Claim: During the West Division of the 1986 Canadian Football League (CFL), the third-youngest franchise in the CFL, Edmonton Eskimos, got the highest amount of winnings, while Saskatchewan Roughriders, got the lowest amount of winnings.
Evidence: The West Division is one of the two regional divisions of the Canadian Football League (CFL), their counterpart being the East Division. It was not until 1921 that a Western team was finally allowed to compete in the Grey Cup game, when the Edmonton Eskimos lost 23–0 to the Toronto Argonauts. Initially, Western champions were not permitted to compete for the Grey Cup, because the CRU believed the calibre of the Western clubs to be inferior to those in the East. The WIFU expanded to four teams when the Edmonton Eskimos joined in 1938. The Eskimos lasted only two years before withdrawing following the outbreak of the war. The Regina Roughriders became the Saskatchewan Roughriders in 1948, the Edmonton Eskimos permanently rejoined the league in 1949 and in 1950 the third place team was once again granted a playoff berth. Edmonton Football Team 23 56 23 14 Calgary Stampeders 21 51 17 8 Saskatchewan Roughriders 7 48 12 4 Winnipeg Blue Bombers 13 42 17 7 BC Lions 13 38 10 6 Sacramento Gold Miners 0 0 0 0 Las Vegas Posse 0 0 0 0