it doesn’t help that their big city franchises (Montreal,Toronto and Vancouver) don’t draw. We were in Montreal last summer when Khari Jones was named coach. Nobody seemed to notice, they draw ~15K in a 20K college stadium
...and as one of the articles I read pointed out, the CFL doesn't have much of a TV contract. Teams rely heavily on ticket sales, and presumably related things like concessions. That's going to plummet with social distancing or games without spectators.