The pandemic sidelined Canadian Football League players in 2020, but analysts say the league must find a way to play in 2021. The 2020 season, scheduled to kick off on June 11, was pre-empted by COVD-19. Later, the league proposed a schedule one-third of its normal length, where each of the nine teams would only six games in a safe “bubble” in Winnipeg. The federal government offered a $40 million loan to the league, but its fees and interest rates were too prohibitive for the CFL teams. When the season was officially cancelled on Aug. 17, commissioner Randy Ambrosie promised that 2021 would be “the biggest comeback season in the history of Canadian football.” Moshe Lander teaches economics at Concordia University in Montreal. The Edmonton resident is a Calgary Stampeders fan and says a comeback is necessary but tenuous. “It’s probably going to be very unnerving for CFL fans, for …