doors to the world, Ambrosie and the CFL made partnership agreements with football leagues in Austria, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Norway, Sweden and Britain.
Now, the X League, Japan's top American football league, has become the first Asian circuit to join the CFL's globalization strategy.