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The Canadian Football League announced major changes coming to the field of play in the next two years.

The CFL, which plays on a 110-yard field and has a 20-yard end zone, will reduce its size, the league announced on Monday. The league said the field changes, along with a few other modifications, are a part of its endeavor to make the game more exciting.

CFL teams will be able to start closer to their opponents’ end zones and the shift "encourages more aggressive play-calling on third down with offenses starting drives 10 yards closer to the opponent’s end zone and field goals being only 5 yards further, despite the shifted goalposts," according to the league. The 65-yard width of the field will remain the same.

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