 It offered to pick up another package in 2019 on the condition that the league change its schedule to not directly compete with the NFL regular season, something that the CFL stated needs to be negotiated with the players' union.In late July 2012, NBC Sports Network acquired rights to the CFL for the remainder of the 2012 season.The NBCSN deal included nine regular season games starting August 27 (including Labour Day Classic games) and all the playoffs.