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23-653: Football Canada is the governing body for gridiron football in Canada headquartered in Ottawa , Ontario . Football Canada focuses primarily its own Canadian form of the sport, and is currently the world's only national governing body for Canadian football . The governing body is also Canada's representative member of the International Federation of American Football (IFAF), the world's governing body for American football . In this capacity, it organizes

46-571: A certain group, such as the Catholic or Jewish sports groups. General sports organizations and multi-sport events also exist for other groups such as the Invictus Games for military veterans. Professional sports leagues are usually the highest level of play in sport, specifically if they consist of the best players around the world in a certain sport. Because of this, they usually work with national or international federations, but there

69-584: A particular sport, as evident in the example of the Northern Ireland Federation of Sub-Aqua Clubs . Multi-sport event organizers are responsible for the organization of an event that includes more than one sport. The best-known example is the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the organizer of the modern Olympic Games . General sports organizations are responsible for sports-related topics, usually for

92-566: A team in the minor leagues . This enables them to shuffle players who are not doing well to the minor leagues, which will inspire them to contribute more to the team by playing better. A 2014 study by the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) criticized major international sports governing bodies including the International Olympic Committee and FIFA for not having sufficient provisions for human and labor rights. International Bowl presented by USA Football The game began as

115-496: A tournament in 2009 featuring the United States , Canada , Mexico and France before moving to a single game in a USA vs. The World format. In 2017, the event was expanded from one game to several games over multiple days and features teams of several ages from U19 to U15. The game has been broadcast on NFL Network , CBS Sports and ESPN . The United States won the first five meetings against Canada, Mexico, France and

138-531: A type of national federation, as they are responsible for a country's participation in the Olympic Games and in the Paralympic Games respectively. However, a national governing body (NGB) can be different from a national federation due to government recognition requirements. Also, national governing bodies can be a supraorganization representing a range of unrelated organizations operating in

161-495: A variety of regulatory functions, including disciplinary action for rule infractions and deciding on rule changes in the sport that they govern. Governing bodies have different scopes. They may cover a range of sport at an internationally acceptable level, such as the International Olympic Committee and the International Paralympic Committee , or only a single sport at a national level, such as

184-615: Is responsible for directing, managing, and representing their federation. Trusts are organizations or groups that have control over the money that will be used to help someone else, such as the Youth Sport Trust . National governing bodies have the same objectives as those of an international federation, but within the scope of one country, or even part of a country, as the name implies. They support local clubs and are often responsible for national teams . National Olympic Committees and National Paralympic Committees are both

207-494: Is usually a separation between the different federations. Most North American professional leagues usually do not have amateur divisions, as the amateur divisions are mostly run in separate leagues. Also, most professional leagues are related to other leagues, as players usually attempt to play in the league with the highest level of play. Because of this, promotion and relegation can occur; or, in league systems without promotion and relegation, clubs in professional leagues can have

230-616: The Canada men's national team which competes in IFAF competitions using American rules. The organization, which is now known as Football Canada, was founded on June 12, 1880, as the Canadian Rugby Football Union , disbanded then revived on October 21, 1882, and re-organized as the Canadian Rugby Union on December 19, 1891. The CRU was founded to govern a sport which at the time had rules similar to

253-512: The Rugby Football League . National bodies will largely have to be affiliated with international bodies for the same sport. The first international federations were formed at the end of the 19th century. Every sport has a different governing body that can define the way that the sport operates through its affiliated clubs and societies. This is because sports have different levels of difficulty and skill, so they can try to organize

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276-820: The rugby football being played in the United Kingdom . In 1909, Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey , Governor General of Canada , donated a trophy to the CRU to be awarded for the Rugby Football Championship of Canada. This trophy became known as the Grey Cup . Even by this time, however, the rules being played in Canada were vastly different from the rules used in countries that were part of the International Rugby Board (IRB). In

299-577: The CRU did not operate from 1916 to 1918 due to World War I , Hewitt returned as president for the 1919 season . Due to disagreements on playing rules in Western Canada, lack of interest in Eastern Canada, and students prioritizing studies instead of intercollegiate sports; national playoffs were not held in 1919. Despite the divergence, the sport continued to be referred to as rugby for many years. The CRU did not change its name despite

322-671: The Grey Cup to a CFL trusteeship. In exchange, the CRU received $ 50,000 per year to assist the development of amateur football. As an organization with no direct jurisdiction over the professional clubs and having become a distinct sport from rugby union by this time, the CRU changed its name to the Canadian Amateur Football Association (CAFA) in 1967. The CAFA changed its name again to Football Canada in 1986. In French, its name had long been Football Canada. Men's Women's Played from 2014-20,

345-812: The Olympic level where applicable. About 30 international sport federations are located in Switzerland , with about 20 or so in the Lausanne area, where the International Olympic Committee is located. International federations for sports that do not participate in the Olympic Games are managed by equivalent organizations to the International Olympic Committee , such as the SportAccord . International federations are typically organized with legislative and executive branches at

368-590: The annual International Bowl series was a collaboration between Football Canada and USA Football featuring a series of exhibition games between the rival football nations in Texas in January and February. The event built on the previous International Bowl (2010 – 2013) format of Team USA vs. Team World. Canada's under-18 team for the International Bowl was selected from the top players and coaches at

391-762: The obvious confusion (rugby union was known as English rugby in Canada). By the 1940s, however, another development was to cause further changes to the CRU's mandate. It was now clear that two of its member leagues, the Interprovincial Rugby Football Union in Eastern Canada and the Western Interprovincial Football Union in the West were far more competitive than other circuits. By the 1950s,

414-520: The people playing their sport by ability and by age. The different types of sport governing bodies are all shown below: International sports federations are non-governmental non-profit organizations for a given sport (or a group of similar sport disciplines, such as aquatics or skiing ) and administers its sport at the highest level. These federations work to create a common set of rules, promote their sport, and organize international competitions. International sports federations represent their sport at

437-552: The prior summer's Football Canada Cup. Football Canada offers coaches training through the National Coaching Certification Program (NCCP) for flag, touch and tackle football. NCCP streams As part of its NCCP program, Football Canada's Safe Contact module teaches safe contact tackling and blocking as well as concussion education. In 2014, the organization partnered with the CFL to further refine

460-461: The program. These are the CRU champions before the dedication of the Grey Cup. The 1909 game was the first game for the Grey Cup. See the article ' List of Grey Cup champions ' for the complete Grey Cup listing. Source: Ottawa Citizen, November 28, 1910, page 8. Sport governing body A sports governing body is a sports organization that has a regulatory or sanctioning function. Sports governing bodies come in various forms and have

483-417: The top. The legislative body is usually referred to as a congress or general assembly of the international federation and is responsible for defining its sports policies. It consists of all of the national federations, each of which receives one vote. On the other hand, the executive branch, which is often referred to as the council or executive committee, consists of elected members by the legislative branch and

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506-693: The two major unions had become openly professional, and in 1956 formed the Canadian Football Council (CFC) as an umbrella organization. In 1958, the CFC seceded from the CRU and became the Canadian Football League , whose teams became the sole competitors for the Grey Cup (though the amateurs had effectively been locked out since 1954). During the CFL's Grey Cup meetings in November 1966 , the CRU transferred its ownership of

529-639: The years that followed, the CRU made numerous rule changes that resulted in a game reasonably similar to the American one but unrecognizable to a rugby union enthusiast. In the early-1910s, CRU held annual discussions dealing with rules changes due to the influence American football . The CRU elected W. A. Hewitt president for the 1915 season . He appointed a commission to establish uniform rules of play at different levels including collegiate and senior. He approached multiple football coaches and sought feedback on best ways to implement standard playing rules. After

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