J. Donald Crump was appointed as the eighth CFL Commissioner on Friday, January 5.
The CFL Annual Meetings-Canadian College Draft was held in Hamilton for the third straight year.
The BC Lions added silver to its team colour scheme.
Citing multi-million dollar losses, the league-run Canadian Football Network syndication service ceased operations after this season; it had replaced CTV's CFL coverage in 1987.
The Blue Bombers' Tom Burgess (QB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Offence and Greg Battle (LB) was named Grey Cup's Most Valuable Player on Defence, while Warren Hudson (FB) was named the Grey Cup's Most Valuable Canadian.